Grand Prix of Naples

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Grand Prix of Naples
Race information
Posillipo Circuit

Number of times held	15
First held	1948
Last held	1962
Most wins (drivers)	Giuseppe Farina (2 wins)
Most wins (constructors)	Ferrari (8 wins)
Circuit length	4.100 km (2.491 miles)

The Grand Prix of Naples was an auto racing event, held in Posillipo, in Naples.

In its original incarnation, it began in 1934. Known as the Coppa Principessa di Piemonte in honor of Marie-José of Belgium, it continued from the same event held in 1933 in the Circuito Province Meridionale. It was held again from 1937 to 1939, although from 1938 it was purely a Voiturette race and attracted all-Maserati entries.^[1]^[2]

After World War II it was restarted as the Gran Premio di Napoli, starting in 1948. The race took place at the 4,100 metres (2.5 mi) Circuito di Posillipo, going along the Via A. Manzoni and Via Nuova Parco. Starting in Formula Two regulations, but from 1954 it became either a sports car race or a non-Championship Formula One race. It was last held in 1962.

In 1998, the Naples circuit received the Rievocazione Storica Gran Premio di Napoli (Grand Prix of Naples Historic Revival). The name Gran Premio di Napoli now refers to a cycling event.

Winners

Year	Driver/s	Vehicle	Race title
1933	Gianfranco Comotti	Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza	I Coppa Principesa di Piemonte‡
1934	Tazio Nuvolari	Maserati 6C	II Coppa Principesa di Piemonte
1935 – 1936	Not held
1937	Giuseppe Farina Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo 12C	III Coppa Principesa di Piemonte
1938	Aldo Marazza	Maserati 4CS	IV Coppa Principesa di Piemonte
1939	John Peter Wakefield	Maserati 6CL	V Coppa Principesa di Piemonte
1940 – 1947	Not held
1948	Luigi Villoresi	Osca MT4	I Gran Premio di Napoli
1949	Roberto Vallone	Ferrari 166C	II Gran Premio di Napoli
1950	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 166 F2	III Gran Premio di Napoli
1951	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 166 F2	IV Gran Premio di Napoli
1952	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari 500 F2	V Gran Premio di Napoli
1953	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari 500 F2	VI Gran Premio di Napoli
1954	Luigi Musso	Maserati A6 GCS	VII Gran Premio di Napoli
1955	Alberto Ascari	Lancia D50	VIII Gran Premio di Napoli
1956	Robert Manzon	Gordini T16	IX Gran Premio di Napoli
1957	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari D50	X Gran Premio di Napoli
1958	Joakim Bonnier	Maserati 200S	XI Gran Premio di Napoli
1959	Tony Settember	WRE Maserati	XII Gran Premio di Napoli
1960	Menato Boffa	WRE Maserati	XIII Gran Premio di Napoli
1961	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari 156	XIV Gran Premio di Napoli
1962	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari 156	XV Gran Premio di Napoli

- ‡ - Not held in Naples

References

^ Leif Snellman & Felix Muelas (15 April 2009). "1938 Grand Prix Season: Part 2". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
^ Leif Snellman & Felix Muelas (15 April 2009). "1939 Grand Prix Season: Part 3". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2009.

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