Moroccan Grand Prix
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| Ain-Diab Circuit | |
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| Race information | |
| Laps | 53 |
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| Circuit length | 7.618 km ( mi) |
| Race length | 403.754 km ( mi) |
| Most wins (drivers) |  Stirling Moss (1) |
| Most wins (constructors) | Vanwall (1) |
| Last race (1958): | |
| Pole position | Mike Hawthorn Ferrari2:23.1 |
| Podium | 1. Stirling Moss Vanwall 2:09:15.100 |
| Fastest lap | Stirling Moss Vanwall 2:22.5 |
The Moroccan Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor racing event begun in 1925 in Casablanca, Morocco with the official denomination of "Casablanca Grand Prix".
In 1930, the race was held at the new Anfa Racecourse (official denomination "Anfa Grand Prix"). It claimed the life of driver Count Bruno d'Harcourt during a practice run. All winners, in touring cars, were either French or Monegasque.
There was no race in 1933 or between 1935 and 1953. When it returned in 1954, it was held on a circuit at the city of Agadir for sports cars, and French dominance was interrupted by an Italian driver, Giuseppe Farina.
A new layout at Ain-Diab near Casablanca was made ready for the 1957 Formula One race which, although not counting toward the World Championship, attracted a world-class field.
The following year the race was officially sanctioned and was held on October 19, 1958. The race was marred by the death of Stuart Lewis-Evans (second in the 1957 race) who died in a London hospital of burn injuries six days after crashing heavily at the dusty circuit. His Vanwall engine seized (possibly because of dust) and sent him lurching into barriers at high speed, igniting his car in flames. This was the last Grand Prix organized in Morocco.
[edit] Winners of the Moroccan Grand Prix
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.
| Year | Driver | Constructor | Location | Report |
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| 1958 | Stirling Moss |
Vanwall F1 | Ain-Diab | Report |
| 1957 |  Jean Behra |
Maserati F1 | Ain-Diab | Report |
| 1956 | Maurice Trintignant |
Ferrari Sports car | Agadir | Report |
| 1955 | Mike Sparken |
Ferrari Sports car | Agadir | Report |
| 1954 | Giuseppe Farina |
Ferrari Sports car | Agadir | Report |
| 1953 - 1935 |
Not held | |||
| 1934 |  Louis Chiron |
Alfa Romeo | Anfa | Report |
| 1933 | Not held | |||
| 1932 | Marcel Lehoux |
Bugatti | Anfa | Report |
| 1931 | Stanislas Czaikowski |
Bugatti | Anfa | Report |
| 1930 | Charles Bénitah |
Amilcar | Anfa | Report |
| 1929 | Not held | |||
| 1928 | E. Meyer |
Bugatti | Casablanca | Report |
| 1927 | G. Roll |
Georges Irat | Casablanca | Report |
| 1926 | R. Meyerl |
Bugatti | Casablanca | Report |
| 1925 | Comte de Vaugelas |
Delage | Casablanca | Report |
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