1937 Grand Prix Season

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This article recaps the 1937 European Championship (auto racing) Grand Prix season.

It was called "The Year of Titans" as the unlimited engines produced up to 646hp in 1937. For 1938, the size was limited to 3000cc.

Luigi Fagioli had left Mercedes-Benz because he didn't like the team orders, moving to Auto Union.

1 Drivers and Constructors
2 Grands Prix
3 Driver results
4 External links

[edit] Drivers and Constructors

Manufacturer backed teams only.

Constructor	Team	Chassis	Engine	Lead Drivers	Junior drivers	Reserve drivers
Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz	W125	5660cc V8 Supercharged	Rudolf Caracciola	Richard Seaman Christian Kautz	Goffredo Zehender
				Manfred von Brauchitsch
				Hermann Lang
Auto Union	Auto Union	C	6006cc V16 Supercharged	Bernd Rosemeyer	Ernst von Delius Rudolf Hasse	Hermann Paul Müller
				Hans Stuck
				Luigi Fagioli
Alfa Romeo	Scuderia Ferrari	Tipo C Tipo 12C/37	4064cc V12 Supercharged	Tazio Nuvolari	Carlo Maria Pintacuda Clemente Biondetti	Mario Tadini Luigi Francesco Severi
				Giuseppe Farina
				Antonio Brivio

[edit] Grands Prix

Of the numerous races held in 1937, only five, the Belgian, German, Monaco, Swiss and Italian Grands Prix counted towards the championship. The French, Czech and British races were also significant events and worth including.

Rd	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
	French Grand Prix	Autodrome de Montlhéry	July 4	Louis Chiron	Talbot	Report
1	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	July 11	Rudolf Hasse	Auto Union	Report
2	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	July 25	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
3	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	August 8	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	Report
4	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	August 22	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
5	Italian Grand Prix	Livorno	September 12	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Masaryk	September 26	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
	British Grand Prix	Donington	October 2	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report

[edit] Driver results

Driver	BEL	GER	MON	SWI	ITA	Points
Rudolf Caracciola	8	1	2^P_F	1^P	1^P_F	13
Manfred von Brauchitsch	4^P	2	1	3	5	15
Christian Kautz	4	4	3	4	4	19
Hermann Lang	3_F	4	8	2	2	19
Hans Stuck	2	6	4	4	4	20
Raymond Sommer	4	7	4	4	8	27
Bernd Rosemeyer	8	3 ^P_F	7	7_F	3	28
Tazio Nuvolari	8	4	8	4	4	28
Rudolf Hasse	1	4	7	8	8	28
Giuseppe Farina	8	4	4	6	6	28
László Hartmann	8	4	5	4	8	29
Hans Rüesch	8	4	4	7	8	31
Vittorio Belmondo	8	4	8	8	4	32
Hermann Paul Müller	6	7	8	8	4	33
Richard Seaman	8	6	8	8	4	34
Clemente Biondetti	8	8	6	8	4	34
Carlo Felice Trossi	7	8	8	8	4	35
Soffietti	8	4	7	8	8	35
Paul Pietsch	8	7	8	4	8	35
Minozzi	8	7	8	5	8	36
Dennis Evans	8	4	8	8	8	36
Festetics	8	4	8	8	8	36
Marinoni	8	4	8	8	8	36
Zehender	8	8	4	8	8	36
Carlo Maria Pintacuda	8	8	4	8	8	36
Luigi Fagioli	8	8	8	4	8	36
Achille Varzi	8	8	8	8	4	36
Mandirola	8	8	8	5	8	37
Simonet	8	8	8	5	8	37
Ernst von Delius	8	6	8	8	8	38
Cortese	8	6	8	8	8	38
Guidotti	8	8	8	8	6	38
Balestrero	8	7	8	8	8	39
Teagno	8	7	8	8	8	39
Severi	8	7	8	8	8	39
Brivio	8	8	7	8	8	39
Christen	8	8	8	7	8	39
Driver	BEL	GER	MON	SWI	ITA	Points