1938 Pau Grand Prix

The 1938 Pau Grand Prix was a motor race held on 10 April 1938 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by René Dreyfus, driving the Delahaye 145. Rudolf Caracciola and Hermann Lang combined to finish second and Gianfranco Comotti finished third.

1938 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date 10 April 1938
Official name Grand Prix de Pau[1]
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 100 laps, 276.960 km (172.100 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Delahaye 145
Time 1:48.0
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz W154
Time 1:47.0
Podium
First
Delahaye 145
Second
Mercedes-Benz W154
Third
Delahaye 145
René Dreyfus in the Delahaye and Caracciola in the Mercedes on the starting grid

Classification

Race
Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2 France René Dreyfus Delahaye 145 100 3hr 08min 59.0sec 1
2 6 Germany Rudolf Caracciola
Germany Hermann Lang		 Mercedes-Benz W154 100 + 1:51.0 s 2
3 4 Italy Gianfranco Comotti Delahaye 145 94 + 6 laps 3
4 20 France "Raph" Maserati 6CM 85 + 15 laps 8
5 28 France Maurice Trintignant Bugatti T35C 83 + 17 laps 6
6 24 Italy Dioscoride Lanza Maserati 6CM 81 + 19 laps 5
Ret 30 France Yves Matra Bugatti T51 40 Retired 7
Ret 22 Italy Antonio Negro Maserati 6CM 9 Steering 9
DNS 8 Germany Hermann Lang Mercedes-Benz W154 Did Not Start
DNS 12 Italy Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 Did Not Start
DNS 14 Italy Emilio Villoresi Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 Did Not Start
Sources: [1]

References
  1. Snellman, Leif; Muelas, Felix (2017-02-24). "1938 Grand Prix Season – Part 1". Archived from the original on 2010-10-07. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.