1937 Grand Prix season

1937 AIACR European Championship season
European Champion
Rudolf Caracciola
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1937 Grand Prix season
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The 1937 Grand Prix season was the fifth AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Rudolf Caracciola, driving for the Mercedes-Benz team. Caracciola won three of the five events that counted towards the championship.

Contents

Season review

European Championship Grands Prix

Rd Name Circuit Date Winning drivers Winning constructor 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

Non-championship Grands Prix

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

Name Circuit Date Winning driver Winning constructor Report
Flatenloppet Flaten, Stockholm February 14 Eugen Bjørnstad Alfa Romeo Report
Turin Circuit Valentino Park April 18 Antonio Brivio Alfa Romeo Report
Naples Grand Prix Posillipo April 25 Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo Report
Campbell Trophy Brooklands May 1 Prince Bira Delage Report
Tripoli Grand Prix Mellaha May 9 Hermann Lang Mercedes-Benz Report
Finnish Grand Prix Eläintarharata May 9 Hans Rüesch Alfa Romeo Report
Grand Prix des Frontières Chimay May 16 Hans Rüesch Alfa Romeo Report
Avusrennen AVUS May 30 Hermann Lang Mercedes-Benz Report
Superba Circuit Genoa May 30 Carlo Felice Trossi Alfa Romeo Report
Bucharest Grand Prix Bucharest May 30 Hans Rüesch Alfa Romeo Report
Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix Gávea June 6 Carlo Maria Pintacuda Alfa Romeo Report
Eifelrennen Nürburgring June 13 Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union Report
Milan Grand Prix Milan June 20 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo Report
Vanderbilt Cup Roosevelt Raceway July 5 Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union Report
Vila Real Circuit Vila Real July 25 Vasco do Sameiro Alfa Romeo Report
Coppa Acerbo Pescara August 15 Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union Report
Estoril Circuit Estoril August 15 Manoel de Oliveira Ford Report
Junior Car Club 200 mile race Donington Park August 28 Arthur Dobson ERA Report
Masaryk Grand Prix Brno September 26 Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz Report
Donington Grand Prix Donington Park October 2 Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union Report
Mountain Championship Brooklands October 16 Hans Rüesch Alfa Romeo Report
Kalastajatorpanajo Helsinki October 31 Karl Ebb Mercedes-Benz Report

Championship Final Standings

Pos Driver BEL GER MON SUI ITA Pts
1 Rudolf Caracciola 1 2 1 1 13
2 Manfred von Brauchitsch Ret 2 1 3 Ret 15
3 Hermann Lang 3 7 2 2 19
= Christian Kautz 4 6 3 6 Ret 19
5 Hans Stuck 2 Ret 4 4 9 20
6 Raymond Sommer 5 Ret 7 8 27
7 Rudolf Hasse 1 5 Ret 28
= Bernd Rosemeyer 3 Ret Ret 3 28
= Tazio Nuvolari 4 5 7 28
= Giuseppe Farina Ret 6 Ret Ret 28
11 László Hartmann Ret Ret 9 29
12 Hans Rüesch 8 8 Ret 31
13 Vittorio Belmondo 12 10 32
14 Hermann Paul Müller Ret Ret 5 33
15 Richard Seaman Ret 4 34
= Clemente Biondetti Ret Ret 34
17 Luigi Soffietti Ret Ret 35
= Carlo Felice Trossi Ret 8 35
= Paul Pietsch Ret 10 35
20 Kenneth Evans 9 36
= Ernõ Festetics 10 36
= Attilio Marinoni 11 36
= Giovanni Minozzi Ret Ret 36
= Goffredo Zehender 5 36
= Carlo Maria Pintacuda 9 36
= Luigi Fagioli 7 36
= Achille Varzi 6 36
28 Henri Simonet Ret 37
= Adolfo Mandirola Ret 37
30 Franco Cortese Ret 38
= Ernst von Delius Ret 38
= Giovanbattista Guidotti Ret 38
33 Francesco Severi Ret 39
= Renato Balestrero Ret 39
= Edoardo Teagno Ret 39
= Antonio Brivio Ret 39
= Max Christen Ret 39
Pos Driver BEL GER MON 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

References

Etzrodt, Hans. "Grand Prix Winners 1895-1949 : Part 3 (1934-1949)". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw3.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 

Leif Snellman and Hans Etzrodt. "1937". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp37.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 

Galpin, Darren. "1937 Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1937.html. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 

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