Grand Prix of Germany 1932
The VI. German Grand Prix took place on July 17, 1932 on the 22.810 km long Nordschleife of the Nürburgring . As a Grande Épreuve , it was ranked at the Grand Prix European Championship in 1932 , although in the end the actual race duration of a little less than five hours did not quite meet the requirements for the official Grand Prix races.
The race was held in three groups, Group I - the actual Grand Prix race - for vehicles without displacement restrictions over 25 laps and a total distance of 570.25 km, Group II for vehicles over 800 to 1100 cm³ displacement over 23 laps or 524.63 km and Group III for cars up to 800 cm³ displacement over 19 laps and 433.39 km.
The winner in the open Grand Prix class was Rudolf Caracciola in an Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3 , but the European driver title was won by his Italian team-mate Tazio Nuvolari . The brand classification went to Alfa Romeo .
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In 1932, the German Grand Prix was the first time that the European Championship was ranked. Because this meant that only three championship races were organized, after Tazio Nuvolari's two victories in the new Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3 “ Monoposto ” in the Italian and French Grand Prix, the title was practically certain before the race. Nuvolari would only have been overtaken by his team-mate Mario Umberto Borzacchini in the event of a retirement (or arriving at a maximum of sixth place) , but the drivers' championship as well as the team standings were definitely Alfa Romeo. The clear favorite of the race and the local audience, however, was the team's third driver, local hero Rudolf Caracciola , who, unlike his stable colleagues, was very familiar with the extremely difficult course and had already achieved several successes here.
Given the superiority of the Alfa Romeo, the ambitions of the other two works racing teams were apparently no longer too high. So had Maserati the actual number 1 driver Luigi Fagioli left at home and only a Maserati 26 M for the relatively inexperienced young drivers Amedeo Ruggeri reported, according to some reports, is said to have first have here a new, enlarged to 3 liters of displacement eight-cylinder engine. Even Bugatti stepped up to the race with only one car. This was partly due to the fact that Achille Varzi had to forego participation shortly before the start due to an eye condition. But substitute driver Albert Divo wasn't ready to start either, so the team could only send Louis Chiron into the race with a Bugatti Type 51 model from the previous year that was no longer competitive against the Alfa Romeo. The stronger, but much heavier Type 54 appeared to be even less suitable for the demanding route.
In addition to these five works cars, four private drivers competed in their Bugatti Type 51 in the Grand Prix class, although they played no role in the outcome of the race. In order to still offer the audience enough entertainment on the relatively long course, the organizers of the race decided to hold two races for cars up to 1.5 and 0.8 liters together with this run. These cars each drove over shorter distances and were rated separately.
This decision quickly turned out to be the right one, because after a short time in the race the Grand Prix car had already given way to all tension. Ruggeri had to park his Maserati on the second lap with a defect and now managed the feat of competing in two different races at the same time by switching to the four-cylinder works car of company boss Ernesto Maserati, which started in the 1.5-liter class . And even Chiron with his Bugatti was only able to keep up with the Alfa Romeo at the beginning of the race, although he was able to displace Borzacchini, who had never raced at the Nürburgring, from third place. However, on the seventh lap he had to give up the race due to a rear axle defect.
This allowed the three Alfa Romeo drivers to make the decision among themselves, because apart from them, only René Dreyfus was in this class in his privately entered Bugatti, who in the end crossed the finish line far behind in fourth. Nevertheless, the race, at least for Caracciola, was not entirely free of surprises, because although he was supposed to be the winner in his home race according to the team's internal stable management, he was attacked by Nuvolari and finally overtaken. But when Nuvolari came to the pits for his scheduled refueling stop, the planned outcome of the race was made clear to him once again quite unmistakably, as the pit crew demonstratively slowly cleared the car and restored the desired sequence in this way. The race then ended with Caracciola's victory without any further highlights, whereby the minimum duration of five hours actually prescribed for Grandes Épreves was undercut by about 13 minutes. Apparently, the organizers had miscalculated a bit when specifying the number of laps and did not expect such a large increase in average speed compared to the previous races. However, since this did not affect the outcome of the race or the awarding of the European championship titles to Nuvolari and Alfa Romeo, there was apparently no protest.
