1936 Hungarian Grand Prix

The 1936 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held on 21 June 1936 at Népliget Park in Budapest.

1936 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race details
Date 21 June 1936
Official name I. Magyar Nagydíj
Location Népliget Park
Budapest, Hungary
Course Street circuit
Course length 5.0 km (3.1 miles)
Distance 50 laps, 250 km (155 miles)
Pole position
Driver Auto Union
Time 2:38.15
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo
Time 2:35.68
Podium
First Alfa Romeo
Second Auto Union
Third Auto Union
Caracciola and Rosemeyer in the 1936 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Entries edit

No Driver Entrant Constructor Car
2   Eileen Ellison Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper Maserati
4   Austin Dobson Private Alfa Romeo P3
6   Charlie Martin Private Alfa Romeo P3
8   "Raph" Private Maserati
10   László Hartmann Private Maserati
12   Hans Stuck Auto Union Auto Union C
14   Achille Varzi Auto Union Auto Union C
16   Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union Auto Union C
18   Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25K
20   Louis Chiron Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25K
22   Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25K
24   Tazio Nuvolari Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo 8C-35
26   Antonio Brivio Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo 8C-35
28   Mario Tadini Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo 8C-35
30   Petre Cristea Private Ford V9 special
32   José Maria de Villapadierna Private Alfa Romeo P3
  Ernst von Delius Auto Union (reserve)

Classification edit

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 24   Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo 50 2:14:03.5 4
2 16   Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union 50 +14.2 1
3 14   Achille Varzi Auto Union 48 +2 Laps 6
4 28   Mario Tadini Alfa Romeo 47 +3 Laps 7
5 12   Hans Stuck
  Ernst von Delius
Auto Union 46 +4 Laps 2
6 4   Austin Dobson Alfa Romeo 45 +5 Laps 9
7 10   László Hartmann Maserati 44 +6 Laps 10 †
Ret 22   Manfred von Brauchitsch Mercedes-Benz 40 Accident 3
Ret 6   Charlie Martin Alfa Romeo 32/35 Rear axle 11 †
Ret 18   Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz 26 Engine 5
Ret 20   Louis Chiron Mercedes-Benz 19 Engine/Supercharger 8
DNS 2   Eileen Ellison Maserati
DNS 8   "Raph" Maserati
DNS 30   Petre Cristea Ford V9
DNS 32   José Maria de Villapadierna Alfa Romeo

† Martin and Hartmann swapped grid positions for tactical reasons.

Starting grid positions edit

1st Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos.
 
Stuck
Auto Union
2:39.83
 
Rosemeyer
Auto Union
2:38.15
2nd Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos.
 
Nuvolari
Alfa Romeo
2:40.08
 
von Brauchitsch
Mercedes-Benz
2:39.87
3rd Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos.
 
Varzi
Auto Union
2:43.12
 
Caracciola
Mercedes-Benz
2:40.38
4th Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos.
 
Chiron
Mercedes-Benz
2:49.65
 
Tadini
Alfa Romeo
2:47.52
5th Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos.
 
Hartmann
Maserati
3:10.56 †
 
Dobson
Alfa Romeo
2:53.21
6th Row 1 Pos.
 
Martin
Alfa Romeo
3:02.51 †

† Martin and Hartmann swapped grid positions for tactical reasons.

References edit

Session results taken from:
  1. "1936 AIACR European Driver Championship and Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
  2. "I MAGYAR NAGY DIJ". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
  3. "Budapest's secret Grand Prix street circuit". 29 July 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-20.


Grand Prix Race
1936 Grand Prix season
Previous race:
None
Hungarian Grand Prix Next race:
1986 Hungarian Grand Prix