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[Boniver]

Morocco – Casablanca

1925 De Vaugelas – Delage
1926 E. Meyer – Bugatti
1927 G. Rost – Georges Irat
1928 E. Meyer – Bugatti
1929 ?
1930 C. Benitah – Amilcar
1931 ?
1932 ?

who have more info of this races

[Vitesse2]

Originally posted by Boniver
Morocco – Casablanca

1925 De Vaugelas – Delage
1926 E. Meyer – Bugatti
1927 G. Rost – Georges Irat
1928 E. Meyer – Bugatti
1929 ?
1930 C. Benitah – Amilcar
1931 ?
1932 ?

who have more info of this races

From Monkhouse/King-Farlow

1925 Moroccan GP (Touring Cars) 441 miles
1 de Vaugelas (Delage) 59.22mph
2 E. Meyer (Peugeot)
3 Bellen (Bugatti)

1926 Moroccan GP (Touring Cars) 454 miles
1 E. Meyer (Bugatti) 63.75mph
2 Deveuve (Delage)
3 de Vaugelas (Delage)

1927 Moroccan GP (Touring Cars) 441 miles
1 G. Rost (Georges Irat) 77.05mph
2 Trivier (Bugatti)
3 de Vaugelas (Delage)

1928 Moroccan GP (Touring Cars) 441 miles
1 E. Meyer (Bugatti) 91.78mph
2 G. Rost (Georges Irat)
3 Mario (Bugatti)

1929 - no result given. No race?

1930 Moroccan GP (Handicap) 441 miles
1 C. Benitah (Amilcar) 69.80mph
2 Marcel Lehoux (Bugatti)
3 Hiercourt (bugatti)

1931 Casablanca GP, Anfa 229 miles
1 C. Czaykowski (Bugatti) 85.08mph
2 P. Etancelin (Bugatti)
3 J. de Maleplane (Bugatti)

1932 Casablanca GP, Anfa 258 miles
1 M. Lehoux (Bugatti) 77.85mph
2 P. Etancelin (Alfa Romeo)
3 S. Czaykowski (Bugatti)

1934 Casablanca GP, Anfa 237 miles
1 L. Chiron (Alfa Romeo) 81.10mph
2 P. Etancelin (Maserati)
3 M. Lehoux (Alfa Romeo)

[ry6]

Who is the "Mario" which is third in Bugatti in 1928 event?

[Hans Etzrodt]

Originally posted by ry6
Who is the "Mario" which is third in Bugatti in 1928 event?

'Mario' was a pseudonym for Dr. Massacurati, a cousin of Tazio Nuvolari, living in South-Africa.

[oldtimer]

Originally posted by Hans Etzrodt
'Mario' was a pseudonym for Dr. Massacurati, a cousin of Tazio Nuvolari, living in South-Africa.

Hans, you don't have Mario's mother's maiden name BTW?

[Vitesse2]

Is that the same Massacurati who won the1936 South African GP?

[Hans Etzrodt]

Originally posted by Vitesse2
Is that the same Massacurati who won the1936 South African GP?

I checked my list at Leif's home page and it says there that Mario Massacurati (Bugatti) won the 1936 South African GP. So, most likely it is all the same person.


Oldtimer,
This is all I could find, snippets out of books and nothing from my magazines.

[Marcor]

Here my records about this race: I can add some details
The race was called Circuit du Maroc. It was a 1-lap race of nearly 710 km.

1925: nothing to add, hope to find the date

1926: the date was 25 April 1926. I've also
4- Martin (Georges Irat)
5- Corbeloni (Chenard & Walcker)
DNF- Lehoux (Ballot)

My sources (Englebert Magazine and Les Sports, from that time) says Deneuve not Deveuve, Vaugellas or Vaugelas so It must be checked.

1927: Circuit du Maroc (Casablanca - Casablanca) 24 April 1927
1 lap: Casablanca, Azenmour, Mazagan, Tleta, El Had, Marakech, Settat, Mediduna, Casablanca

4 class (1100 cc, 1500 cc, 2 L, + 2 L), results for each class + overall results

Overall results: see Vitesse2

class 2 L
1- Rost (Georges Irat)
2- Trivier (Bugatti)

class: + 2 L
1- Vaugelas (Delage)
2- Deneuve (Delage)

class 1500 cc
1- Fourny (Panhard Levassor)

class 1100 cc
1- Fraise (Amilcar)

Fatal crash- Berard (Fiat)

