The 1936 Tripoli Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held on 10 May 1936. This race was part of the 1936 Grand Prix Season as a non-championship race. The race was won by Achille Varzi in an Auto Union Type C.
Tazio Nuvolari was originally unable to participate in the race after crashing in practice, but he raced anyway. His car blew a tire and crashed into a column trackside. Nuvolari was ejected from the car and suffered injuries.
Results
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired 1 10 Achille Varzi Auto Union 40 2'31:25.4 2 32 Hans Stuck Auto Union 40 +4.4 3 24 Luigi Fagioli Mercedes Benz 40 +2:13.0 4 18 Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes Benz 40 +3:31.0 5 36 Carlo Pintacuda Alfa Romeo 39 +1 Lap 6 16 Mario Tadini Alfa Romeo 39 +1 Lap 7 48 Antonio Brivio Alfa Romeo 39 +1 Lap 8 20 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo 39 +1 Lap 9 30 Louis Chiron Mercedes Benz 37 +3 Laps 10 40 Giovanni Battaglia Alfa Romeo 32 +8 Laps Ret 60 Franco Cortese Alfa Romeo 32 Engine 11 12 Constantin Magistri Alfa Romeo 27 +13 Laps Ret 34 Philippe Étancelin Maserati 13 Oil Leak Ret 46 Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union 18 Fire Ret 26 Manfred von Brauchitsch Mercedes Benz 16 Fuel feed Ret 22 Hans Rüesch Maserati 13 - Ret 56 Raymond Sommer Alfa Romeo 13 - Ret 58 Archimede Rosa Alfa Romeo 6 - Ret 52 Ferdinando Barbieri Maserati 5 - Ret 54 Francesco Severi Alfa Romeo 4 - Ret 8 Luigi Soffietti Maserati 4 - Ret 44 Pietro Ghersi Maserati 3 - Ret 4 Eugenio Siena Maserati 1 - Ret 28 Renato Balestrero Alfa Romeo 1 - Ret 42 Guglielmo Carraroli Maserati 1 - Ret 14 Piero Taruffi Maserati 0 -Source:
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