Tunisia Grand Prix 2013 Senior 80 kg Part 1
The Grand Prix of Tunis or Tunis Grand Prix racing was held in 1920 and 30 in Tunis, the capital of the African colony of the French protectorate of Tunisia.
A race was held originally as a wheel racing opened on a street circuit in Le Bardo west of Tunis The first race took place June 3, 1928, when the Algerian-based pilot Marcel Lehoux won the race 200 mile in his Bugatti T35C by a large margin Marcel Joly and Guy Cloitre in an area mainly Bugattis and Amilcar November 1 the following year saw the Italian Gastone Brilli-Peri victory in a works council Alfa Romeo P2 after the first retirements of the companions of the Achille Varzi team Baconin Borzacchini 2.
After a year, the race returned in 1931 in a new place, a triangular road circuit much disposed between the then separate cities of Tunis and Carthage 3 race opening the 1931 season was much more serious in her driveway with eleven large European prices and 16 1 cars with 5-liter race with smaller cars motor-cycle having disappeared Achille Varzi in a holder rear works Bugatti T51 won on the debut of the new car and the first Varzi race in a Bugatti before Luigi Fagioli in a works council Maserati 26M and Marcel Lehoux in a Bugatti Varzi won the following year against Lehoux and Philippe Etancelin Alfa Romeo 1933 saw the Alfa Romeo Bugatti sweep aside with the Scuderia Ferrari entries Tazio Nuvolari and Baconin Borzacchini finishing one to two before Maserati Goffredo Zehender.
1934 race was canceled and when racing back in 1935, Varzi was back with his new team, Auto Union the only German car in the field and dominated the race Varzi a clear finish four minutes type of Bugatti T59 Jean-Pierre Wimille and two laps ahead of Philippe Etancelin Maserati 6C increasing dominance of German cars and the reduced status of races outside the European championship saw the tumble entries for 1936 with only eleven cars from Varzi had a huge accident in his Auto Union a terrible day for the team that saw another of its types C destroyed by fire Rudolf Caracciola won in his Mercedes-Benz W25 before Carlo Pintacuda Alfa Romeo 8C and Jean-Pierre Wimille Bugatti T59.
The 1937 race has become a sports event was held over three innings which was won by Raymond Sommer in Talbot T-150C to a fleet led by René Dreyfus Delahaye 135s and Laury Schell.
The race was not held again until 1955, again as a sports car race with a small entrance from 14 cars in a public park like the Circuito Belvedere The race was held over three innings, saw a pair of Ferrari 750 Monzas bring home the silverware with Luigi Piotti and Luigi Bordonaro training with the rest of the locations filled with 2 liters 0 4 cars.
From 2000 to 2008, a historical revival event was organized in the circuit of Circuito 5 Belvedere Park.
Another event called the Great Tunisian Prix was held in 1943. This very informal event was organized by Allied soldiers after the fall of Tunisia To give lie to German demands they had nothing left behind usable in Tunisia, personal vehicles used ally abandoned by the Germans stage a race car around an Australian officer airfield Jack Bartle won the race, driving a Citroen 6.
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