Type: | EC |
Grand Prix: | Belgian |
Date: | 11 July |
Year: | 1937 |
Official Name: | VII Grand Prix de Belgique |
Country: | Belgium |
Race No: | 1 |
Season No: | 5 |
Next Round: | 1937 German Grand Prix |
Location: | Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium |
Course: | Road course |
Course Mi: | 9.29[1] |
Course Km: | 14.95 |
Distance Laps: | 34 |
Distance Mi: | 315.86 |
Distance Km: | 508.30 |
Pole Driver: | Raymond Sommer |
Pole Team: | Alfa Romeo |
Pole Country: | France |
Grid From Ballot: | True |
Fast Driver: | Hermann Lang |
Fast Team: | Mercedes-Benz |
Fast Time: | 5:04.7 |
Fast Country: | Germany |
Fast Flag Suffix: | Nazi |
First Driver: | Rudolf Hasse |
First Team: | Auto Union |
First Country: | Germany |
First Flag Suffix: | Nazi |
Second Driver: | Hans Stuck |
Second Team: | Auto Union |
Second Country: | Germany |
Second Flag Suffix: | Nazi |
Third Driver: | Hermann Lang |
Third Team: | Mercedes-Benz |
Third Country: | Germany |
Third Flag Suffix: | Nazi |
The 1937 Belgian Grand Prix was a motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 11 July 1937. It was the last Grand Prix to be held at the circuit's original configuration.[2]
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 | Rudolf Hasse | Auto Union | Auto Union C | 34 | 3:01:22 | 5 | 1 | |
2 | 8 | Hans Stuck | Auto Union | Auto Union C | 34 | +0:42 | 3 | 2 | |
3 | 2 | Hermann Lang | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W125 | 34 | +2:45 | 4 | 3 | |
4 | 6 | Christian Kautz | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W125 | 34 | +3:03 | 7 | 4 | |
5 | 16 | Raymond Sommer | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo 12C-36 | 33 | +1 Lap | 1 | 4 | |
Ret | 4 | Manfred von Brauchitsch | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W125 | 31 | Supercharger | 2 | 4 | |
Ret | 14 | Hermann Paul Müller | Auto Union | Auto Union C | 13 | Oil pipe | 8 | 6 | |
Ret | 18 | Carlo Felice Trossi | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo 12C-36 | 5 | Engine | 6 | 7 | |
DNS | 10 | Luigi Fagioli | Auto Union | Auto Union C | 8 | ||||
DNS | 20 | Franz Gouvion | F. Gouvion | Maserati 8CM | Engine | 8 |