1932 AIACR European Championship season European Champion Tazio Nuvolari Previous: 1931 Next: 1935

1932 Grand Prix season Previous: 1931 Next: 1933

The 1932 Grand Prix season was the second AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Tazio Nuvolari, driving for the Alfa Corse team. Nuvolari won two of the three events that counted towards the championship. All championship races were between five and ten hour events.

[edit] Season review

[edit] European Championship Grands Prix

Rd	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning drivers	Winning constructor	Report
1	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	June 5	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
2	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	July 3	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
3	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	July 17	Rudolf Caracciola	Alfa Romeo	Report

[edit] Non-championship Grands Prix

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
Swedish Winter Grand Prix	Rämen	February 28	Olle Bennström	Ford	Report
Tunis Grand Prix	Carthage	April 3	Achille Varzi	Bugatti	Report
Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	April 17	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
Rome Grand Prix	Littorio	April 24	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati	Report
Oran Grand Prix	Arcone	April 24	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Bugatti	Report
British Empire Trophy	Brooklands	April 30	John Cobb	Delage	Report
Targa Florio	Madonie	May 8	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
Finnish Grand Prix	Eläintarharata	May 8	Per-Viktor Widengren	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Grand Prix des Frontières	Chimay	May 15	Arthur Legat	Bugatti	Report
Provence Trophy	Nîmes	May 16	Stanislas Czaykowski	Bugatti	Report
Nîmes Grand Prix	Nîmes	May 16	Benoit Falchetto	Bugatti	Report
Avusrennen	AVUS	May 22	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Casablanca Grand Prix	Anfa	May 22	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti	Report
Eifelrennen	Nürburgring	May 29	Rudolf Caracciola	Alfa Romeo	Report
Torvilliers Circuit	Troyes	May 29	Robert Gauthier	Bugatti	Report
Picardy Grand Prix	Péronne	June 5	Philippe Étancelin	Alfa Romeo	Report
Lwów Grand Prix	Lwów	June 19	Rudolf Caracciola	Alfa Romeo	Report
Lorraine Grand Prix	Nancy	June 26	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo	Report
Dieppe Grand Prix	Dieppe	July 24	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
Nice Circuit Race	Nice	July 31	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
Coppa Ciano	Montenero	July 31	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	August 14	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
Grand Prix du Comminges	Saint-Gaudens	August 14	Goffredo Zehender	Alfa Romeo	Report
La Baule Grand Prix	La Baule	August 17	William Grover-Williams	Bugatti	Report
Masaryk Grand Prix	Brno	September 4	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Report
Mountain Championship	Brooklands	September 10	Malcolm Campbell	Sunbeam	Report
Monza Grand Prix	Monza	September 11	Rudolf Caracciola	Alfa Romeo	Report
Antibes Grand Prix	Garoupe	September 11	Benoit Falchetto	Bugatti	Report
Marseille Grand Prix	Miramas	September 25	Raymond Sommer	Alfa Romeo	Report
Munkkiniemenajo	Helsinki	September 25	Per-Viktor Widengren	Alfa Romeo	Report

[edit] Championship Final Standings

Pos Driver ITA FRA GER Pts 1 Tazio Nuvolari 1 1 2 4 2 Baconin Borzacchini 3 2 3 8 3 Rudolf Caracciola NC 3 1 9 4 René Dreyfus 5 5 4 12 5 Louis Chiron Ret 4 Ret 17 = Albert Divo 6 Ret 17 7 Luigi Fagioli 2 18 8 Amedeo Ruggeri 8 Ret 19 9 Giuseppe Campari 4 20 = Pietro Ghersi 7 20 = Eugenio Siena 9 20 = William Grover-Williams 6 20 = Goffredo Zehender 7 20 = Pierre Félix 8 20 = Earl Howe 9 20 16 Marcel Lehoux Ret Ret Ret 21 = Achille Varzi Ret Ret 21 = Luigi Premoli 10 21 = Philippe Étancelin Ret 21 = Max Fourny Ret 21 = Jean-Pierre Wimille Ret 21 22 Luigi Castelbarco Ret 23 = Jean Gaupillat Ret 23 = Hans Lewy Ret 23 = Paul Pietsch Ret 23 Pos Driver ITA FRA GER Pts

Colour Result Points Gold Winner 1 Silver 2nd place 2 Bronze 3rd place 3 Green Completed more than 75% 4 Blue Completed between 50% and 75% 5 Purple Completed between 25% and 50% 6 Red Completed less than 25% 7 Black Disqualified 8 Blank Did not participate 8

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