Moroccan Grand Prix
The Moroccan Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor racing event. It began in 1925 in Casablanca, Morocco. The official name was "Casablanca Grand Prix".
Ain-Diab Circuit | |
Race information | |
Laps | 53 |
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Circuit length | 7.618 km (4.724 mi) |
Race length | 403.754 km (250.37 mi) |
Number of times held | 13 |
First held | 1925, First F1-1958 |
Last held | 1958 |
Most wins (drivers) | no repeat winners |
Most wins (constructors) | Bugatti (4) |
Last race (1958): | |
Pole position | Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2:23.1 |
Podium | 1. Stirling Moss Vanwall 2:09:15.100 2. Mike Hawthorn Ferrari +2.211s 3. Phil Hill Ferrari +34.163s |
Fastest lap | Stirling Moss Vanwall 2:22.5 |
In 1930, the race was moved to the new Anfa Racecourse. There was no race in 1933. There were no races between 1935 and 1953. When it returned in 1954, it was held on a circuit at the city of Agadir for sports cars.
A new circuit at Ain-Diab near Casablanca was ready for the 1957 Moroccan Grand Prix Formula One race. This race did not counttoward the World Championship. The only World Championship F1 race was in 1958. The race was marred by the death of Stuart Lewis-Evans. This was the last Grand Prix organized in Morocco.
Winners of the Moroccan Grand Prix
Repeat winners (drivers)
No driver won the Moroccan Grand Prix more than one time.
Repeat winners (constructors)
Number of wins | Driver | Years |
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4 | Bugatti | 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932 |
3 | Ferrari | 1954, 1955, 1956 |
Active constructors are in bold.
Event that were not part of the Formula One World Championship have a pink background.
By year
Year | Driver | Constructor | Category | Location | |
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1958 | Stirling Moss | Vanwall | Formula One | Ain-Diab | |
1957 | Jean Behra | Maserati | Formula One | Ain-Diab | |
1956 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari | Sports cars | Agadir | |
1955 | Mike Sparken | Ferrari | Sports cars | Agadir | |
1954 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | Sports cars | Agadir | |
1953 - 1935 |
Not held | ||||
1934 | Louis Chiron | Alfa Romeo | Touring cars | Anfa | |
1933 | Not held | ||||
1932 | Marcel Lehoux | Bugatti | Touring cars | Anfa | |
1931 | Stanislas Czaikowski | Bugatti | Touring cars | Anfa | |
1930 | Charles Bénitah | Amilcar | Touring cars | Anfa | |
1929 | Not held | ||||
1928 | E. Meyer | Bugatti | Touring cars | Casablanca | |
1927 | G. Roll | Georges Irat | Touring cars | Casablanca | |
1926 | R. Meyerl | Bugatti | Touring cars | Casablanca | |
1925 | Comte de Vaugelas | Delage | Touring cars | Casablanca |
Event that were not part of the Formula One World Championship have a pink background.