1938 Grand Prix season

1938 AIACR European Championship season
European Champion
Rudolf Caracciola
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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.

Contents

Season review

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

Non-championship Grands Prix

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

Name Circuit Date Winning driver Winning constructor Report
Pau Grand Prix 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
Grand Prix des Frontières 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

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
= "Raph" 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
= István 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

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. "1938". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp38.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 

Galpin, Darren. "1938 Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1938.html. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 

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