Results
Registration list
team | No. | driver | chassis | engine | tires |
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Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3 | Alfa Romeo 2.6L I8 compressor | P |
10 |
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12 |
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4th |
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Mercedes-Benz SSKL | Mercedes-Benz M06 RS 7.1L I6 compressor | C. |
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6th |
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Maserati 26M | Maserati 2.5L I8 compressor | |
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8th |
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Bugatti T51 | Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor | |
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14th |
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Bugatti T51 | Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor | FU |
30th |
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Bugatti T35B | Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor | ||
42 |
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Bugatti T37A | Bugatti 1.5L I4 compressor | ||
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18th |
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Bugatti T51 | Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor | M. |
20th |
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22nd |
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24 |
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Bugatti T35B | Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor | |
50 |
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Bugatti T37A | Bugatti 1.5L I4 compressor | ||
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26th |
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Maserati 8C 2800 | Maserati 3.0L I8 compressor | |
58 |
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Maserati 4CM | Maserati 1.1L I4 compressor | ||
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28 |
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Bugatti T35B | Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor | |
64 |
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Bugatti | |||
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32 |
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Bugatti T51 | Bugatti 2.3L I8 compressor | |
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36 |
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Delage 15S8 | Delage 1.5L I8 | D. |
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38 |
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Frazer Nash | Frazer Nash 1.5L I8 | |
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40 |
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Bugatti T37A | Bugatti 1.5L I4 compressor | |
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44 |
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Frazer Nash | Frazer Nash 1.5L I8 | |
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46 |
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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 | Alfa Romeo 1.5L I6 | |
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48 |
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Amilcar | Amilcar 1.2L I6 | |
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52 |
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Bugatti T37A | Bugatti 1.5L I4 compressor | |
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54 |
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Salmson | Salmson 1.1L I4 | |
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56 |
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Bugatti T37A | Bugatti 1.5L I4 compressor | |
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60 |
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Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 | Alfa Romeo 1.5L I6 | |
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62 |
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Amilcar MC0 | Amilcar 1.3L I6 | |
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66 |
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Bugatti T37A | Bugatti 1.5L I4 compressor | |
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68 |
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Bugatti T51A | Bugatti 1.5L I8 | |
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70 |
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FG Lombard | Lombard 1.1L I4 | |
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72 |
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Amilcar | Amilcar 1.1L I6 | |
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74 |
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Bugatti T51A | Bugatti 1.5L I8 | M. |
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Bugatti T49 | Bugatti 5.0L I8 | |||
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76 |
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DKW | DKW 0.78L I2 | |
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78 |
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MG Midget Type C | MG 0.75L I4 | |
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80 |
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Austin 7 Sports | Austin 0.75L I6 | |
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82 |
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Austin 7 Sports | Austin 0.75L I4 | |
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84 |
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MG Midget Type C | MG 0.75L I4 | D. |
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86 |
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BMW 3/15 PS DA 3 type Wartburg | BMW 0.75L I4 | |
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88 |
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BMW 3/15 PS DA 3 type Wartburg | BMW 0.75L I4 | |
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90 |
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MG Midget | MG 0.75L I4 | |
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Frazer Nash | Frazer Nash 1.5L I4 | D. | |
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Bugatti | |||
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Bugatti | |||
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Bugatti | |||
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Amilcar | Amilcar 1.1L I6 | ||
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Maserati | Maserati 1.5L I4 | ||
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Maserati | Maserati 1.5L I4 |
Race result
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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25th | 1 | 4: 47: 22.800 | 1 | ||
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25th | 1 | + 31,000 | 3 | 10: 49,400 | |
3 |
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25th | 1 | + 7: 10.200 | 4th | ||
4th |
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25th | 1 | + 13: 42,200 | 9 | ||
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6th | DNF | 6th | Axle break | ||
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5 | DNF | 5 | accident | ||
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3 | DNF | 2 | Axle break | ||
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2 | DNF | 7th | Engine failure | ||
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1 | DNF | 8th | Radiator damage |
Race result Voiturette up to 1.5 liters displacement
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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23 | 4: 54: 46.800 | 17th | 12: 21,800 | ||
2 |
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23 | + 12: 35,600 | 16 | |||
3 |
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23 | + 18: 59.200 | 19th | |||
4th |
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23 | + 20: 18,600 | 10 | |||
5 |
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23 | + 20: 58,000 | 15th | |||
6th |
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23 | + 22: 50.600 | 22nd | |||
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23 | + 25: 29.200 | 21st | |||
8th |
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23 | + 26: 45.400 | 12 | |||
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23 | + 34: 24.800 | 13 | |||
10 |
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23 | + 39: 04.200 | 18th | |||
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17th | DNF | 23 | failure | ||
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13 | DNF | 20th | Crack in the cylinder block | ||
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12 | DNF | 14th | no more fuel pressure | ||
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10 | DNF | 11 | Engine failure | ||
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4th | DNF | 24 | Axle break |
Race result Voiturette up to 0.8 liter displacement
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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19th | 4: 33: 29,000 | 29 | 13: 29,000 | ||
2 |
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19th | + 12: 31.800 | 31 | |||
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16 | DNF | 28 | Axle break | ||
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9 | DNF | 26th | mechanics | ||
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8th | DNF | 30th | defective crankshaft | ||
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2 | DNF | 25th | Piston damage | ||
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1 | DNF | 27 | Axle break |
Web links
- VI Grand Prix of Germany. www.teamdan.com, accessed July 31, 2014 (English).
- Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: VI GRAND PRIZE OF GERMANY. www.kolumbus.fi, June 4, 2014, accessed July 31, 2014 .