1937 Grand Prix season

1937 AIACR European Championship season European Champion Rudolf Caracciola Previous: 1936 Next: 1938

1937 Grand Prix season Previous: 1936 Next: 1938

The 1937 Grand Prix season was the fifth AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Rudolf Caracciola, driving for the Mercedes-Benz team. Caracciola won three of the five events that counted towards the championship.

Season review

European Championship Grands Prix

Rd	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning drivers	Winning constructor	Report
1	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	July 11	Rudolf Hasse	Auto Union	Report
2	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	July 25	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
3	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	August 8	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	Report
4	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	August 22	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
5	Italian Grand Prix	Livorno	September 12	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report

Non-championship Grands Prix

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
Flatenloppet	Flaten, Stockholm	February 14	Eugen Bjørnstad	Alfa Romeo	Report
Turin Circuit	Valentino Park	April 18	Antonio Brivio	Alfa Romeo	Report
Naples Grand Prix	Posillipo	April 25	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	Report
Campbell Trophy	Brooklands	May 1	Prince Bira	Delage	Report
Tripoli Grand Prix	Mellaha	May 9	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Finnish Grand Prix	Eläintarharata	May 9	Hans Rüesch	Alfa Romeo	Report
Grand Prix des Frontières	Chimay	May 16	Hans Rüesch	Alfa Romeo	Report
Avusrennen	AVUS	May 30	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Superba Circuit	Genoa	May 30	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo	Report
Bucharest Grand Prix	Bucharest	May 30	Hans Rüesch	Alfa Romeo	Report
Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix	Gávea	June 6	Carlo Maria Pintacuda	Alfa Romeo	Report
Eifelrennen	Nürburgring	June 13	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report
Milan Grand Prix	Milan	June 20	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
Vanderbilt Cup	Roosevelt Raceway	July 5	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report
Vila Real Circuit	Vila Real	July 25	Vasco do Sameiro	Alfa Romeo	Report
Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	August 15	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report
Estoril Circuit	Estoril	August 15	Manoel de Oliveira	Ford	Report
Junior Car Club 200 mile race	Donington Park	August 28	Arthur Dobson	ERA	Report
Masaryk Grand Prix	Brno	September 26	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Donington Grand Prix	Donington Park	October 2	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report
Mountain Championship	Brooklands	October 16	Hans Rüesch	Alfa Romeo	Report
Kalastajatorpanajo	Helsinki	October 31	Karl Ebb	Mercedes-Benz	Report

Championship Final Standings

Pos Driver BEL GER MON SUI ITA Pts 1 Rudolf Caracciola 1 2 1 1 13 2 Manfred von Brauchitsch Ret 2 1 3 Ret 15 3 Hermann Lang 3 7 2 2 19 = Christian Kautz 4 6 3 6 Ret 19 5 Hans Stuck 2 Ret 4 4 9 20 6 Raymond Sommer 5 Ret 7 8 27 7 Rudolf Hasse 1 5 Ret 28 = Bernd Rosemeyer 3 Ret Ret 3 28 = Tazio Nuvolari 4 5 7 28 = Giuseppe Farina Ret 6 Ret Ret 28 11 László Hartmann Ret Ret 9 29 12 Hans Rüesch 8 8 Ret 31 13 Vittorio Belmondo 12 10 32 14 Hermann Paul Müller Ret Ret 5 33 15 Richard Seaman Ret 4 34 = Clemente Biondetti Ret Ret 34 17 Luigi Soffietti Ret Ret 35 = Carlo Felice Trossi Ret 8 35 = Paul Pietsch Ret 10 35 20 Kenneth Evans 9 36 = Ernõ Festetics 10 36 = Attilio Marinoni 11 36 = Giovanni Minozzi Ret Ret 36 = Goffredo Zehender 5 36 = Carlo Maria Pintacuda 9 36 = Luigi Fagioli 7 36 = Achille Varzi 6 36 28 Henri Simonet Ret 37 = Adolfo Mandirola Ret 37 30 Franco Cortese Ret 38 = Ernst von Delius Ret 38 = Giovanbattista Guidotti Ret 38 33 Francesco Severi Ret 39 = Renato Balestrero Ret 39 = Edoardo Teagno Ret 39 = Antonio Brivio Ret 39 = Max Christen Ret 39 Pos Driver BEL GER MON 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

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. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gpw3.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 

Leif Snellman and Hans Etzrodt. "1937". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp37.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 

Galpin, Darren. "1937 Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1937.html. Retrieved 2007-08-05.