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AVUS - Berlin (D), 27 May 1934
10 laps x 19.573 km (12.162 mi) + 831 m (0.516 mi) start = 196.561 km (122.14 mi)
No one can stop Veyron
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Entries:
The AVUS Voiturette race vas held before the main Formula Libre race. Of the well known Voiturette names Howe was a non
starter as he was racing in the main race.
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Practice:
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Seibel
Bugatti
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Sandri
Maserati
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Briem
Amilcar
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Macher
Zoller
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Veyron
Bugatti
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Kohlrausch?
MG?
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(Note 1)
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The weather was cloudy but it had not started to rain yet. Veyron took the lead from the start and held it to the end
in a rather dull race. Burggaller was able to keep up with Veyron's speed for the first half of the race but then fell back.
It was a disappointing start for the new German 2-stroke Zoller cars,driven by Macher and von Delius, which retired because of overheating.
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Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Type | Engine | Laps | Time/Status | Diff |
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| 1. | 14 | Pierre Veyron | Automobiles Bugatti | Bugatti | T51A | 1.5 | S-8 | 10 | 1h04m36.0s | |
| 2. | 2 | Ernst Burggaller | E.G. Burggaller | Bugatti | T51A | 1.5 | S-8 | 10 | 1h05m09.1s | + 33.1s |
| 3. | 22 | Luigi Castelbarco | L. Castelbarco | Maserati | 4CM | 1.5 | S-4 | 10 | 1h08m08.4s | + 3m32.4s |
| 4. | 4 | Hans Simons | H. Simons | Bugatti | T37A | 1.5 | S-4 | 10 | 1h12m16.1s | + 7m40.1s |
| 5. | 28 | Theodor Fork | T. Fork | MG | K3 Magnette | 1.1 | | 10 | 1h12m16.2s | + 7m40.2s |
| 6. | 16 | Willi Briem | W. Briem | Amilcar | C6 | 1.1 | | 10 | 1h13m46.0s | + 9m10.0s |
| 7. | 26 | Willi Seibel | W. Seibel | Bugatti | T37A | 1.5 | S-4 | 10 | 1h21m59.1s | + 17m23.1s |
| 8. | 38 | Adolf Brudes | R. Kohlrausch | MG | J4 | 0.7 | | 10 | 1h22m12.0s | + 17m36.0s |
| DNF | 32? | Bobby Kohlrausch | R. Kohlrausch | MG | J4 | 0.7 | | 5 | driver ill | |
| DNF | ? | Walter Bäumer | Walter Bäumer | Austin | 7 | 0.7 | | 5 | mechanical | |
| DNF | 8 | Ernst von Delius | A. Zoller | Zoller | | 1.5 | | 4 | overheating | |
| DNF | ? | Bruno Sojka | A Zoller | Zoller | | 1.5 | | 4 | overheating | |
| DNF | ? | André Vagniez | A. Vagniez | Maserati | 26 | 1.5 | S-8 | 2 | | |
| DNF | ? | Werner Bäumer | Walter Bäumer | Austin | 7 | 0.7 | | 0 | mechanical | |
| DNF | 20 | Guglielmo Sandri | G. Sandri | Maserati | 26 | 1.5 | S-8 | 0 | differential | |
| DNF | 6 | Gerhard Macher | A. Zoller | Zoller | | 1.5 | | 0 | overheating | |
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Fastest lap: Pierre Veyron (Bugatti) in 6m20.5s = 185.2 km/h (115.1 mph)
Winner's medium speed: 182.6 km/h (113.4 mph)
Weather: cloudy
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IV INTERNATIONALES AVUS-RENNEN
AVUS - Berlin (D), 27 May 1934
15 laps x 19.573 km (12.162 mi) + 831 m (0.516 mi) start = 294.426 km (182.95 mi)
Spectacular Auto Union debut but Moll scores in the end
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Entries:
Worried by his rival Varzi's victories, Nuvolari decided to enter at AVUS with his leg still in plaster. He had the pedals of his Maserati
altered so that he could reach them all with his left foot.
It should have been the debut race for both Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz. Caracciola turned up for practice an did a few fast laps under considerable
pain from his wounded hip.
To the disappointment for the German spectators Mercedes-Benz decided to withdraw their cars after practice
because of fuel pump problems.
