1938 Grand Prix races

Start of Grand Prix cars, Coppa Ciano

Wookey wrote:

Goodwood95 wrote:COPPA CIANO
Non Championship Race
Livorno (I), 7 August 1938
40 laps x 5.8 km (3.6 mi) = 232.0 km (144.2 mi)

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Type Engine Laps Time/Status Diff


3. 62 J-P. Wimille / C. Biondetti Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Tipo 312 3.0 V-12 39 1h41m49.0s (Note 1)


DNF 52 Goffredo Zehender Officine A. Maserati Maserati 8CTF 3.0 S-8 engine

Great post !

However, 1st picture is Biondetti, second and third is the same image of Zehender

Thank you! I changed it .I removed the Zehender Pic and made Biondetti in Bold

XIV° COPPA ACERBO
Non Championship Race
Pescara (I), 14 August 1938
16 laps x 25.8 km (16.0 mi) = 412.8 km (256.5 mi)


1. 26 Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 16 3h03m45.65s


2. 28 Giuseppe Farina Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Tipo 312 3.0 V-12 16 3h07m11.64s + 3m26.0s


3. 34 Vittorio Belmondo Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 3.0 16 3h12m20.63s + 8m35.1s


4. 48 Gianfranco Comotti Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 145 4.5 V-12 15 3h12m35.00s


DNF 44 Rudolf Hasse Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 11 fuel starvation?


DNF 42 C. F. Trossi / L. Villoresi Officine A. Maserati Maserati 8CTF 3.0 S-8 10 engine


DNF 30 Hermann Müller Auto Union AG Auto Union C/D 3.0 V-12 8 fuel starvation


DNF 36 René Dreyfus Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 145 4.5 V-12 6 transmission/engine


DNF 32 Hermann Lang Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 4 engine, fire


DNF 38 Clemente Biondetti Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Tipo 312 3.0 V-12 1 engine


DNF 46 Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 1 engine



DNF 40 Tazio Nuvolari Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 1 differential

Fastest lap: Luigi Villoresi (Maserati) in 10m57.03s = 141.4 km/h (87.8 mph)
Winner's medium speed: 134.8 km/h (83.8 mph)


Start

Ambience


Team Delahaye

V GROßER PREIS DER SCHWEIZ
Round 3 of 4
Bremgarten - Bern (CH), 21 August 1938
50 laps x 7.280 km (4.52 mi) = 364.0 km (226.2 mi)


Poster


Event Guide



1. 12 Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 50 2h32m07.8s


2. 16 Richard Seaman Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 50 2h32m33.8s +       26.0s


3. 10 Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 49 2h33m11.6s + 1m03.8s


4 . 8 Hans Stuck Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 48 2h34m12.5s



5. 38 Giuseppe Farina Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 312 3.0 S-8 48 2h34m34.8s


6. 28 Piero Taruffi Scuderia Torino Alfa Romeo 308 3.0 S-8 47


7. 40 Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 312 3.0 V-12 47


DNF 4 Hermann Müller Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 46 run into ditch


8. 20 René Dreyfus Ecurie Bleue Delahaye Delahaye 145 4.5 V-12 46




9. 6 Tazio Nuvolari Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 46


10. 14 Hermann Lang  Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 45 shared drive


10. 14 Walter Bäumer Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 45 shared drive


11. 20 "Raph" Ecurie Bleue Delahaye Delahaye 145 4.5 V-12 43


12. 24 Emilio Romano E. Romano Alfa Romeo Monza 2.6 S-8 41


13. 32 Max Christen M. Christen Maserati Tipo 26 2.0 40


14. 26 E. Teagno / "B Bira" Squadra Sabauda Maserati 8CM 3.0 S-8 39


DNF 2 Christian Kautz Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 19 fuel leak/carburettor


DNF 30 Adolfo Mandirola Auto-Agence S.A. Maserati 8CM 3.0 S-8 17


DNF 22 Giovanni Minozzi G. Minozzi Alfa Romeo Monza 2.6 S-8 17


DNF 34 Jstván de Sztriha J. de Sztriha Alfa Romeo Monza 2.6 S-8 5


DNS   1   Rudolf Hasse  Auto Union AG Auto Union C/D 3.0 V-12


DNS   11 Walter Bäumer Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12


DNS   36 Emmanuel de Graffenried Ecurie Du Puy de Graffenried Maserati 6C34 3.0 S-6 DNS

Fastest lap: Richard Seaman (Mercedes Benz) in 2m51.0s? = 153.3 km/h (95.2 mph)?
Winner's medium speed: 143.6 km/h (89.2 mph)


Start

Ambience


Team Mercedes Benz


Uhlenhaut, von Brauchitsch, Caracciola, Seaman, Sailer & Neubauer


Team Auto Union


Main Train Station Bern with a Mercedes Benz on Display


Mercedes Benz Victory Poster

Berne

Nuvolari

Lang

Brauchitsh


Baumer


Wimille

Farina

Seaman

Caracciola

Müller


Stück

Kautz

Hasse

Wookey wrote:Berne

Hasse

I think you are right. It´s Hasse, not Kautz.

