1933 Grand Prix De Tunisie Poster

The Tunis Grand Prix on the Carthage road circuit formed the opening of the 1933 international racing season. After the February meeting at Pau, the next great circuit race took place in Tunisia, a French protectorate in North-Africa, where the Grand Prix of Tunis was staged for the fifth time. First organised in 1928 on the Bardo course, since 1931 the event was held on the very flat triangular 12.714 km Carthage circuit with high-speed corners connecting the long straights, except for the sharp hairpin leading into the 3.5 km finishing straight, which contained a chicane to slow the cars just before the finish line. The event took place near the site of the ancient city of Carthage. The race consisted of 37 laps, giving a total of over 470 kilometres. The circuit itself and the regulations had not changed from the previous year, but new for 1933 was the promoter's decision to select the drivers by invitation only, the way it was done at the Monaco Grand Prix.