1937 British Grand Prix

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**III Donington Grand Prix**
Date	2 October 1937
Location	Donington Park
Course	5.028km
Distance	80 laps 402.25km
Weather	Dry
Pole Position	Manfred von Brauchitsch, 2'10.4
Fastest Lap	Bernd Rosemeyer & Manfred von Brauchitsch, 2'11.4
Winner	Bernd Rosemeyer, 3:01'02.5
2nd Place	Manfred von Brauchitsch
3rd Place	Rudolf Caracciola
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The 1937 British Grand Prix was a 750kg Formula race held on October 2, 1937 at Donington Park Circuit.

1 Race Report
2 Classification
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Race Report

The first time the Silver Arrows manufacturer teams from Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union had competed in Britain came as a shock [1] to the locals as they watched the hugely powerful and thunderous German cars wipe the floor with the British entrants. Lang led the first few laps but had to retire with a broken damper, as well as British hero Richard Seaman. The lead changed hands several times between von Brauchitsch, Rosemeyer and Caracciola. Whilst leading for a second time, von Brauchitsch suffered a puncture and Rosemeyer was back in front and stayed there to take a well earned victory.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	5	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	80	3:01'02.5	2
2	3	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	80	+ 37.5	1
3	1	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	80	+ 1'16.3	6
4	7	Hermann Paul Müller	Auto Union	80	+ 3'47.5	6
5	6	Rudolf Hasse	Auto Union	80	+ 8'47.5	7
6	8	Prince Bira	Maserati	78	+ 2 laps	11
NC	9	Earl Howe	ERA	77	+ 3 laps	10
NC	19	Arthur Charles Dobson	ERA	74	+ 6 laps	12
NC	15	Robin Hanson	ERA	72	+ 8 laps	11
DNF	20	Percy Maclure	Riley	67	Rear axle	15
DNF	8	Raymond Mays	ERA	51	Brakes	9
DNF	4	Richard Seaman	Mercedes-Benz	29	Suspension	4
DNF	2	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	26	Suspension	3
DNF	18	Brian Martin	ERA	18	Engine	13
DNF	16	Peter Whitehead	ERA	11	Engine	14
DNS	16	Peter Walker	ERA
DNS	12	A.B.Hyde	Maserati
DNS	2	Christian Kautz	Mercedes-Benz

[edit] Notes

Pole position: Manfred von Brauchitsch - 2'10.4
Fastest Lap: Bernd Rosemeyer & Manfred von Brauchitsch - 2'11.4
This race was Rosemeyer's last Grand Prix victory before his death a few months later in January 1938