1939 European Championship Grand Prix

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GRAND PRIX DE PAU

2 Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12

Poster


entrance ticket


Stamps FDC


Opening on Feb. 17th in front of the Reichskanzlei


The 1938 Worldrecord car Mercedes W 125 with 5,6-Liter-V12-Motor


The 1939 Worldrecord car Mercedes W 154 V12 3l Supercharged


Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12


Auto Union C-Type 6.0 V-16 streamliner


Tire change Demo for the then new medium TV (introduced in 1936)


KdF Wagen (Volkswagen Beetle)


Alfa Romeo 8C


Ambience

XXV GRAND PRIX DE L'AUTOMOBILE CLUB DE FRANCE


2 Raymond Sommer R. Sommer Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 3.0 S-8


8 Tazio Nuvolari Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12


10 Hans Stuck Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12


12 Hermann Müller Auto Union AG Auto Union D 3.0 V-12


16 Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12


18 Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12


20 Hermann Lang Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3.0 V-12


30 René Dreyfus Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell Delahaye 145 4.5 V-12


38 Raymond Mays Automobiles Talbot-Darracq Talbot MC 4.5 S-6


Ambience

Absolutely wonderful post !

SPEED RECORD ATTEMPT
8. - 14. Feb. 1939
Mercedes Benz Class D
car based on the 1938 GP chassis
3000 cc
Autobahn Dessau - Bitterfeld
Driver: Rudolf Caracciola


The 3 litre Record Mercedes


Prepairing the Mercedes


Caracciola enter the car





CLASS D
MERCEDES-BENZ 3L
8 February 1939, Dessau (D)
Driver: Caracciola

1 km Standing Start:
      175.097 km/h (108.800 mph)  [20.56 s]
1 Mile Standing Start:
      204.578 km/h (127.119 mph)  [28.32 s]

For the standing start D class records Mercedes-Benz built a car based on the 1938 GP chassis with fully enclosed wheels and the radiator replaced by internal ice cooling. After initial tests by Lang the team took the car to Dessau where a 10 km section of the highway had been specially prepared for record attempts. The central grass strip had been filled out, making the available road 27 meters wide. However Caracciola soon learned to avoid using the dirty mid section. On 8 February Caracciola made two new D class standing start records.

CLASS D
MERCEDES-BENZ 3L
9 February 1939, Dessau (D)
Driver: Caracciola

1 km:
      398.230 km/h (247.449 mph)  [9.04 s]
1 Mile:
      399.561 km/h (248.276 mph)  [14.50 s]

CLASS D
MERCEDES-BENZ 3L
14 February 1939, Dessau (D)
Driver: Caracciola

1 km Standing Start:
      177.427 km/h (110.248 mph)  [20.29 s]

Still not satisfied, Mercedes-Benz returned to Dessau a few days later to another try on the 1 km standing start. This time Caracciola managed to raise the record another 2.3 km/h. This was to be the last prewar German record run.

III. INTERNATIONALES GROSSGLOCKNER RENNEN


126 Stuck

Great to see you back and active Rolf.
Not my period, but good to enjoy the pics anyway

I BEOGRAD CITY PARK RACE/BEOGRAD GP


2 Hermann Lang


4 Ulrich Bigalke


4 Tazio Nuvolari


6 Manfred von Brauchitsch


8 Hermann Müller