1938 Grand Prix season

1938 AIACR European Championship European Champion Template:Flagicon 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	Date	Name	Circuit	Winning drivers	Winning constructor	Report
1	3 July	Template:Flagicon French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	Template:Flagicon Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	Report
2	24 July	Template:Flagicon German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Template:Flagicon Richard Seaman	Mercedes-Benz	Report
3	21 August	Template:Flagicon Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	Template:Flagicon Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
4	11 September	Template:Flagicon Italian Grand Prix	Monza	Template:Flagicon Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union	Report

Non-championship Grands Prix

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

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

Championship final standings

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