1938 Pau Grand Prix

France Pau 10 April 1938 Carte circuit de Pau.png Grand Prix de Pau Pau, France Temporary Street Circuit 1.720 2.760 100 172.100 276.960 René Dreyfus FRA Delahaye 145 1:48.0 Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz W154 1:47.0 Germany 1935 René Dreyfus FRA Delahaye 145 Rudolf Caracciola Germany 1935 Hermann Lang Germany 1935 Mercedes-Benz W154 Gianfranco Comotti Italy 1861 Delahaye 145 The 1938 Pau Grand Prix was a motor race held on 10 April 1938 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. For 1938, new rules were in effect, limiting engine size, and also the size of the field, as few cars were ready to race. The non-championship Grand Prix was won by René Dreyfus, driving the Delahaye 145 Million Franc Race winning car owned by Lucy O'Reilly Schell. The Delahaye V12 did not consume as much fuel as other engines and could finish the race without having to pit. Rudolf Caracciola and Hermann Lang each entered a new Mercedes-Benz W154, but Lang crashed in practise. When Caracciola had to make a pit stop for refuelling, Lang took over, thus they combined to finish second, narrowly beaten by a heroic drive of Dreyfus. Gianfranco Comotti in another Delahaye finished third, 6 laps down. The new Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 had problems and did not start. A split fuel tank even made Tazio Nuvolari retire from racing. Classification Race thumb|370px|Pole sitter René Dreyfus in the Delahaye 145 and Caracciola in the Mercedes W154 on the starting grid Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 2 FRA René Dreyfus Delahaye 145 100 3hr 08min 59.0sec 1 2 6 Germany 1935 Rudolf CaracciolaGermany 1935 Hermann Lang Mercedes-Benz W154 100 + 1:51.0 s 2 3 4 Italy 1861 Gianfranco Comotti Delahaye 145 94 + 6 laps 3 4 20 FRA "Raph" Maserati 6CM 85 + 15 laps 8 5 28 FRA Maurice Trintignant Bugatti T35C 83 + 17 laps 6 6 24 Italy 1861 Dioscoride Lanza Maserati 6CM 81 + 19 laps 5 Ret 30 FRA Yves Matra Bugatti T51 40 Retired 7 Ret 22 Italy 1861 Antonio Negro Maserati 6CM 9 Steering 9 DNS 8 Germany 1935 Hermann Lang Mercedes-Benz W154 Did Not Start DNS 12 Italy 1861 Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 Did Not Start DNS 14 Italy 1861 Emilio Villoresi Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 Did Not Start Sources: http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp381.htm 1938 Grand Prix Season – Part 1 Leif Snellman Felix Muelas 2017-02-24 2017-03-10 2010-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20101007071158/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp381.htm dead Pau Grand Prix 1937 Pau Grand Prix 1938 1939 Pau Grand Prix References Category:Pau Grand Prix Category:1938 in French motorsport