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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type          = GP
|Grand Prix    = Masaryk
|Date          = 26 September
|Year          = 1937
|Official name = VII Masarykuv Okruh
|Country       = CSK
|Location      = [[Masaryk Circuit]], [[Brno]]
|Image         = Masaryk circuit 1930-37.svg
|Course_mi     = 18.107
|Course_km     = 29.140
|Distance_laps = 15
|Distance_mi   = 271.6
|Distance_km   = 437.1
|Pole_Driver   = [[Tazio Nuvolari]]
|Pole_Team     = [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]]
|Pole_Country  = Italy
|Pole_flag_suffix = 1861
|Grid_from_ballot = True
|Fast_Driver   = [[Rudolf Caracciola]]
|Fast_Team     = [[Mercedes-Benz]]
|Fast_Time     = 11:59.3
|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  = [[Hermann Paul Müller]]
|Third_Team    = [[Auto Union]]
|Third_Country = Germany
|Third_flag_suffix = Nazi
|Third_Driver2  = [[Bernd Rosemeyer]]
|Third_Country2 = Germany
|Third_flag_suffix2 = Nazi
}}

The '''1937 Masaryk Grand Prix'''<ref>{{cite web |title=75th anniversary of the Mercedes Benz W125 Silver Arrow - 595 bhp and 750 kg in 1937 |url=https://newatlas.com/75th-anniversary-of-the-mercedes-benz-w125-silver-arrow/21841/ |website=newatlas.com |access-date=20 May 2025 |date=18 March 2012}}</ref> was a 750&nbsp;kg Formula race held on 26 September 1937 at the [[Masaryk Circuit]].

[[File:All layouts of the Masaryk Circuit (Brno Circuit) between 1930 and today combined.png|thumb|left|All layouts of the Masaryk Circuit (Brno Circuit) between 1930 and today combined]]

==Race report==
[[Rudolf Hasse]] and [[Achille Varzi]] did not race due to illness. Rosemeyer took the Auto Union into an early lead and von Brauchitsch couldn't match his skill on the gravel surface as he pulled away from the field. On lap five Lang lost control of his Mercedes and left the road and ploughed into some bystanders, killing two and injuring twelve. Unable to catch Rosemeyer von Brauchitsch let Caracciola past and the latter began catching the young Auto Union driver. In the end though it was unnecessary to pass him, Rosemeyer's brakes gave out and his race was over...or maybe not.

Müller had been in second place, but couldn't keep the Mercedes' behind and both Seaman and von Brauchitsch caught and passed him and he dropped to fourth. Back in the pits Rosemeyer took over Müller's car and immediately set about catching the now cruising Mercedes' drivers. Seaman was 48s ahead at the beginning of the final 29&nbsp;km lap, Rosemeyer finished the lap 37s ahead of him! Von Brauchitsch was only another 5s ahead when they took the flag and Rosemeyer had an incredible 3rd place whilst Caracciola had the win.

==Classification==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos
! No
! Driver
! Team
! Laps
! Time/Retired
! Grid
! Points
|-
! 1
| 2
| {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} '''[[Rudolf Caracciola]]'''
| '''[[Mercedes-Benz]]'''
| 15
| 3:09:25.3
| 8
|
|-
! 2
| 4
| {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} '''[[Manfred von Brauchitsch]]'''
| '''[[Mercedes-Benz]]'''
| 15
| + 36.4
| 5
|
|-
! 3
| 12
| {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} '''[[Hermann Paul Müller]]/[[Bernd Rosemeyer]]'''
| '''[[Auto Union]]'''
| 15
| + 41.1
| 6
|
|-
! 4
| 6
| {{flagicon|GBR}} '''[[Richard Seaman]]'''
| '''[[Mercedes-Benz]]'''
| 15
| + 1'18.5
| 7
|
|-
! 5
| 18
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} '''[[Tazio Nuvolari]]'''
| '''[[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]]'''
| 14
| + 1 lap
| 1
|
|-
! 6
| 20
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} '''[[Antonio Brivio]]'''
| '''[[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]]'''
| 14
| + 1 lap
| 4
|
|-
! 7
|&nbsp;–
| {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} '''[[László Hartmann]]'''
| '''[[Maserati]]'''
| 13
| + 2 laps
| 9
|
|-
! 8
|&nbsp;–
| {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} '''[[Erno Festetics]]'''
| '''[[Maserati]]'''
| 12
| + 3 laps
| 10
|
|-
! DNF
|&nbsp;–
| {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} '''[[Paul Pietsch]]'''
| '''[[Maserati]]'''
|&nbsp;–
| Crash
| 12
|
|-
! DNF
|&nbsp;–
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} '''[[Luigi Soffietti]]'''
| '''[[Maserati]]'''
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
| 13
|
|-
! DNF
| 10
| {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} '''[[Bernd Rosemeyer]]'''
| '''[[Auto Union]]'''
| 8
| Brakes
| 3
|
|-
! DNF
| 8
| {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} '''[[Hermann Lang]]'''
| '''[[Mercedes-Benz]]'''
| 5
| Crash
| 2
|
|-
! DNF
| 28
| {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} '''[[Renato Balestrero]]'''
| '''[[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]]'''
|&nbsp;–
|&nbsp;–
| 11
|
|-
|}

{{Grand Prix race report
| Name_of_race            = [[Czechoslovakian Grand Prix]] |
  Year_of_race            = 1937
| Previous_year's_race    = [[1935 Masaryk Grand Prix]]
| Next_year's_race        = [[1949 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix]]
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Grand Prix race reports]]
[[Category:1937 in Grand Prix racing|Masaryk]]
[[Category:1937 in Czechoslovak sport|Masaryk]]