1937 Grand Prix season

1937 AIACR European Championship season
European Champion Rudolf Caracciola
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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.

This season saw the most powerful Grand Prix cars so far, Mercedes-Benz engines boosting nearly 600 bhp. Considering that an average saloon car produced around 25 bhp at the time, the performance of these single-seaters was extremely high compared with any other season in modern motorsport.

1 Season review
- 1.1 European Championship Grands Prix
- 1.2 Non-championship Grands Prix
2 Championship Final Standings
3 References

[edit] Season review

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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. Retrieved 2007-08-05.

Leif Snellman and Hans Etzrodt. "1937". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Retrieved 2007-08-05.

Galpin, Darren. "1937 Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. Retrieved 2007-08-05.

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Contents

[edit] Season review

[edit] European Championship Grands Prix

[edit] Non-championship Grands Prix

[edit] Championship Final Standings

[edit] References