1937 Grand Prix Season

The 1937 Grand Prix season was the fifth AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Rudolf Caracciola, driving for the Mercedes-Benz team. Caracciola won three of the five events that counted towards the championship as the German drivers dominated the season.

Season reviewEdit

European Championship Grands PrixEdit

Rd	Date	Name	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	11 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Rudolf Hasse	Auto Union	Report
2	25 July	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
3	8 August	Monaco Grand Prix	Monaco	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	Report
4	22 August	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
5	12 September	Italian Grand Prix	Livorno	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report

Non-championship Grands PrixEdit

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

Date	Name	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
14 February	Flatenloppet	Flaten, Stockholm	Eugen Bjørnstad	Alfa Romeo	Report
18 April	Turin Circuit	Valentino Park	Antonio Brivio	Alfa Romeo	Report
25 April	Naples Grand Prix	Posillipo	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	Report
1 May	Campbell Trophy	Brooklands	Prince Bira	Delage	Report
9 May	Tripoli Grand Prix	Mellaha	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
9 May	Finnish Grand Prix	Eläintarharata	Hans Rüesch	Alfa Romeo	Report
16 May	Grand Prix des Frontières	Chimay	Hans Rüesch	Alfa Romeo	Report
30 May	Avusrennen	AVUS	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
30 May	Superba Circuit	Genoa	Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo	Report
30 May	Bucharest Grand Prix	Bucharest	Hans Rüesch	Alfa Romeo	Report
6 June	Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix	Gávea	Carlo Maria Pintacuda	Alfa Romeo	Report
13 June	Eifelrennen	Nürburgring	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report
20 June	Milan Grand Prix	Milan	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Report
25 July	San Remo Grand Prix	San Remo Circuit	Achille Varzi	Maserati	Report
25 July	Vila Real Circuit	Vila Real	Vasco do Sameiro	Alfa Romeo	Report
15 August	Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report
15 August	Estoril Circuit	Estoril	Manoel de Oliveira	Ford	Report
28 August	Junior Car Club 200 mile race	Donington Park	Arthur Dobson	ERA	Report
26 September	Masaryk Grand Prix	Brno	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
2 October	Donington Grand Prix	Donington Park	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Report
16 October	Mountain Championship	Brooklands	Hans Rüesch	Alfa Romeo	Report
31 October	Kalastajatorpanajo	Helsinki	Karl Ebb	Mercedes-Benz	Report

Championship Final StandingsEdit

Pos Driver BEL GER MON SUI ITA Pts 1 Rudolf Caracciola 1 2 1 1 13 2 Manfred von Brauchitsch Ret 2 1 3 Ret 15 3 Hermann Lang 3 7 2 2 19 = Christian Kautz 4 6 3 6 Ret 19 5 Hans Stuck 2 Ret 4 4 9 20 6 Raymond Sommer 5 Ret 7 8 27 7 Rudolf Hasse 1 5 Ret 28 = Bernd Rosemeyer 3 Ret Ret 3 28 = Tazio Nuvolari 4 5 7 28 = Giuseppe Farina Ret 6 Ret Ret 28 11 László Hartmann Ret Ret 9 29 12 Hans Rüesch 8 8 Ret 31 13 Vittorio Belmondo 12 10 32 14 Hermann Paul Müller Ret Ret 5 33 15 Richard Seaman Ret 4 34 = Clemente Biondetti Ret Ret 34 17 Luigi Soffietti Ret Ret 35 = Carlo Felice Trossi Ret 8 35 = Paul Pietsch Ret 10 35 20 Kenneth Evans 9 36 = Ernõ Festetics 10 36 = Attilio Marinoni 11 36 = Giovanni Minozzi Ret Ret 36 = Goffredo Zehender 5 36 = Carlo Maria Pintacuda 9 36 = Luigi Fagioli 7 36 = Achille Varzi 6 36 28 Henri Simonet Ret 37 = Adolfo Mandirola Ret 37 30 Franco Cortese Ret 38 = Ernst von Delius Ret 38 = Giovanbattista Guidotti Ret 38 33 Francesco Severi Ret 39 = Renato Balestrero Ret 39 = Edoardo Teagno Ret 39 = Antonio Brivio Ret 39 = Max Christen Ret 39 Pos Driver BEL GER MON SUI ITA Pts