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.

Season review[]

European Championship Grands Prix[]

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

Non-championship Grands Prix[]

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

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

Championship final standings[]

Pos Driver FRA
France 		GER
Germany 		SUI
Switzerland 		ITA
Italy 		Pts
1 Germany Rudolf Caracciola 2 2 1 3 8
2 Germany Manfred von Brauchitsch 1 Ret 3 Ret 15
3 Germany Hermann Lang 3 Ret 10 Ret 17
4 United Kingdom Richard Seaman 1 2 Ret 18
5 Italy Tazio Nuvolari Ret 9 1 20
= Germany Hans Stuck 3 4 Ret 20
= Germany Hermann Paul Müller 4 Ret Ret 20
8 Italy Giuseppe Farina Ret 5 2 21
9 France René Dreyfus 5 8 24
= Italy Pietro Ghersi 8 5 24
11 France Jean-Pierre Wimille Ret 7 Ret 25
12 Italy Piero Taruffi Ret 6 Ret 26
13 Italy Clemente Biondetti Ret 4 27
14 France 4 28
= Switzerland Christian Kautz Ret Ret Ret 28
= Germany Rudolf Hasse Ret Ret 28
= Germany Paul Pietsch 6 28
= Italy Renato Balestrero 7 28
= Italy Franco Cortese 9 28
= France "Raph" 11 28
= Italy 12 28
= Switzerland 13 28
= Italy 14 28
24 France Philippe Étancelin Ret 29
= United Kingdom Ret 29
26 Switzerland Ret 30
= Italy Ret 30
= Italy Luigi Villoresi Ret 30
= Italy Goffredo Zehender Ret 30
= Italy Vittorio Belmondo Ret 30
31 France Eugène Chaboud Ret 31
= Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Ret 31
= Italy Franco Comotti Ret 31
= Germany Ret 31
= Hungary Ret 31
36 Italy Carlo Felice Trossi DSQ 32
Pos Driver FRA
France 		GER
Germany 		SUI
Switzerland 		ITA
Italy 		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. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  • Leif Snellman and Hans Etzrodt. "1938". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  • Galpin, Darren. "1938 Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
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