1938 Italian Grand Prix

1938 Italian Grand Prix
Race 4 of 4 in the 1938 European Championship
Race details
Date 11 September 1938
Official name XVI Gran Premio d'Italia
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.993 km (4.345[1] miles)
Distance 60 laps, 419.58 km (260.71 miles)
Weather Warm, sunny
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes-Benz
Time 2:32.4
Fastest lap
Driver Hermann Lang Mercedes-Benz
Time 2:34.2
Podium
First
Auto Union
Second
Alfa Romeo
Third
Mercedes-Benz

The 1938 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 11 September 1938.[2] The 1938 Italian Grand Prix was part of the European Championship season and took place during a period of intense rivalry between German and Italian manufacturers. Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union entered their newly developed 3-litre Grand Prix cars, while Alfa Romeo represented Italy with the 308 model under the Scuderia Ferrari banner.

The race covered 60 laps of the 6.993 km Monza circuit, totaling 419.58 km. Hermann Lang, driving for Mercedes-Benz, achieved pole position and the fastest lap, but mechanical issues forced several front-runners to retire. Tazio Nuvolari, driving for Auto Union, took advantage of the attrition to win the race, finishing one lap ahead of Giuseppe Farina in an Alfa Romeo and Christian Kautz in a Mercedes-Benz.

The result marked one of Nuvolari’s most celebrated victories and was his last major win before the outbreak of the Second World War. The race also concluded the 1938 European Championship, which was won overall by Rudolf Caracciola for Mercedes-Benz.[3][4][5]

Classification

Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 22 Tazio Nuvolari Auto Union Auto Union D 60 2:41:39.6 5 1
2 30 Giuseppe Farina Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Tipo 316 59 +1 Lap 13 2
3 12 Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 57 +3 Laps 3 3
Manfred von Brauchitsch n/a
4 6 Clemente Biondetti Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Tipo 316 57 +3 Laps 8 4
Ret 20 Hermann Paul Müller Auto Union Auto Union D 57 4 4
DSQ 14 Carlo Felice Trossi Officine A. Maserati Maserati 8CTF 56 Disqualified 11 8
5 2 Pietro Ghersi Scuderia Torino Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 47 +13 Laps 15 4
Ret 36 Hans Stuck Auto Union Auto Union D 41 Mechanical 14 5
Ret 26 Hermann Lang Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 35 Engine 1 5
Ret 8 Luigi Villoresi Officine A. Maserati Maserati 8CTF 24 Mechanical 12 6
Ret 4 Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 19 Mechanical 2 6
Ret 28 Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Tipo 312 17 9 6
Ret 18 Goffredo Zehender Officine A. Maserati Maserati 8CTF 15 16 6
Ret 28 Vittorio Belmondo Renato Balestrero Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 15 17 6
Ret 16 Richard Seaman Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 11 Engine 6 7
Ret 34 Piero Taruffi Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo Tipo 312 10 Mechanical 10 7
Ret 24 Christian Kautz Auto Union Auto Union D 2 7 7

References

  1. ^ "1938 Italian Grand Prix | Motorsport Database".
  2. ^ "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  3. ^ https://mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com/marsClassic/en/instance/ko/Italian-Grand-Prix-1938.xhtml
  4. ^ https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1938-italian-grand-prix/
  5. ^ https://www.fia.com/



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