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The '1937 Donington Grand Prix' was a Grand Prix race held on October 2, 1937 at the Donington Park circuit.

Contents

Race Report

Entries

Classification

Race

Starting Grid Positions

References

External links

Race Report

The first time the ''Silver Arrows'' teams of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union competed in Britain provided a shock to British motor racing as the German cars dominated against the British entrants. Hermann Lang led the first few laps but retired with a broken damper, and British driver Richard Seaman followed shortly after. The lead changed hands several times between Manfred von Brauchitsch, Bernd Rosemeyer and Rudolf Caracciola. Whilst in the lead for a second time, von Brauchitsch suffered a puncture, allowing Rosemeyer to pass him and lead the race. Rosemeyer stayed in the lead until the end and took the win.^[1]

Entries

No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Car
1	Rudolf Caracciola	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz	W125
2	Hermann Lang	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz	W125
2	Christian Kautz	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz	W125
3	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz	W125
4	Richard Seaman	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz	W125
5	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Auto Union	C
6	Rudolf Hasse	Auto Union	Auto Union	C
7	Hermann Paul Müller	Auto Union	Auto Union	C
8	Raymond Mays	H. W. Cook	ERA
9	Earl Howe	H. W. Cook	ERA
10	Arthur Dobson	H. W. Cook	ERA	B
19
11	Prince Bira	Private	Maserati	8CM
12	Arthur Hyde	Private	Maserati	8CM
14	Antony Powys-Lybbe	Private	Alfa Romeo	Monza
15	Robin Hanson	Mrs M. E. Hall-Smith	Maserati
16	Peter Whitehead	Private	ERA
16	Peter Walker	Private	ERA
17	Reginald Tongue	Private	ERA
18	Charles Martin	Private	ERA
			Maserati	6CM
20	Percy Maclure	Private	Riley	2000/6

Notes:
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★ Arthur Dobson was entered with both number 10 and 19.
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★ Christian Kautz was a reserve driver but took part in practice sessions.
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★ Charles Martin used both an ERA and a Maserati during the practice sessions.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	5	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	80	3:01:02.5	2
2	3	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	80	+37.5	1
3	1	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	80	+ 1:16.3	6
4	7	Hermann Paul Müller	Auto Union	80	+3:47.5	6
5	6	Rudolf Hasse	Auto Union	80	+ 8:47.5	7
6	8	Prince Bira	Maserati	78	+ 2 Laps	11
NC	9	Earl Howe	ERA	77	+ 3 Laps	10
NC	19	Arthur Dobson	ERA	74	+ 6 Laps	12
NC	15	Robin Hanson	ERA	72	+ 8 Laps	11
Ret	20	Percy Maclure	Riley	67	Rear axle	15
Ret	8	Raymond Mays	ERA	51	Brakes	9
Ret	4	Richard Seaman	Mercedes-Benz	29	Suspension	4
Ret	2	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	26	Suspension	3
Ret	18	Charles Martin	ERA	18	Piston	13
Ret	16	Peter Whitehead	ERA	11	Engine	14
DNS	16	Peter Walker	ERA
DNS	12	Arthur Hyde	Maserati
DNS	2	Christian Kautz	Mercedes-Benz

Starting Grid Positions

1st Row	1 Pos.		2 Pos.		3 Pos.		4 Pos.
	von Brauchitsch Mercedes-Benz 2:10.4		Rosemeyer Auto Union 2:11.4		Lang Mercedes-Benz 2:14.3		Seaman Mercedes-Benz 2:15.4
2nd Row		1 Pos.		2 Pos.		3 Pos.
		Müller Auto Union 2:15.4		Caracciola Mercedes-Benz 2:15.8		Hasse Auto Union 2:19.0
3rd Row	1 Pos.		2 Pos.		3 Pos.		4 Pos.
	Bira Maserati 2:25.0		Mays ERA 2:26.2		Howe ERA 2:26.2		Hanson Maserati 2:27.6
4th Row		1 Pos.		2 Pos.		3 Pos.
		Dobson ERA 2:28.4		Martin ERA 2:31.6		Whitehead ERA 2:32.0
5th Row			1 Pos.
			Maclure Riley 2:35.2

Notes:
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★ Arthur Hyde withdrew before qualifying, thinking he was too slow.

References

1. When the Germans came to Donington

:''Session results taken from:''
# 1937 AIACR European Driver Championship
# III Donington Grand Prix

External links

★ ''When the Germans came to Donington''