Type: | EC |
Grand Prix: | German |
Date: | 25 July |
Year: | 1937 |
Official Name: | X Großer Preis von Deutschland |
Country: | Nazi Germany |
Flag Suffix: | Nazi |
Race No: | 2 |
Season No: | 5 |
Previous Round: | 1937 Belgian Grand Prix |
Next Round: | 1937 Monaco Grand Prix |
Location: | Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany |
Course Mi: | 14.173 |
Course Km: | 22.810 |
Distance Laps: | 22 |
Distance Mi: | 311.82 |
Distance Km: | 501.82 |
Weather: | Cold, windy |
Pole Driver: | Bernd Rosemeyer |
Pole Team: | Auto Union |
Pole Country: | Germany |
Pole Flag Suffix: | Nazi |
Pole Time: | 9:46.2 |
Fast Driver: | Bernd Rosemeyer |
Fast Team: | Auto Union |
Fast Time: | 9:53.4 |
Fast Country: | Germany |
Fast Flag Suffix: | Nazi |
First Driver: | Rudolf Caracciola |
First Team: | Mercedes-Benz |
First Country: | Germany |
First Flag Suffix: | Nazi |
Second Driver: | Manfred von Brauchitsch |
Second Team: | Mercedes-Benz |
Second Country: | Germany |
Second Flag Suffix: | Nazi |
Third Driver: | Bernd Rosemeyer |
Third Team: | Auto Union |
Third Country: | Germany |
Third Flag Suffix: | Nazi |
The 1937 German Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Nürburgring on 25 July 1937.
Driver Ernst von Delius collided with Richard Seaman during this race on lap 6 and the accident was eventually fatal for von Delius, experiencing thrombosis. Von Delius was 25 years old.[1]
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |||
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1 | 12 | nowrap | Rudolf Caracciola | nowrap | Daimler-Benz AG | nowrap | Mercedes-Benz W125 | 22 | 3:46:00.1 | 4 | 1 |
2 | 14 | Manfred von Brauchitsch | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W125 | 22 | +46.2 | 3 | 2 | |||
3 | 4 | Bernd Rosemeyer | Auto Union | Auto Union C | 22 | +1:01.3 | 1 | 3 | |||
4 | 22 | Tazio Nuvolari | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo 12C-36 | 22 | +4:03.9 | 5 | 4 | |||
5 | 8 | Rudolf Hasse | Auto Union | Auto Union C | 22 | +5:25.0 | 6 | 4 | |||
6 | 20 | Christian Kautz | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W125 | 22 | +6:10.2 | 10 | 4 | |||
7 | 16 | Hermann Lang | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W125 | 21 | +1 Lap | 2 | 4 | |||
8 | 44 | Hans Ruesch | Private entry | Alfa Romeo 8C-35 | 21 | +1 Lap | 13 | 4 | |||
9 | 42 | Kenneth Evans | Private entry | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 19 | +3 Laps | 19 | 4 | |||
DNF | 34 | Luigi Soffietti | Private entry | Maserati 6C-34 | 19 | 22 | 4 | ||||
10 | 46 | Ernõ Festetics | Private entry | Maserati 8CM | 18 | +4 Laps | 21 | 4 | |||
11 | 54 | Attilio Marinoni | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo 12C-36 | 18 | +4 Laps | 18 | 4 | |||
12 | 28 | Vittorio Belmondo | nowrap | Graf Salvi del Pero | Alfa Romeo C | 18 | +4 Laps | 15 | 4 | ||
DNF | 48 | László Hartmann | Private entry | Maserati 8CM | 18 | 24 | 4 | ||||
DNF | 24 | Giuseppe Farina | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo 12C-36 | 18 | Ignition | 11 | 4 | |||
DNF | 38 | Franco Cortese | Scuderia Maremmana | Maserati 6CM | 7 | Chassis | 23 | 6 | |||
DNF | 2 | Ernst von Delius | Auto Union | Auto Union C | 6 | Fatal accident | 9 | 6 | |||
DNF | 18 | Richard Seaman | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W125 | 6 | Accident | 8 | 6 | |||
DNF | 10 | Hans Stuck | Auto Union | Auto Union C | 6 | Engine | 12 | 6 | |||
DNF | 40 | Paul Pietsch | Private entry | Maserati 6C-34 | 5 | Fuel tank | 14 | 7 | |||
DNF | 30 | Giovanni Minozzi | Private entry | Maserati 8CM | 4 | Accident | 25 | 7 | |||
DNF | 52 | Francesco Severi | Scuderia Maremmana | Maserati 6C-34 | 4 | Accident | 17 | 7 | |||
DNF | 32 | Renato Balestrero | Scuderia Maremmana | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 3 | Fuel pipe | 20 | 7 | |||
DNF | 36 | Edoardo Teagno | Scuderia Subauda | Maserati 8CM | 2 | Rear axle | 26 | 7 | |||
DNF | 50 | Raymond Sommer | nowrap | Private entry | nowrap | Alfa Romeo C | 2 | Rear axle | 16 | 7 | |
DNF | 6 | nowrap | Hermann Paul Müller | Auto Union | Auto Union C | 2 | Accident | 7 | 7 |