Donington Grand Prix

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Routing in 1937

The Donington Grand Prix (1933 and 1934 Donington Park Trophy ) was an international automobile race that was held four times at Donington Park , England , between 1935 and 1938 .

Although the race particularly in 1937 and 1938 had important international role, it never mattered to the international automobile sports federation AIACR advertised Grand Prix Championship .

Results

Edition year route winner Second Third Pole position Fastest lap
- 1 1933 Donington Park United KingdomUnited Kingdom Earl Howe ( Bugatti ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lindsay Eccles ( Bugatti ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom TASO Mathieson ( Bugatti ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom TASO Mathieson ( Bugatti ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Earl Howe ( Bugatti )
- 1 1934 Donington Park United States 48United States United KingdomUnited Kingdom Whitney Straight ( Maserati ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Clifton Penn-Hughes ( Alfa Romeo ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Earl Howe ( Bugatti ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Earl Howe ( Bugatti ) United States 48United States United KingdomUnited Kingdom Whitney Straight ( Maserati )
1 1935 Donington Park United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Shuttleworth ( Alfa Romeo ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Earl Howe ( Bugatti ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charles Martin ( Bugatti ) Third French RepublicThird French Republic Raymond Sommer ( Alfa Romeo ) unknownunknown unknown
2 1936 Donington Park SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hans Ruesch / Richard Seaman ( Alfa Romeo )
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charles Martin ( Alfa Romeo ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Peter Whitehead / Peter Walker ( ERA )
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
New ZealandNew Zealand United KingdomUnited Kingdom Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper ( Maserati ) unknownunknown unknown
3 1937 Donington Park German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Bernd Rosemeyer ( Auto Union ) German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Manfred von Brauchitsch ( Mercedes-Benz ) German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Rudolf Caracciola ( Mercedes-Benz ) German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Manfred von Brauchitsch ( Mercedes-Benz ) German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Bernd Rosemeyer ( Auto Union ) and Manfred von Brauchitsch ( Mercedes-Benz )
German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) 
4th 1938 Donington Park Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Tazio Nuvolari ( Auto Union ) German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Hermann Lang ( Mercedes-Benz ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Seaman ( Mercedes-Benz ) German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Hermann Lang ( Mercedes-Benz ) Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Tazio Nuvolari ( Auto Union )
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 Donington Park Trophy

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