1939 Grand Prix season

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1939 AIACR European Championship season
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1939 Grand Prix season
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The 1939 Grand Prix season was the seventh AIACR European Championship season. The championship winner was never officially announced by the AIACR due to the outbreak of World War II. Although Hermann Paul Müller would have won the championship on points, the president of Germany's highest motorsports organisation declared Hermann Lang the champion.

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

[edit] Season Review

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[edit] European Championship Grands Prix

Rd	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning drivers	Winning constructor	Report
1	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	June 25	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
2	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	July 9	Hermann Paul Müller	Auto Union	Report
3	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	July 23	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
4	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	August 20	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	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 2	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Paris Cup	Montlhéry	May 7	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Bugatti	Report
Finnish Grand Prix	Eläintarharata	May 7	Adolf Westerblom	Alfa Romeo	Report
Eifelrennen	Nürburgring	May 21	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Frontières Grand Prix	Chimay	May 28	Maurice Trintignant	Bugatti	Report
Bucharest Grand Prix	Bucharest	June 25	Hans Stuck	Auto Union	Report
Remparts Grand Prix	Angoulême	July 30	Raymond Sommer	Alfa Romeo	Report
Campbell Trophy	Brooklands	August 7	Raymond Mays	ERA	Report
Belgrade City Race	Belgrade	September 3	Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union	Report

[edit] Unofficial Championship Standings

Pos	Driver	BEL	FRA	GER	SUI	Pts
1	Hermann Paul Müller	Ret	1	2	4	12
2	Hermann Lang	1	Ret	Ret	1	14
3	Rudolf Caracciola	Ret	Ret	1	2	17
4	Manfred von Brauchitsch	3	Ret	Ret	3	19
=	Tazio Nuvolari	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	19
6	Rudolf Hasse	2		Ret	Ret	20
=	René Dreyfus		7	4	8	20
8	Georg Meier	Ret	2	Ret		22
9	Raymond Sommer	4	5	Ret		23
=	Hans Stuck		6	Ret	10	23
11	Robert Mazaud	5		6		24
=	George de Montbressieux		9	5		24
13	Giuseppe Farina	Ret			7	25
14	Paul Pietsch			3	Ret	26
15	René Le Bègue		3			27
16	Louis Gérard	6				28
=	Philippe Étancelin		4			28
=	Luigi Chinetti		8			28
=	Leonhard Joa			7		28
=	Hans Hartmann				6	28
=	Clemente Biondetti				9	28
=	Kenneth Evans				11	28
=	John Wakefield				12	28
=	Robert Ansell				13	28
25	Richard Seaman	Ret				29
=	Adolfo Mandirola	Ret		DSQ		29
=	Toulo de Graffenried				Ret	29
28	Yves Matra		Ret			30
=	Luigi Villoresi			Ret		30
30	Raymond Mays		Ret			31
=	Heinz Brendel			Ret		31
=	Giovanni Rocco				Ret	31
Pos	Driver	BEL	FRA	GER	SUI	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