Christian Kautz


Rudi Hasse

XVI° GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA
Round 4 of 4
Autodromo di Monza (I), 11 September 1938
60 laps x 6.993 km (4.345 mi)= 419.58 km.(260.715 mi)


Poster


Event Guide



1. 22 Tazio Nuvolari Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 60 2h41m39.6s


2. 30 Giuseppe Farina Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Tipo 316 3.0 V-16 59 2h42m15.6s


3. 12 R. Caracciola / M. von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 57 2h42m39.4s


4. 6 Clemente Biondetti Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Tipo 316 3.0 V-16 57 2h42m15.8s


DNF 20 Hermann Müller Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 57 engine


DSQ 14 Carlo Felice Trossi Officine A. Maserati Maserati 8CTF 3.0 S-8 56 2h43m23.4s


5. 2 Pietro Ghersi Scuderia Torino Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 3.0 S-8 47 2h45m55.6s


DNF 36 Hans Stuck Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 41 mechanical


DNF 26 Hermann Lang Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 35 engine


DNF 8 Luigi Villoresi Officine A. Maserati Maserati 8CTF 3.0 S-8 24/29? mechanical


DNF 4 Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 19 mechanical


DNF 28 Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Tipo 312 3.0 V-12 17


DNF 18 Goffredo Zehender Officine A. Maserati Maserati 8CTF 3.0 S-8 15


DNF 32 Vittorio Belmondo R. Balestrero Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 3.0 S-8 15/18?


DNF 16 Richard Seaman Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 11/14? engine


DNF 34 Piero Taruffi Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Tipo 312 3.0 V-12 10/14? mechanical


DNF 24 Christian Kautz Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 2


Fastest lap: Hermann Lang (Mercedes Benz) on lap 29 in 2m34.2s = 163.3 km/h (101.4 mph)
Winner's medium speed: 155.7 km/h (96.8 mph)


Start

Ambience


Team Mercedes Benz


Nuvolari + Farina


Gazzetta dello Sport 12.09.1938

IV DONINGTON GRAND PRIX
Non Champinship Race
Donington Park (GB), 22 October 1938 (Saturday, moved form 1 October)
80 laps x 5.029 km (3.125 mi) = 402.3 km (250.0 mi)


Poster


Event Guide


Track Map




1. 4 Tazio Nuvolari Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 80 3h06m22s

 
2. 7 Hermann Lang Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 80 3h08m00s + 1m38s





3. 8 Richard Seaman Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 79 3h06m22.8s



4. 1 Hermann Müller Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 79 3h07m09.0s



5. 6 Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 79 3h08m21.0s


6. 19 Arthur Dobson A. C. Dobson ERA B 2.0 S-6 74 3h07m56.2s


7. 18 W. Cotton / W. Wilkinson W. Cotton ERA B 2.0 S-6 74 3h08m14.6s


8. 15 I. Connell / P. Monkhouse I. Connell ERA B 2.0 S-6 74 3h08m52.4s


DNF 5 Walter Bäumer Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12 43 fire during tanking/engine



DNF 2 Rudolf Hasse Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 25/29? spun on oil


DNF 14 Robin Hanson Mrs Hall Smith Alta S-4 25/22? engine blow up


DNF 9 René Dreyfus Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 155 4.5 V-12 23 oil pressure


DNF 11 Luigi Villoresi Officine A. Maserati Maserati 8CTF 3.0 S-8 18 engine


DNF 17 Humphrey Cuddon-Fletcher H. Cuddon-Fletcher MG K3 Magnette 1.1 S-6 17 brakes


DNF 12 Percy Maclure P. Maclure Riley 2000/6 2.0 S-6 12 half shaft


DNF 10 "Raph" Ecurie Bleue Delahaye 145 4.5 V-12 10 oil pressure


DNF 3 Christian Kautz Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12 2 crash


P Hermann Lang Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12  practice only

Fastest lap: Tazio Nuvolari (Auto Union) in 2h14.4s = 134.7 km/h (83.7 mph)
Winner's medium speed: =129.5 km/h (80.5 mph)


Start


Podium

Ambience


Tazio Nuvolari


Deer Hunter Tazio Nuvolari with his Trophy, after a Crash with a Deer during free Practice



Tazio Nuvolari + Manfred von Brauchitsch


Mercedes Benz




Auto Union Victory Poster" />

II. INTERNATIONALES GROSSGLOCKNER RENNEN
am 28. August 1938


Event Guide



#81 Manfred von Brauchitsch



#82 Hermann Lang




#83 Hans Stuck


#84 H. P. Müller


Ambience




Auto Union Victory Poster

Thanks ! Mountain climbing in such monsters was totally unbelievable ! Too bad some pictures have been "denazified". History deserves authenticity, and loving cars does not mean you could be influenced by ideological symbols