Grand Prix of Germany 1927

The Nürburgring in its frequented version with north and south loop

The 2nd German Grand Prix was a sports car race and took place on July 17, 1927 on the Nürburgring, consisting of the north and south loops. It led over 18 laps of 28.3 km each, which corresponds to a total distance of 509.4 km.

The race

After the opening with the first Eifel race on June 18, 1927, the second important race took place at the Nürburgring just under a month later. After the first German Grand Prix, which was held on the AVUS in 1926 , the race found a permanent home on the Nürburgring from 1927. The competition for sports cars had two main reasons. Firstly, the organizers hoped for a larger field of participants, as the monoposto scene suffered from a lack of participants, and secondly, the now most important German car maker, Daimler-Benz, did not have a monoposto racing car. Daimler-Benz was founded in 1926 from the merger of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft with Benz & Cie. originated and relied on the development of sports cars.

At the Nürburgring, the Mercedes-Benz Type S with a 7-liter six-cylinder engine, overhead camshaft with vertical shaft drive and Roots fan were unrivaled. Otto Merz won the race ahead of his team-mate Christian Werner , who fought a tough duel after Rudolf Caracciola , who was leading at the beginning of the race , failed. Eliška Junková , better known as Elisabeth Junek , who crossed the finish line fourth overall with her Bugatti , received particular respect .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round	time
1	S + 3.0		Daimler-Benz AG	Otto Merz	Mercedes-Benz S.	18th	4: 59: 35.6 h
2	S + 3.0	7th	Daimler-Benz AG	Christian Werner	Mercedes-Benz S.	18th	+ 3: 19.6 min
3	S + 3.0		Daimler-Benz AG	Willy Walb	Mercedes-Benz S.	18th	+ 11: 13.4 min
4th	S 3.0	21st	Eliška Junková	Eliška Junková	Bugatti T 35	18th	+ 40: 32.0 min
5	V		Hugo Urban-Emmerich	Hugo Urban-Emmerich	Talbot 70	18th	+ 1: 00: 56.4 h
6th	V		Willi Cleer	Willi Cleer	Bugatti T 39	18th	+1: 07: 35.4 h
7th	S + 3.0		Steyr-Werke AG	Paul of Guilleaume	Steyr	18th
Disqualified
8th	S 3.0			Franz Baader	Bugatti T 35 C	17th
Failed
9	S 3.0		Georg Kimpel	Georg Kimpel	Mercedes-Benz S.	17th
10	V		Hessian automobile company	Harry Stumpf-Lekisch	HAG	10
11	S + 3.0		Daimler-Benz AG	Adolf Rosenberger	Mercedes-Benz S.	9
12	S + 3.0		Max zu Schaumburg-Lippe	Max zu Schaumburg-Lippe	Mercedes-Benz S.	6th
13	V			Heinrich Dkörper	Opel	6th
14th	V		Daimler-Benz AG	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz S.	5
15th	S 3.0			Hans Simons	OM	4th
16	S 3.0			Eckart of Kalnein	Bugatti T35B	4th
17th	S 3.0			Pierre Clause	Bignan	2
18th	V			Paul Reich	Pluto	1
19th	S 3.0		Austrian Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft	Hans Stuck	Austro-Daimler
20th	V			Henry de Joncy	BNC
21st	S 3.0	15th	Karl Kappler	Karl Kappler	Bugatti T 35 C

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
22nd			Peugeot	André Boillot	Peugeot

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 3.0	Otto Merz	Mercedes-Benz S.	Overall victory
S 3.0	Eliška Junková	Bugatti T 35	Rank 4
V	Hugo Urban-Emmerich	Talbot 700	Rank 5

Racing data

• Registered: 22
• Started: 21
• Valued: 7
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 28.3 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4: 59: 35.6 h
• Overall laps of the winning team: 18
• Total distance of the winning team: 509.4 km
• Winner's average: 102 km / h
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: Christian Werner - Mercedes-Benz S (# 7) - 15: 51.6 min = 107.0 km / h
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

literature

• Cyril Posthumus: Germany's Grand Prize 1926–1966 . 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag , Stuttgart 1967, DNB  575424540 , p. 32–35 (English: The German Grand Prix . London . Translated by Günther von Held).

Web links

• Race results at Wsrp.cz
• 1927 German Grand Prix at Racing Sports Cars