1932 in Sports - Motor Racing

Motor Racing

Grand Prix racing

  • 17 April — the 4th Monaco Grand Prix is run at Monte Carlo over 318 km (198 mi) (100 laps). The winner is Tazio Nuvolari (Italy) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2300 Monza in 3:32:25.3.
  • 5 June — the 10th Italian Grand Prix is run at Autodromo Nazionale Monza over 837.592 km (520.456 mi) (83 laps): i.e., as a 5 hour race. The winner is Tazio Nuvolari (Italy) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Tipo B. The race is officially titled the X Gran Premio d'Italia.
  • 3 July — the 18th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Reims-Gueux over 719.992 km (447.382 mi) (92 laps): i.e., as a 5 hour race. The winner is Tazio Nuvolari (Italy) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Tipo B. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XXVI Grand Prix de l'ACF.
  • 17 July — the 6th German Grand Prix is run at the Nürburgring over 570.270 km (22.811 km x 25 laps). The winner is Rudolf Caracciola (Italy) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Tipo B in 4:47:22.8. The race is officially titled the VI Großer Preis von Deutschland.
  • European Championship – Tazio Nuvolari (Italy) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Tipo B.

Indianapolis 500

  • 30 May — 20th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Fred Frame in the Hartz Special Wetteroth-Miller in 4:48:03.79.

Le Mans 24 hours

  • The 10th Le Mans 24 hours race is won by Raymond Sommer (France) and Luigi Chinetti (Italy) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2300 Monza over 218 laps (2,954.038 km (1,835.554 mi)).

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