The 1935 Donington Grand Prix was a non-championship Grand Prix that was held on 5 October 1935 at Donington Park in North West Leicestershire, England. It was the 39th race of the 1935 Grand Prix season. The race, which was 120 laps, was won by Richard Shuttleworth driving an Alfa Romeo Tipo-B "P3" after starting from 7th place.
It was the first major international Grand Prix to take place on a road course in Great Britain.
Entries No.DriverEntrantCar1 Earl HoweEarl HoweBugatti T592 Charlie MartinCharles MartinBugatti T593 Lindsay EcclesAHL EcclesBugatti T594 Brian LewisFreddie DixonRiley 2000/65 Wal HandleyFreddie DixonRiley 2000/66 Percy MaclurePercy MaclureRiley 2000/67 Hector DobbsHector DobbsRiley 2000/68 Raymond SommerRaymond SommerAlfa Romeo Tipo-B "P3"9 Richard ShuttleworthRichard ShuttleworthAlfa Romeo Tipo-B "P3"10 Harry RoseHarry RoseAlfa Romeo 8C "Monza"11 Bill EverittScuderia SubalpinaMaserati 6C-3412 Buddy FeatherstonhaughHarry RoseMaserati 8CM14 "B. Bira"Prince ChulaERA B-Type15 Nicholas EmbiricosNicholas EmbiricosERA B-Type16 Giuseppe FarinaScuderia SubalpinaMaserati V8RI18 Austin DobsonAustin DobsonMaserati 8C-3000Source:
Qualifying Pos.No.DriverCarTime1 16 Giuseppe FarinaMaserati V8RI2:08.4 2 6 Percy MaclureRiley 2000/62:14.0 3 8 Raymond SommerAlfa Romeo Tipo-B "P3"2:14.0 4 1 Earl HoweBugatti T592:16.0 5 12 Buddy FeatherstonhaughMaserati 8CM2:17.0 6 5 Wal HandleyRiley 2000/62:17.0 7 9 Richard ShuttleworthAlfa Romeo Tipo-B "P3"2:19.0 8 2 Charlie MartinBugatti T592:21.8 9 10 Harry RoseAlfa Romeo 8C "Monza"2:23.0 10 14 "B. Bira"ERA B-Type2:23.0 11 7 Hector DobbsRiley 2000/62:23.0 12 11 Bill EverittMaserati 6C-342:23.0 13 4 Brian LewisRiley 2000/62:24.0 14 18 Austin DobsonMaserati 8C-30002:27.015 3 Lindsay EcclesBugatti T59UnknownSource: The grid consisted of five rows of three, with cars supposed to be lined up with fastest in the middle, second fastest on left and third fastest on the right. It is unclear why Handley started from row 4, why Martin and Rose had swapped positions, or why Dobbs and Everitt started from the back row.
Race Pos. No.Driver(s)Car LapsTime/Retired1 9 Richard ShuttleworthAlfa Romeo Tipo-B "P3" 1204:47:12.0 2 1 Earl HoweBugatti T59 1204:47:57.83 2 Charlie MartinBugatti T59 1204:49:47.44 11 Bill Everitt Gino RovereMaserati 6C-34 1204:53:59.05 14 "B. Bira"ERA B-Type 1204:58:16.06 3 Lindsay Eccles Pat FairfieldBugatti T59 1204:59:53.0 7 Hector Dobbs Bill von der BeckeRiley 2000/6119 Flagged off 4 Brian Lewis Cyril PaulRiley 2000/6 117 Flagged off 5 Wal Handley Pat DriscollRiley 2000/6 115 Flagged offRet 6 Percy Maclure Edgar MaclureRiley 2000/6 95 MechanicalRet 12 Buddy FeatherstonhaughMaserati 8CM 82 TransmissionRet 8 Raymond SommerAlfa Romeo Tipo-B "P3" 70 Half-shaftRet 18 Austin DobsonMaserati 8C-3000 67 CrashRet 16 Giuseppe FarinaMaserati V8RI 41 Half-shaft Ret 10 Harry RoseAlfa Romeo 8C "Monza" 38 EngineSource:
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