1938 Grand Prix season

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1938 AIACR European Championship season
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1938 Grand Prix season
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The 1938 Grand Prix season was the sixth AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Rudolf Caracciola, driving for the Mercedes-Benz team. Caracciola won one of the four events that counted towards the championship.

1 Season Review
- 1.1 European Championship Grands Prix
- 1.2 Non-championship Grands Prix
2 Championship Final Standings

[edit] Season Review

[edit] European Championship Grands Prix

Rd	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning drivers	Winning constructor	Report
1	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	July 3	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	Report
2	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	July 24	Richard Seaman	Mercedes-Benz	Report
3	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	August 21	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
4	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	September 11	Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union	Report

[edit] Non-championship Grands Prix

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
Grand Prix de Pau	Pau	April 10	René Dreyfus	Delahaye	Report
Campbell Trophy	Brooklands	April 18	Prince Bira	ERA	Report
Cork Grand Prix	Carrigrohane	April 23	René Dreyfus	Delahaye	Report
Tripoli Grand Prix	Mellaha	May 15	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Gávea Nacional Circuit	Gávea	May 29	Arthur Nascimento Jr	Alfa Romeo	Report
Frontières Grand Prix	Chimay	June 5	Maurice Trintignant	Bugatti	Report
Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix	Gávea	June 12	Carlo Maria Pintacuda	Alfa Romeo	Report
Coppa Ciano	Montenero	August 7	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	August 15	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Junior Car Club 200 mile race	Brooklands	August 27	Johnny Wakefield	ERA	Report
Mountain Championship	Brooklands	October 15	Raymond Mays	ERA	Report
Donington Grand Prix	Donington Park	October 22	Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union	Report

[edit] Championship Final Standings

Pos	Driver	FRA	GER	SUI	ITA	Pts
1	Rudolf Caracciola	2	2	1	3	8
2	Manfred von Brauchitsch	1	Ret	3	Ret	15
3	Hermann Lang	3	Ret	10	Ret	17
4	Richard Seaman		1	2	Ret	18
5	Tazio Nuvolari		Ret	9	1	20
=	Hans Stuck		3	4	Ret	20
=	Hermann Paul Müller		4	Ret	Ret	20
8	Giuseppe Farina		Ret	5	2	21
9	René Dreyfus		5	8		24
=	Pietro Ghersi		8		5	24
11	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Ret		7	Ret	25
12	Piero Taruffi		Ret	6	Ret	26
13	Clemente Biondetti		Ret		4	27
14	René Carrière	4				28
=	Christian Kautz	Ret		Ret	Ret	28
=	Rudolf Hasse	Ret	Ret			28
=	Paul Pietsch		6			28
=	Renato Balestrero		7			28
=	Franco Cortese		9			28
=	George de Montbressieux			11		28
=	Emilio Romano			12		28
=	Max Christen			13		28
=	Edoardo Teagno			14		28
24	Philippe Étancelin	Ret				29
=	Arthur Hyde		Ret			29
26	Adolfo Mandirola			Ret		30
=	Giovanni Minozzi			Ret		30
=	Luigi Villoresi				Ret	30
=	Goffredo Zehender				Ret	30
=	Vittorio Belmondo				Ret	30
31	Eugène Chaboud	Ret				31
=	Toulo de Graffenried		Ret			31
=	Franco Comotti		Ret			31
=	Herbert Berg		Ret			31
=	Jstván de Sztriha			Ret		31
36	Carlo Felice Trossi				DSQ	32
Pos	Driver	FRA	GER	SUI	ITA	Pts

Colour	Result	Points
Gold	Winner	1
Silver	2nd place	2
Bronze	3rd place	3
Green	Completed more than 75%	4
Blue	Completed between 50% and 75%	5
Purple	Completed between 25% and 50%	6
Red	Completed less than 25%	7
Black	Disqualified	8
Blank	Did not participate	8