Grand Prix of Germany 1929

Starting grid

Race winner Louis Chiron

The IV Grand Prix of Germany , also known as the Grand Prix of Nations or Grand Prix of Nations for sports cars , took place on July 14, 1929 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

The organizers' generous prize money brought a strong field to the Nürburgring in 1929. 38,000 Reichsmarks (today corresponds to approx. 134,000 euros ) were given to the winner, after all 20,000 Reichsmarks (today approx. 70,000 euros) for the overall runner-up. In the race, it was found that the light and agile work - Bugatti heavy and unwieldy Mercedes-Benz SSK were also superior at the Nurburgring. Even a recognized top driver like Rudolf Caracciola could not compensate for the disadvantage of the almost 2-ton car. Caracciola had taken the lead at the beginning of the race, but retired in the fifth round with a connecting rod damaged. After 18 laps and a driving time of more than 4 hours, Louis Chiron in the Bugatti won well ahead of his brand colleague Philippe de Rothschild . The best Mercedes-Benz was the third-placed SSK from August Momberger and Max von Arco-Zinneberg .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round	time
1	S 3.0	28	Automobiles Ettore Bugatti	Louis Chiron	Bugatti T30B	18th	4: 46: 06.8 h
2	S 3.0		Automobiles Ettore Bugatti	Philippe de Rothschild	Bugatti T30C	18th	+ 11: 45.6 min
3	S + 3.0	10	Daimler-Benz AG	August Momberger Max von Arco-Zinneberg	Mercedes-Benz SSK	18th	+ 14: 31.0 min
4th	S 3.0		Automobiles Ettore Bugatti	Guy Bouriat	Bugatti T35C	18th	+ 17: 21.6 min
5	S 3.0		Mario Lepori	Mario Lepori	Bugatti T35B	18th	+ 24: 19.0 min
6th	S 3.0		Daimler-Benz AG	Willy Rosenstein Adolf Rosenberger	Mercedes-Benz SSK	18th	+ 25: 10.0 min
7th	S 3.0		Eckart of Kalnein	Eckart of Kalnein	Bugatti T37B	18th	+ 37: 09.2 min
8th	V		Ernst Günther Burggaller	Ernst Günther Burggaller	Bugatti T37A	18th	+ 39: 27.4 min
9	V		Hans Kersting	Hans Kersting	Bugatti T37A	17th	+ 57: 55.8 min
10	3.0		Officine Alfieri Maserati	Diego de Sterlich	Maserati 26B	17th	+ 59: 20.8 min
11	V		Francesco Pirola	Francesco Pirola	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500SS	16	+ 1: 00: 18.4 h
12	V		Willy Scholl	Willy Scholl	Amilcar	16	+1: 07: 30.6 h
13	V		Amedeo Ruggeri	Amedeo Ruggeri	Maserati 26	16	+1: 13: 10.2 h
14th	V		Gerhard Macher	Gerhard Macher	DKW	16	+1: 23: 40.4 h
Failed
15th	V		Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG	Karl Häberle	Hanomag	12
16	V			Walter Austrian	DKW	10
17th	S + 3.0	2	Daimler-Benz AG	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz SSK	5
18th	V			Hans Simons	DKW	4th
19th	S + 3.0	6th	Eduard Klimberg	Eduard Klimberg	Renault 40 CV	2
20th	3.0		Ottokar Bittmann	Ottokar Bittmann	Bugatti T35C	1
21st	S + 3.0	2	Daimler-Benz AG	Georg Kimpel	Mercedes-Benz SSK	1
22nd	V		Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG	Hellmuth Butenuth	Hanomag	1
23	V		Automobiles Talbot	Hugo Urban-Emmerich	Talbot 70	1
24	V			Émile birches	Imperia
25th	V		Československá zbrojovka Brno	Anton Kahle	Zbrojovka Z2
26th	V		Československá zbrojovka Brno	Josef Mamula	Zbrojovka Z2
27	V		Československá zbrojovka Brno	Ernst Prochazka	Zbrojovka Z2
28	3.0		Antonio Sartorio	Antonio Sartorio	Alfa Romeo 6C
29	V		Berthold Stoll	Berthold Stoll	Fiat 509
30th	V			Ingemar Schulze	Bugatti T37A
31	V			Willi Seibel	Bugatti T37A
32	V		Československá zbrojovka Brno	Karl Stohanzl	Zbrojovka Z2
33	V		Československá zbrojovka Brno	Karel Tunal Divisek	Zbrojovka Z2
34	V		Achille Varzi	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo 6C 1500
35	V			Wilhelm	Lombard

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
36	S + 3.0		Tim Birkin		Bentley Blower
37	S + 3.0		Tim Birkin		Bentley Blower

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 3.0	August Momberger	Max von Arco-Zinneberg	Mercedes-Benz SSK	Rank 3
S 3.0	Louis Chiron		Bugatti T35B	Overall victory
V	Ernst Günther Burggaller		Bugatti T35A	Rank 8

Racing data

• Registered: 37
• Started: 35
• Valued: 14
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 28.3 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4: 46: 06.8 h
• Overall laps of the winning team: 18
• Total distance of the winning team: 509.4 km
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: Louis Chiron - Bugatti T37B (# 28) - 15: 06.0 min = 112.58 km / h
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

literature

• The Grand Prix of Nations for Sports Cars. In:  Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung , August 1, 1929, pp. 7-18 (online at ANNO ).
• Cyril Posthumus: Germany's Grand Prize 1926–1966 . 1st edition. Motorbuch Verlag , Stuttgart 1967, DNB  575424540 , p. 41–50 (English: The German Grand Prix . London . Translated by Günther von Held).

Web links

Commons : Grand Prix of Germany 1929  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Race results at Wsrp.cz
• 1929 German Grand Prix at Racing Sports Cars (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Grand Prix of Nations, July 14, 1929, Nord- and Südschleife. www.pro-teilstrecke.de, accessed on May 13, 2020 . 
2. ^ Posthumus (1967), p. 40.
3. ↑ The Grand Prix of Nations for Sports Cars. In:  Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung , August 1, 1929, pp. 7-18 (online at ANNO ).