1938 Grand Prix season

1938 AIACR European Championship season European Champion Rudolf Caracciola Previous: 1937 Next: 1939

1938 Grand Prix season Previous: 1937 Next: 1939

The 1938 Grand Prix season was the sixth AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Rudolf Caracciola, driving for the Mercedes-Benz team. Caracciola won one of the four events that counted towards the championship.

Season review

European Championship Grands Prix

Rd	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning drivers	Winning constructor	Report
1	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	July 3	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	Report
2	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	July 24	Richard Seaman	Mercedes-Benz	Report
3	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	August 21	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
4	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	September 11	Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union	Report

Non-championship Grands Prix

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
Pau Grand Prix	Pau	April 10	René Dreyfus	Delahaye	Report
Campbell Trophy	Brooklands	April 18	Prince Bira	ERA	Report
Cork Grand Prix	Carrigrohane	April 23	René Dreyfus	Delahaye	Report
Tripoli Grand Prix	Mellaha	May 15	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Gávea Nacional Circuit	Gávea	May 29	Arthur Nascimento Jr	Alfa Romeo	Report
Grand Prix des Frontières	Chimay	June 5	Maurice Trintignant	Bugatti	Report
Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix	Gávea	June 12	Carlo Maria Pintacuda	Alfa Romeo	Report
Coppa Ciano	Montenero	August 7	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	August 15	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
Junior Car Club 200 mile race	Brooklands	August 27	Johnny Wakefield	ERA	Report
Mountain Championship	Brooklands	October 15	Raymond Mays	ERA	Report
Donington Grand Prix	Donington Park	October 22	Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union	Report

Championship Final Standings

Pos Driver FRA GER SUI ITA Pts 1 Rudolf Caracciola 2 2 1 3 8 2 Manfred von Brauchitsch 1 Ret 3 Ret 15 3 Hermann Lang 3 Ret 10 Ret 17 4 Richard Seaman 1 2 Ret 18 5 Tazio Nuvolari Ret 9 1 20 = Hans Stuck 3 4 Ret 20 = Hermann Paul Müller 4 Ret Ret 20 8 Giuseppe Farina Ret 5 2 21 9 René Dreyfus 5 8 24 = Pietro Ghersi 8 5 24 11 Jean-Pierre Wimille Ret 7 Ret 25 12 Piero Taruffi Ret 6 Ret 26 13 Clemente Biondetti Ret 4 27 14 René Carrière 4 28 = Christian Kautz Ret Ret Ret 28 = Rudolf Hasse Ret Ret 28 = Paul Pietsch 6 28 = Renato Balestrero 7 28 = Franco Cortese 9 28 = "Raph" 11 28 = Emilio Romano 12 28 = Max Christen 13 28 = Edoardo Teagno 14 28 24 Philippe Étancelin Ret 29 = Arthur Hyde Ret 29 26 Adolfo Mandirola Ret 30 = Giovanni Minozzi Ret 30 = Luigi Villoresi Ret 30 = Goffredo Zehender Ret 30 = Vittorio Belmondo Ret 30 31 Eugène Chaboud Ret 31 = Toulo de Graffenried Ret 31 = Franco Comotti Ret 31 = Herbert Berg Ret 31 = István de Sztriha Ret 31 36 Carlo Felice Trossi DSQ 32 Pos Driver FRA GER 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. "1938". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp38.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 

Galpin, Darren. "1938 Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/1938.html. Retrieved 2007-08-05.