1938 Italian Grand Prix

1938 Italian Grand Prix
Race 4 of 4 in the 1938 European Championship
Race details
Date	11 September 1938
Official name	XVI Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.993 km (4.345 [1] miles)
Distance	60 laps, 419.58 km (260.71 miles)
Weather	Warm, sunny
Pole position
Driver	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz
Time	2:32.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz
Time	2:34.2
Podium
First	Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union
Second	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
Third	Rudolf Caracciola Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz

The 1938 Italian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Monza on 11 September 1938. ^[2] The 1938 Italian Grand Prix was part of the European Championship season and took place during a period of intense rivalry between German and Italian manufacturers. Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union entered their newly developed 3-litre Grand Prix cars, while Alfa Romeo represented Italy with the 308 model under the Scuderia Ferrari banner.

The race covered 60 laps of the 6.993 km Monza circuit, totaling 419.58 km. Hermann Lang, driving for Mercedes-Benz, achieved pole position and the fastest lap, but mechanical issues forced several front-runners to retire. Tazio Nuvolari, driving for Auto Union, took advantage of the attrition to win the race, finishing one lap ahead of Giuseppe Farina in an Alfa Romeo and Christian Kautz in a Mercedes-Benz.

The result marked one of Nuvolari’s most celebrated victories and was his last major win before the outbreak of the Second World War. The race also concluded the 1938 European Championship, which was won overall by Rudolf Caracciola for Mercedes-Benz. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union	Auto Union D	60	2:41:39.6	5	1
2	30	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo Tipo 316	59	+1 Lap	13	2
3	12	Rudolf Caracciola	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	57	+3 Laps	3	3
		Manfred von Brauchitsch						n/a
4	6	Clemente Biondetti	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo Tipo 316	57	+3 Laps	8	4
Ret	20	Hermann Paul Müller	Auto Union	Auto Union D	57		4	4
DSQ	14	Carlo Felice Trossi	Officine A. Maserati	Maserati 8CTF	56	Disqualified	11	8
5	2	Pietro Ghersi	Scuderia Torino	Alfa Romeo Tipo 308	47	+13 Laps	15	4
Ret	36	Hans Stuck	Auto Union	Auto Union D	41	Mechanical	14	5
Ret	26	Hermann Lang	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	35	Engine	1	5
Ret	8	Luigi Villoresi	Officine A. Maserati	Maserati 8CTF	24	Mechanical	12	6
Ret	4	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	19	Mechanical	2	6
Ret	28	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo Tipo 312	17		9	6
Ret	18	Goffredo Zehender	Officine A. Maserati	Maserati 8CTF	15		16	6
Ret	28	Vittorio Belmondo	Renato Balestrero	Alfa Romeo Tipo 308	15		17	6
Ret	16	Richard Seaman	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	11	Engine	6	7
Ret	34	Piero Taruffi	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo Tipo 312	10	Mechanical	10	7
Ret	24	Christian Kautz	Auto Union	Auto Union D	2		7	7

References

1. "1938 Italian Grand Prix | Motorsport Database".
2. "Race Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
3. https://mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com/marsClassic/en/instance/ko/Italian-Grand-Prix-1938.xhtml
4. https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1938-italian-grand-prix/
5. https://www.fia.com/

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