Czechoslovakian Grand Prix

This article is about the Czechoslovak Grand Prix in Motor Racing; For the motorcycle race of the same name, see Czechoslovakian Grand Prix (motorcycle) .

Start of the Grand Prix of Czechoslovakia in 1932

The Grand Prix of Czechoslovakia (also Masaryk Grand Prix , Czech Velká cena Československa or Velká cena Masarykova ) was a motorsport event for Monoposti that was held in Brno on the Masaryk Ring between 1930 and 1949 .

history

On September 28, 1930, the first race took place on the natural course, which at that time still had a lap length of around 30 kilometers. The street course led on public country roads and also through towns . It won Heinrich Joachim von morning and Hermann zu Leiningen on Bugatti . In the following three years the Monegasse Louis Chiron won the race for Bugatti. In 1934, Hans Stuck won with an Auto Union vehicle . At the sixth edition on September 29, 1935, motorsport legend Tazio Nuvolari ( Alfa Romeo ) was about to take his first victory when his tire burst at the crucial moment and he was only second behind Bernd Rosemeyer (Auto Union).

After none was held in 1936, the last race on the long circuit took place in 1937. It won Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz after the Second World War only a Czechoslovakian Grand Prix was held. On the route shortened to 17.8 km and driven in the opposite direction, Peter Whitehead won in 1949 with a Mercedes-Benz.

Results

Edition	date	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest race lap
I.	September 28, 1930	up to 1500 cm³	Maximilian zu Hardegg ( Bugatti )	Gerhard Macher ( DKW )	Albert Kandt ( BMW )	Jiří Weinfurter ( Wikov ) 1	Michel Doré ( Bugatti )
		over 1500 cm³	Hermann zu Leiningen / Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen ( Bugatti )	Ernst Günther Burggaller ( Bugatti )	Baconin Borzacchini / Tazio Nuvolari ( Alfa Romeo )	"Hyta" ( Bugatti ) 1	Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen ( Bugatti )
II	September 27, 1931	up to 1500 cm³	Florian Schmidt ( Bugatti )	Engelbert von Arco-Zinneberg ( Amilcar )	Bruno Sojka ( Bugatti )	Gerhard Macher ( DKW ) 1	Florian Schmidt ( Bugatti )
		over 1500 cm³	Louis Chiron ( Bugatti )	Hans Stuck ( Mercedes-Benz )	Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen ( Bugatti )	Louis Chiron ( Bugatti ) 1	Tazio Nuvolari ( Alfa Romeo )
III	September 4, 1932	up to 1500 cm³	Ernst Günther Burggaller ( Bugatti )	Pierre Veyron ( Maserati )	Bruno Sojka ( Bugatti )	Gerhard Macher ( DKW ) 1	Ernst Günther Burggaller ( Bugatti )
		over 1500 cm³	Louis Chiron ( Bugatti )	Luigi Fagioli ( Maserati )	Tazio Nuvolari ( Alfa Romeo )	Louis Chiron ( Bugatti ) 1	Louis Chiron ( Bugatti )
IV	September 17, 1933	up to 1500 cm³	Ernst Günther Burggaller ( Bugatti )	Bruno Sojka ( Bugatti )	Hans Ruesch ( Alfa Romeo )	Ernst Günther Burggaller ( Bugatti ) 1	Guido Landi ( Maserati )
		over 1500 cm³	Louis Chiron ( Alfa Romeo )	Luigi Fagioli ( Alfa Romeo )	Jean-Pierre Wimille ( Alfa Romeo )	Louis Chiron ( Alfa Romeo ) 1	Luigi Fagioli ( Alfa Romeo )
V	September 30, 1934	Voiturette (1500 cm³)	Giuseppe Farina ( Maserati )	Ernst Günther Burggaller ( Bugatti )	Bruno Sojka / Florian Schmidt ( Bugatti )	Vaclav Trumpeš ( Z ) 1	Giuseppe Farina ( Maserati )
		GP	Hans Stuck ( Auto Union )	Luigi Fagioli ( Mercedes-Benz )	Tazio Nuvolari ( Maserati )	László Hartmann ( Bugatti ) 1	Luigi Fagioli ( Mercedes-Benz )
VI	September 29, 1935	up to 1500 cm³	Richard Seaman ( ERA )	Pierre Veyron ( Bugatti )	Bruno Sojka ( Bugatti )	Bruno Sojka ( Bugatti ) 1	Richard Seaman ( ERA )
		over 1500 cm³	Bernd Rosemeyer ( Auto Union )	Tazio Nuvolari ( Alfa Romeo )	Louis Chiron ( Alfa Romeo )	Hans Stuck ( Auto Union ) 1	Achille Varzi ( Auto Union )
	1936	No Czechoslovak Grand Prix.
VII	September 26, 1937	Voiturette (1500 cm³)	Luigi Villoresi ( Maserati )	Charles Martin ( ERA )	László Hartmann ( Maserati )	unknown	Luigi Villoresi ( Maserati )
		GP	Rudolf Caracciola ( Mercedes-Benz )	Manfred von Brauchitsch ( Mercedes-Benz )	Hermann Paul Müller / Bernd Rosemeyer ( Auto Union )	Tazio Nuvolari ( Alfa Romeo )	Rudolf Caracciola ( Mercedes-Benz )
	1938 to 1948	No Czechoslovak Grand Prix.
VIII	September 25, 1949	F1	Peter Whitehead ( Ferrari )	Philippe Étancelin ( Talbot-Lago )	Franco Cortese ( Ferrari )	Prince Bira ( Maserati ) 2	Prince Bira ( Maserati ) and Toulo de Graffenried ( Maserati )

Legend
abbreviation	class	comment
F1	formula 1	Formula 1 World Championship from 1950
F2	Formula 2
FL	Formula libre	Vehicle class usually advertised by the organizer
SW	Sports car
TW	Touring car
GP	Grand Prix vehicles
	↓ Solid gray lines indicate when a new course was used in history. ↓
	Entries with a light red background were not runs for the automobile or Formula 1 world championship.
	Entries with a yellow background were runs for the European Championship .

¹ The starting line-up was in the order of the start numbers assigned.

² The starting positions were drawn.

Web links

Commons : Grand Prix of Czechoslovakia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Leif Snellman: CZECHOSLOVAKIA. www.kolumbus.fi, April 3, 2014, accessed on March 14, 2015 . 
• Race results: 1930 , 1931 , 1932 , 1933 , 1934 , 1935 , 1937 , 1949 (English)