1928 Grand Prix season


The 1928 Grand Prix season saw the Monegasque driver Louis Chiron take seven Grand Prix victories whilst driving for the Bugatti team.
The World Manufacturers' Championship was planned on seven races but five of them were cancelled. Moreover, three races were considered mandatory but, when only two Grands Prix remained, the championship was cancelled.
During the 1928 Italian Grand Prix in Monza a serious accident involving the car of Emilio Materassi: his Talbot crashed at 200 km/h into the grandstand, killing Materassi and 21 other people.
This event brought to evidence the need for better safety measures at the Italian circuit. The following two seasons the Italian Grand Prix wasn't held, while the Monza circuit underwent a complete upgrade.

Season review

Grandes Épreuves

DateNameCircuitWinning driverWinning
constructor
Report
30 May Indianapolis 500Indianapolis Louis MeyerMillerReport
9 September Italian Grand Prix
European Grand Prix
Monza Louis ChironBugattiReport

The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the 1928 AAA Championship Car title.

Other Grands Prix

DateNameCircuitWinning driverWinning constructorReport
11 March Tripoli Grand PrixTripoli Tazio NuvolariBugattiReport
11 March Circuit d'Esterel PlageSaint-Raphaël Louis ChironBugattiReport
25 March Pozzo CircuitPozzo Tazio NuvolariBugattiReport
1 April Riviera CircuitCannes Louis ChironBugattiReport
9 April Antibes Grand PrixGaroupe Louis ChironBugattiReport
22 April Alessandria CircuitAlessandria Tazio NuvolariBugattiReport
6 May Coppa FlorioMadonie Albert DivoBugattiReport
6 May Targa FlorioMadonie Albert DivoBugattiReport
6 May Algerian Grand PrixStaouéli Marcel LehouxBugattiReport
13 May Messina CupMessinaEdwald ProbstBugattiReport
16 May Burgundy Grand PrixDijon Jannine JennkyBugattiReport
20 May Etna CupCatania Baconin BorzacchiniMaseratiReport
3 June Tunis Grand PrixLe Bardo Marcel LehouxBugattiReport
3 June Mugello CircuitMugello Emilio MaterassiTalbotReport
10 June Picardy Grand PrixPéronne Henry AuberBugattiReport
10 June Thuin CircuitThuin"Delzaert"BugattiReport
12 June Rome Grand PrixTre Fontane Louis ChironBugattiReport
24 June Cremona CircuitCremona Luigi ArcangeliTalbotReport
8 July Grand Prix de la MarneReims-Gueux Louis ChironBugattiReport
25 July San Sebastián Grand PrixLasarte Louis ChironBugattiReport
4 August Coppa AcerboPescara Giuseppe CampariAlfa RomeoReport
19 August Coppa MonteneroMontenero Emilio MaterassiTalbotReport
23 August La Baule Grand PrixLa Baule Pierre Blacque BelairBugattiReport
9 September Boulogne Grand PrixBoulogne Malcolm CampbellDelageReport