1935 German Grand Prix

EC Nazi Germany Nazi German 28 July 1935 Circuit N%C3%BCrburgring-1927-Nordschleife.svg VIII Großer Preis von Deutschland 4 7 NürburgringNürburg, Germany Permanent racing facility 14.17 22.810 22 311.82 501.82 Wet, overcast Hans Stuck Auto Union Germany 1933 True Manfred von Brauchitsch Mercedes-Benz 10:32.0 Germany 1933 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo Italy 1861 Hans Stuck Auto Union Germany 1933 Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz Germany 1933 The 1935 German Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Nürburgring on 28 July 1935. The underdog victory of Tazio Nuvolari in an Alfa Romeo P3 against far more powerful German cars that had dominated the season to this point is widely considered one of the greatest events in the history of motor racing. The crowd of 300,000 applauded Nuvolari, while the representatives of the Third Reich were frustrated and enraged. In 1935, Nuvolari scored his most impressive victory, thought by many to be the greatest victory in car racing of all times, when at the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, driving an old Alfa Romeo P3 (3167 cc, 8C, compressor, 265 hp) versus the dominant all conquering home team's cars of five Mercedes-Benz W25 (3990 cm3, 8C, compressor, 375 hp (280 kW)), driven by the Germans Rudolf Caracciola, Luigi Fagioli, Hermann Lang, Manfred von Brauchitsch, and Hanns Geier and four Auto Union Type B (4950 cc, 16C, compressor, 375 hp (280 kW)), driven by Bernd Rosemeyer, Achille Varzi, Hans Stuck, and Paul Pietsch. As a result, this victory is known as "The Impossible Victory". Race The 1935 event was considered to be one of the all-time greatest motorsport victories and remembered as Nuvolari's greatest race. In a monumental drive, the Italian beat nine superior German Silver Arrows with an inferior red Alfa Romeo.16 November 2010 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/517380-nuvolari-and-his-most-legendary-drive-the-1935-german-grand-prix Nuvolari and His Most Legendary Drive: The 1935 German Grand Prix Hill Matt Bleacher Report 8 April 2019Heseltine Richard https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-2011/53/1935-german-grand-prix 1935 German Grand Prix Motor Sport Magazine Archive 7 July 2014 Motor Sport Magazine 10 April 2019Snellman Leif Etzrodt Hans Muelas Felix 18 July 2019 https://www.goldenera.fi/gp3507.htm#31 VIII GROßER PREIS VON DEUTSCHLAND goldenera.fi 4 May 2026 12 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015513/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp3507.htm live The 1935 German Grand Prix at Nürbugring was held under chilling and dreadful conditions.Brown Douglas S. http://www.grandprixhistory.org/ger1935.htm live History of Formula 1 – The German Grand Prix 1935 Grand Prix History 2 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091126031937/http://www.grandprixhistory.org/ger1935.htm 26 November 2009 9 April 2019 An estimated 300,000 German fans including some of the most powerful and high ranking Third Reich officers showed up for the race that was run over the course of 22.8 km consisting of 174 turns. There were high expectations that one of the German drivers would win the race since they had the most powerful and advanced cars. Three Alfa-Romeos were presented by the Scuderia Ferrari team and were driven by Italian drivers Antonio Brivio and Nuvolari, along with Monegasque driver Louis Chiron. The rest of the competitors were from Maserati, English Racing Automobiles (ERA), and Bugatti and were contested under private teams. Nuvolari's Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo B enjoyed the maximum engine capacity used in these cars, 3.2 litre, 290 bhp. The race position was determined by a ballot. Nuvolari secured the front row in his second place but due to a poor start dropped down to the third place with teammates Brivio retiring at lap 1 and Chiron at lap 5, leaving Tazio with the only Alfa Romeo left competing in the race. Nuvolari drove a very hard race in appalling conditions. After a dreadful start, he was able to pass a number of cars, particularly while some of the German cars pitted. By lap 10, Nuvolari was already leading the race while the rest of the cars were struggling to maintain a grip on the now rain-soaked track. After a botched pit stop in which he lost a total of 2 minutes and 14 seconds due to refueling delays from