1936 Grand Prix Season

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The 1936 Grand Prix season was the fourth AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Bernd Rosemeyer, driving for the Auto Union team. Rosemeyer won three of the four events that counted towards the championship.

Season review[]

European Championship Grands Prix[]

Rd	Date	Name	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	13 April	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
2	26 July	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report
3	23 August	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report
4	13 September	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report

Non-championship Grands Prix[]

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

Date	Name	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
9 February	Långforssjöloppet	Långforssjön, Sala	Per-Viktor Widengren	Alfa Romeo	Report
17 February	Hörkenloppet	Hörken, Grängesberg	Eugen Bjørnstad	Alfa Romeo	Report
23 February	Swedish Winter Grand Prix	Rämen	Eugen Bjørnstad	Alfa Romeo	Report
1 March	Pau Grand Prix	Pau	Philippe Étancelin	Maserati	Report
8 March	Norwegian Grand Prix	Gjersjøen	Eugen Bjørnstad	Alfa Romeo	Report
10 May	Tripoli Grand Prix	Mellaha	Achille Varzi	Auto Union	Report
10 May	Finnish Grand Prix	Eläintarharata	Eugen Bjørnstad	Alfa Romeo	Report
17 May	Tunis Grand Prix	Carthage	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
31 May	Grand Prix des Frontières	Chimay	Eddie Hertzberger	MG	Report
7 June	Penya Rhin Grand Prix	Montjuïc Park	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
7 June	Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix	Gávea	Vittorio Coppoli	Bugatti	Report
14 June	Eifelrennen	Nürburgring	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report
21 June	Hungarian Grand Prix	Budapest	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
28 June	Milan Grand Prix	Milan	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
12 July	São Paulo Grand Prix	São Paulo	Carlo Maria Pintacuda	Alfa Romeo	Report
19 July	Deauville Grand Prix	Deauville	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Bugatti	Report
26 July	Vila Real Circuit	Vila Real	Vasco do Sameiro	Alfa Romeo	Report
2 August	Coppa Ciano	Montenero	Carlo Maria Pintacuda	Alfa Romeo	Report
2 August	Coppa Ciano	Montenero	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
15 August	Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report
29 August	Junior Car Club 200 mile race	Donington Park	Richard Seaman	Delage	Report
6 September	Coppa Edda Ciano	Lucca	Mario Tadini	Alfa Romeo	Report
21 September	Modena Grand Prix	Modena	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
3 October	Donington Grand Prix	Donington Park	Hans Rüesch	Alfa Romeo	Report
3 October	Donington Grand Prix	Donington Park	Richard Seaman	Alfa Romeo	Report
17 October	Mountain Championship	Brooklands	Raymond Mays	ERA	Report
18 October	Buenos Aires Grand Prix	Costanera	Carlos Arzani	Alfa Romeo	Report

Championship Final Standings[]

Pos	Driver	MON	GER	SUI	ITA	Pts
1	Bernd Rosemeyer	Ret	1	1	1	10
2	Hans Stuck	3	2	3	Ret	15
3	Tazio Nuvolari	4	Ret	Ret	2	17
4	Achille Varzi	2		2	Ret	19
5	Raymond Sommer	7	9	Ret		21
6	Rudolf Caracciola	1	Ret	Ret		22
7	Antonio Brivio	5	3			23
=	Carlo Felice Trossi	Ret	8		7	23
=	Ernst von Delius		6		3	23
10	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Ret	7	Ret		24
=	Rudolf Hasse		4	5		24
=	Hermann Lang		Ret	4		24
=	René Dreyfus		Ret	Ret	4	24
14	Jean-Pierre Wimille	6	Ret	Ret		26
=	Luigi Fagioli	Ret	5	Ret		26
=	Giuseppe Farina	Ret		Ret	Ret	26
17	Pietro Ghersi	8			Ret	27
18	William Grover-Williams	9				28
=	Philippe Étancelin	Ret		Ret		28
=	Louis Chiron	Ret	Ret			28
=	Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper		10			28
=	Francesco Severi		Ret			28
=	Carlo Maria Pintacuda				5	28
=	Piero Dusio				6	28
25	Clemente Biondetti			Ret	Ret	29
26	J. Walter Rens		Ret			30
=	Earl Howe			Ret		30
28	Eugenio Siena	Ret				31
=	Mario Tadini	Ret				31
=	Richard Seaman		Ret			31
=	Juan Zanelli		Ret			31
=	Jacques de Rham			Ret		31
Pos	Driver	MON	GER	SUI	ITA	Pts