The 1938 German Grand Prix was a championship Grand Prix held on 24 July 1938 at the Nürburgring in Nazi Germany. It was the 2nd race in the 1938 European Championship. The race which was 22 laps, was won by Richard Seaman driving a Mercedes-Benz W154 after starting from 3rd place.
Entries No.DriverEntrantCar2 Tazio NuvolariAuto Union AGAuto Union D4 Hans StuckAuto Union AGAuto Union D6 Rudolf HasseAuto Union AGAuto Union C/D8 Hermann MüllerAuto Union AGAuto Union C/D10 Rudolf CaracciolaDaimler-Benz AGMercedes-Benz W15412 Manfred von BrauchitschDaimler-Benz AGMercedes-Benz W15414 Hermann LangDaimler-Benz AGMercedes-Benz W15416 Richard SeamanDaimler-Benz AGMercedes-Benz W15418 Walter BäumerDaimler-Benz AGMercedes-Benz W15420 René DreyfusEcurie BleueDelahaye 14522 Franco ComottiEcurie BleueDelahaye 14524 Giuseppe FarinaAlfa CorseAlfa Romeo Tipo 31226 Clemente BiondettiAlfa CorseAlfa Romeo Tipo 31228 Piero TaruffiScuderia TorinoAlfa Romeo Tipo 30830 Pietro GhersiScuderia TorinoAlfa Romeo 8C 2900A32 Toulo de GraffenriedBaron de GraffenriedMaserati 6C-3434 Ernõ FesteticsGraf FesteticsAlfa Romeo Tipo B/P336 A. B. HydeA. HydeMaserati 8CM38 Herbert BergEcurie HelvetiaMaserati 6CM40 Paul PietschEcurie HelvetiaMaserati 6CM42 Renato BalestreroR. BalestreroAlfa Romeo Tipo 30844 Franco CorteseScuderia AmbrosianaMaserati 6CMSource:
Race Pos.DriverEntrantCarLapsTime/Retired1 Richard SeamanDaimler-Benz AGMercedes-Benz W154223:51:46.12 Rudolf Caracciola Hermann LangDaimler-Benz AGMercedes-Benz W154223:55:06.13 Hans StuckAuto Union AGAuto Union D224:00:42.34 Hermann Müller Tazio NuvolariAuto Union AGAuto Union C/D224:01:19.15 René DreyfusEcurie BleueDelahaye 145216 Paul PietschEcurie HelvetiaMaserati 6CM207 Renato BalestreroR. BalestreroAlfa Romeo Tipo 3088 Pietro GhersiScuderia TorinoAlfa Romeo 8C 2900A9 Franco CorteseScuderia AmbrosianaMaserati 6CMRet Rudolf HasseAuto Union AGAuto Union C/D15EngineRet Hermann Lang Walter BäumerDaimler-Benz AGMercedes-Benz W15415EngineRet Manfred von BrauchitschDaimler-Benz AGMercedes-Benz W15415CrashRet A. B. HydeA. HydeMaserati 8CM14Crashed into ditchRet Toulo de GraffenriedBaron de GraffenriedMaserati 6C-343TransmissionRet Giuseppe FarinaAlfa CorseAlfa Romeo Tipo 3122MechanicalRet Piero TaruffiScuderia TorinoAlfa Romeo Tipo 3082Skidded off trackRet Tazio NuvolariAuto Union AGAuto Union D2CrashRet Clemente BiondettiAlfa CorseAlfa Romeo Tipo 3121CrashRet Franco ComottiEcurie BleueDelahaye 1451GearboxRet Herbert BergEcurie HelvetiaMaserati 6CM1Fuel Pump Walter BäumerDaimler-Benz AGMercedes-Benz W154 Ernõ FesteticsGraf FesteticsAlfa Romeo Tipo B/P3Source:
Notes - After Walter Bäumer's car failed to start, he joined Hermann Lang in the #14 car. - Subsequently, after the #14 car suffered an engine failure, Hermann Lang took over Rudolf Caracciola's #10 car, the latter whom was suffering from an illness. - After Tazio Nuvolari's lap 2 crash, Hermann Müller handed his #2 car over to Nuvolari without being ordered to.
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