1938 Grand Prix season

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

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European Championship Grands Prix

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

Non-championship Grands Prix

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Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

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

Championship final standings

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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

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  • 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. Archived from the original on 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  • Galpin, Darren. "1938 Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-05.