1935 Spanish Grand Prix | |||
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Race 7 of 7 in the 1935 European Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 22 September 1935 | ||
Official name | X Gran Premio de España | ||
Location | Circuito Lasarte Lasarte-Oria, Spain | ||
Course | Road course | ||
Course length | 17.32 km (10.76 miles) | ||
Distance | 30 laps, 519.45 km (322.77 miles) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Bugatti | ||
Grid positions set by car number | |||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Achille Varzi | Auto Union | |
Time | 5:58.0 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Mercedes-Benz | ||
Second | Mercedes-Benz | ||
Third | Mercedes-Benz |
The 1935 Spanish Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Lasarte on 22 September 1935.
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 26 | Rudolf Caracciola | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25B | 30 | 3:09:59.4 | 13 | 1 |
2 | 8 | Luigi Fagioli | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25B | 30 | +43.0 | 4 | 2 |
3 | 22 | Manfred von Brauchitsch | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25B | 30 | +2:14.6 | 11 | 3 |
4 | 2 | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Bugatti | Bugatti T59 | 30 | +2:55.4 | 1 | 4 |
5 | 4 | Bernd Rosemeyer | Auto Union | Auto Union B | 30 | +5:51.6 | 2 | 4 |
6 | 12 | Robert Benoist | Bugatti | Bugatti T59 | 29 | +1 Lap | 6 | 4 |
Ret | 20 | Louis Chiron | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 28 | Driver unwell | 10 | 4 |
7 | 28 | Raymond Sommer | Private entry | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 27 | +3 Laps | 14 | 4 |
8 | 24 | Marcel Lehoux | Scuderia Subalpina | Maserati 6C-34 | 25 | +5 Laps | 12 | 4 |
Ret | 6 | Achille Varzi | Auto Union | Auto Union B | 25 | Piston | 3 | 4 |
Paul Pietsch | n/a | |||||||
Ret | 30 | Genaro Léoz-Abad | Private entry | Bugatti | 22 | 15 | 5 | |
Ret | 10 | Hans Stuck | Auto Union | Auto Union B | 14 | Transmission | 5 | 6 |
Ret | 16 | Tazio Nuvolari | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo 8C-35 | 8 | Suspension | 8 | 6 |
Ret | 14 | Eugenio Siena | Scuderia Subalpina | Maserati 6C-34 | 2 | Mechanical | 7 | 7 |
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