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.

The name Gran Premio di Napoli now refers to a cycling event.