1931 Grand Prix season


The 1931 Grand Prix season was the first AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Ferdinando Minoia, driving for the Alfa Corse team. Minoia won the championship despite not winning a single race during the championship season.
Similar to the modern FIA World Endurance Championship, all championship races were endurance events, each lasting ten hours, so most cars utilised more than one driver.

Season review

European Championship Grands Prix

RdDateNameCircuitWinning driversWinning
constructor
Report
124 May Italian Grand PrixMonza Giuseppe CampariAlfa RomeoReport
124 May Italian Grand PrixMonza Tazio NuvolariAlfa RomeoReport
221 June French Grand PrixMontlhéry Louis ChironBugattiReport
221 June French Grand PrixMontlhéry Achille VarziBugattiReport
312 July Belgian Grand PrixSpa-Francorchamps William Grover-WilliamsBugattiReport
312 July Belgian Grand PrixSpa-Francorchamps Caberto ConelliBugattiReport

Non-championship Grands Prix

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.
DateNameCircuitWinning driverWinning
constructor
Report
29 March Tunis Grand PrixCarthage Street Circuit Achille VarziBugattiReport
6 April Circuit d'Esterel PlageSaint-Raphaël Philippe ÉtancelinBugattiReport
19 April Monaco Grand PrixMonaco Louis ChironBugattiReport
26 April Circuito di AlessandriaAlessandria Achille VarziBugattiReport
10 May Targa FlorioMadonie Tazio NuvolariAlfa RomeoReport
10 May Picardy Grand PrixPéronne "Ivernel"BugattiReport
17 May Casablanca Grand PrixAnfa Circuit Stanislas CzaykowskiBugattiReport
6 June Irish Grand PrixDublin Norman BlackMGReport
7 June Geneva Grand PrixMeyrin Marcel LehouxBugattiReport
7 June Rome Grand PrixLittorio Ernesto MaseratiMaseratiReport
7 June Lviv Grand PrixLviv Hans StuckMercedes-BenzReport
7 June EifelrennenNürburgring Rudolf CaracciolaMercedes-BenzReport
5 July Grand Prix de la MarneReims-Gueux Marcel LehouxBugattiReport
5 July Circuit du VaucluseAvignon Frédéric ToselliBugattiReport
19 July German Grand PrixNürburgring Rudolf CaracciolaMercedes-BenzReport
26 July Dieppe Grand PrixDieppe Philippe ÉtancelinAlfa RomeoReport
2 August Coppa CianoMontenero Tazio NuvolariAlfa RomeoReport
2 August AvusrennenAVUS Rudolf CaracciolaMercedes-BenzReport
2 August Circuit du DauphinéGrenoble Philippe ÉtancelinAlfa RomeoReport
16 August Grand Prix du CommingesSaint-Gaudens Philippe ÉtancelinAlfa RomeoReport
16 August Coppa AcerboPescara Giuseppe CampariAlfa RomeoReport
6 September Monza Grand PrixMonza Luigi FagioliMaseratiReport
13 September La Baule Grand PrixLa Baule William Grover-WilliamsBugattiReport
27 September Masaryk Grand PrixBrno Louis ChironBugattiReport
27 September Brignoles Grand PrixBrignoles René DreyfusBugattiReport
17 October Mountain ChampionshipBrooklands Henry BirkinMaseratiReport

Championship final standings

Footnotes