a broken pressure pump, he joined the race in sixth place. He drove on the limit, made up the time and was second by the start of the last lap, albeit 35 seconds behind the leader von Brauchitsch in a Mercedes who had ruined his tyres by pushing very hard to get the win in the dreadful conditions. Nuvolari was able to catch the German, passing him when one of von Brauchitsch's tyres blew out, and took the chequered flag to win the race in front of the stunned German High Command and 300,000 spectators. The 42-year-old Nuvolari ended up finishing in front of eight running Silver Arrows; Stuck finished 2 minutes behind Nuvolari, and von Brauchitsch was nearly inconsolable. It was due to the pace of Nuvolari that the German had to drive so aggressively that ultimately proved to be his downfall. The Nazi officials were also confounded by the lack of a recording of the Italian anthem to play over the loudspeakers, as only Deutschland Uber Alles (Germany's anthem) had been ready for what they thought was a mere formality and inevitabile German triumph. This was ultimately solved by Nuvolari himself, who always had a copy of the Marcia Reale. Classification PosNoDriverTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints 1 12 Italy 1861 Tazio Nuvolari Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Tipo B 22 4:08:04.1 2 1 2 1 Germany 1933 Hans Stuck Auto Union Auto Union B 22 +2:14.3 1 2 3 5 Germany 1933 Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25B 22 +3:09.0 7 3 4 3 Germany 1933 Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union Auto Union B 22 +4:46.9 12 4 5 7 Germany 1933 Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AGMercedes-Benz W25B 22 +6:13.3 5 4 6 6 Italy 1861 Luigi Fagioli Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25B 22 +7:54.2 13 4 7 8 Germany 1933 Hanns Geier Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25A 21 +1 Lap 19 4 8 2 Italy 1861 Achille Varzi Auto Union Auto Union B 21 +1 Lap 11 4 9 4 Germany 1933 Paul Pietsch Auto Union Auto Union B 20 +2 Laps 15 4 10 21 Switzerland Hans Ruesch Private entry Maserati 8CM 20 +2 Laps 9 4 11 16 Italy 1861 Goffredo Zehender Scuderia Subalpina Maserati 6C-34 19 +3 Laps 4 4 12 22 Italy 1861 Pietro Ghersi Luigi Soffietti Maserati 8CM 19 +3 Laps 16 4 Ret 17 France Philippe Étancelin Scuderia Subalpina Maserati 6C-34 18 Engine 6 4 Ret 9 Germany 1933 Hermann Lang Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25A 15 Engine 17 5Ret10 United Kingdom Raymond MaysERAERA B11Oil pressure10 5 Germany 1933 Ernst von Delius n/a Ret 20 Hungary 1920 László Hartmann Private entry Maserati 8CM 9 Ignition 14 6 Ret 14 Monaco Louis Chiron Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Tipo B 5 Differential 8 7 Ret 23 Italy 1861 Piero Taruffi Bugatti Bugatti T59 3 Accident 18 7 Ret 15 Italy 1861 Antonio Brivio Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Tipo B 1 Differential 20 7 Ret 11 Italy 1861 Renato Balestrero Gruppo San Giorgio Alfa Romeo Tipo B 0 Accident 3 7 DNS 15 France René Dreyfus Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Tipo B 8 DNS 19 Germany 1933 Ernst von Delius ERA ERA B Practice accident 8 DNS 22 Italy 1861 Luigi Soffietti Luigi Soffietti Maserati 8CM 8 Starting grid positions 1st Row 3 Pos. 2 Pos. 1 Pos. Italy 1861BalestreroAlfa Romeo Italy 1861NuvolariAlfa Romeo Germany 1933StuckAuto Union 2nd Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos. Germany 1933von BrauchitschMercedes-Benz Italy 1861ZehenderMaserati 3rd Row 3 Pos. 2 Pos. 1 Pos. MonacoChironAlfa Romeo Germany 1933CaracciolaMercedes-Benz FranceÉtancelinMaserati 4th Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos. United KingdomMaysERA SwitzerlandRueschMaserati 5th Row 3 Pos. 2 Pos. 1 Pos. Italy 1861FagioliMercedes-Benz Germany 1933RosemeyerAuto Union Italy 1861VarziAuto Union 6th Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos. Germany 1933PietschAuto Union Hungary 1920HartmannMaserati 7th Row 3 Pos. 2 Pos. 1 Pos. Italy 1861TaruffiBugatti Germany 1933LangMercedes-Benz Italy 1861GhersiMaserati 8th Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos. Italy 1861BrivioAlfa Romeo Germany 1933GeierMercedes-Benz Notes Ernst von Delius destroyed his car during practice, so he shared Mays' car in the race. References German Grand Prix 1935 1935 Belgian Grand Prix 1935 Swiss Grand Prix 1934 German Grand Prix 1936 German Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix Grand Prix