1928: Circuit du Maroc (Casablanca), 15 April 1928, 709.66 km - 1 lap

Racing cars
1- Meyer (Bugatti 35C 4572 2 L #26) 4h 47' 33" 2 (147.38 km/h)
2- Rost (Georges Irat 3 L) 5h 14' 53" 2 (135.342 km/h)
3- Mario (Bugatti 1500) 6h 12' 01" (114 km/h)
4- Cuvellier (Panhard & Levassor) 6h 24' 52"
5- Vaugelas (Chenard & Walcker 1500 cc) 6h 36' 9"
6- Benitah C. (Amilcar 1100 cc) 6h 51' 47"
7- Benitah A. (Amilcar 1100 cc) 7h 06' 41"

DNF- Lehoux (battle for the lead with Meyer untill 60 km to the finishing line)

Sportscars 3 L
1- Liocourt (Renault Vivasix) 6h 24' 38" 8 (110.52 km/h)
2- Bailly (Renault Vivasix) 6h 34' 10"
3- Courtin (Renault Vivasix) 6h 38' 37"

sport 2 L
1- Cornagliotto (Chenard & Walcker) 8h 59' 02" (88.381 km/h)

sport 1500 cc
1- Quatresoux (Renault Monasix) 7h 42' 09" 8 (91.98 km/h)
2- Cazal (Renault Monasix) 7h 48' 44"
3- Radigou (Salmson) 8h 02' 57"
4- Eyraud (Bugatti) 8h 11' 06"
5- Roy (Citroën) 8h 17' 45"
6- Flandré (Citroën) 8h 21' 58"
7- Arnol (Chenard & Walcker 1500) 8h 51' 38"
8- Martin (Chenard & Walcker 1500) 9h 10' 58"

1929: - no result given. No race? on the fixture list of the AC de France, 21 April 1929 but cancelled

1930: Circuit du Maroc, 21 April 1930, 1 lap = 709.5 km, Handicap race
1- Charles Bénitah (Amilcar)) 6h 21' 55" (111.7 km/h)
2- Marcel Léhoux (Bugatti 2 L + compresseur)) 6h 35' 41" (real time = 4h 45' 41") (147.006 km/h = scratch)
3- Hiercourt (Bugatti 1500) 6h 44' 51" (real time = 5h 59' 51") (118 kph)
4- Mademoiselle Rose-Itier (Rally 1100) 6h 48' 52" (104 km/h)
5- Zehender (Bugatti 35B 2.3 L) 7h 21' (real time = 5h 31')

DNF- Georges Bouriano (Bugatti 35B 4947)
...

Fatal crash during practice- "Bruni", real name = Comte Bruno d'Harcourt

H = 0' (1100 cc unsupercharged)
Itier (Rally)
Dourel (Rally
Namont (Salmson)
Mario (Salmson)
Jonioz (Salmson)
Bénitah C. (Amilcar)
Kotchine (Amilcar)

H = 45' (1500 cc unsuperchrged)
Hiercourt (Bugatti 37)
Boucly (Bugatti 37)

H = 1h 10' (1500 cc supercharged)
Foc (Bugatti 37A)

H = 1h 27'
Clerckx (Bugatti 2 L)

H = 1h 50'
Lehoux (Bugatti 2 L supercharged)
de Maleplane (Bugatti 35C 2 L supercharged)
de l'Espée (Bugatti 2 L)
Etancelin (Bugatti 2.3 L)
Zehender (Bugatti 3 L)

Also a sportscar (or Touring car) section:
+ 3 L:
1- Liocourt (Renault Nerva Stella) 5h 50' 26" (121.5 km/h)
2- Garfield (Renault Nerva Stella)
3- Barthez (Renault Nerva Stella)
4- Albert Bénitah (Graham-Paige)
5- "Mario" (Fiat) ==> the source mispelled and called him Mazacorato
6- Corbelloni (Delage)

3 L:
1- Maurice Benoist (Citroën) 7h 15' 04" (97.86 km/h) brother of famous Robert Benoist
2- Delabarre (Citroën)
3- Levesque (Citroën)

2 L:
1- Domenici (Bugatti) 9h 14' 02"

1500 cc
1- Fourny (Chenard & Walcker) 6h 24' 15" (110.6 km/h)
2- Martin (Chenard & Walcker)

1100 cc
1- Saint-Geniès (Amilcar) 9h 12' 37" (81 km/h)

The average speeds and the times are sometimes dubious

[ry6]

If this was the Mario who won the 1936 SAGP his name was then Mazzacurati. It was later changed to the softer Massacurati.

He got his competition license in 1926 but seems to have at first raced motorcycles.


Are we sure that the 1928 Morrocco GP racer was this "Mario", because the nickname could have been used by others?

[ry6]

Was the winner of this 1928 race called Georges Rost?

And is the Georges Irat a car that he had something to do with the manufacture or design?

[David McKinney]

I believe he was Maurice Rost, and I have him finishing second in the 1928 Moroccan race
He drove George Irat cars fairly extensively, but what other connection he may have had with the manufacturer I do not know

[Michael Ferner]

For those still seeking the date of the 1925 edition, it was April 26.