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Pietsch
Alfa Romeo
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Howe
Maserati
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Chiron
Alfa Romeo
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Stuck
Auto Union
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Nuvolari
Maserati
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Varzi
Alfa Romeo
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de Paolo
Miller
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Leiningen
Auto Union
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Moll
Alfa Romeo
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Momberger
Auto Union
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Siena
Maserati
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A giant number of spectators turned up to see the debut of the German cars. The main opposition consisted of three
Maserati 8CMs and three Scuderia Ferrari Alfas driven by Chiron, Moll and Varzi.
Rain was falling as the GP class cars were lined up for the start. As the flag fell Stuck took the lead and after the
first lap he had opened up a one minute gap (that's correct!) to Louis Chiron who was second.
Moll was given a signal to go faster and as the track dried up he passed Varzi on lap 4 and Chiron on lap 7.
Stuck continued to open up the lead to 85 seconds before coming in for new tyres on lap 10. Moll took over the lead
with his Alfa Romeo streamliner. 2 laps later Stuck was out of the race with clutch failure. Moll could race the last
laps without worrying about the opposition and took the flag one and a half minute ahead of team mate Varzi.
Momberger's 3rd place was the best the Germans could do that day. It was definitely not the result the spectators
had hoped for.
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Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Type | Engine | Laps | Time/Status | Diff |
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| 1. | 64 | Guy Moll | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B/P3 | 3.2 | S-8 | 15 | 1h26m03.0s |
| 2. | 60 | Achille Varzi | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B/P3 | 2.9 | S-8 | 15 | 1h27m30.3s | + 1:27.3s |
| 3. | 46 | August Momberger | Auto Union AG | Auto Union | A | 4.4 | V-16 | 15 | 1h27m48.3s | + 1:45.3s |
| 4. | 48 | Earl Howe | Earl Howe | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 15 | 1h35m18.3s | + 9:15.3s |
| 5. | 50 | Tazio Nuvolari | T. Nuvolari | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 15 | 1h39m09.0s | + 13:06.0s |
| 6. | 68 | Paul Pietsch | P. Pietsch | Alfa Romeo | Monza | 2.6 | S-8 | 15 | 1h44m29.2s | + 18:26.2s |
| DNF | 42 | Hans Stuck | Auto Union AG | Auto Union | A | 4.4 | V-16 | 12 | cluch |
| DNF | 62 | Louis Chiron | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B/P3 | 2.9? | S-8 | 9 | oil pipe |
| DNF | 44 | Hermann zu Leiningen | Auto Union AG | Auto Union | A | 4.4 | V-16 | 7 | radiator |
| DNF | 66 | Peter de Paolo | P. de Paolo | Miller | | 5.0 | S-8 | 5 | connecting rod |
| DNF | 52 | Eugenio Siena | E. Siena | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 3 | |
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Fastest lap: August Momberger (Auto Union) in 5m12.0s = 225.8 km/h (140.3 mph)
Winner's medium speed: 205.3 km/h (127.6 mph)
Weather: rain
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Footnote:
1. First rows of grid reconstructed from video from the start (thanks Simon Davis).
2. Grid reconstructed from pictures and descriptions from contemporary magazines and video from the start (thanks Hans Etzrodt & "McRonalds").
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X GRAND PRIX DE PICARDIE
Peronne (F), 27 May 1934
20 laps x 9.62 km (5.98 mi) = 192.4 km (119.6 mi) (Note 1)
Decaroli wins as trouble struck his opponents
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Girod took the start and opened up a small gap but then Cattaneo (Bugatti T51A) closed in
and the duo had a hard fight over the lead. Cattaneo led on laps 8 and 9 but but then Giroud retook the lead.
The fight continued until lap 12 when Girod got clutch problems and had to let Decaroni by.
Cattaneo in the lead had to retire with a broken piston after 15 laps letting Decaroni win the race.
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Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Type | Engine | Laps | Time/Status | Diff |
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| 1. | 16 | Louis Decaroli | L. Decaroli | Bugatti | T37A | 1.5 | S-4 | 20 | 1h46m28s | 1h45m28.2s? |
| 2. | 6 | Armand Girod | A. Girod | Salmson | 8C | 1.1 | | 20 | 1h47m36.6s | + 2m08.4s |
| 3. | 4 | Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier | Mme. Rose-Itier | Bugatti | T51A | 1.5 | S-8 | 20 | 1h48m41.0s | + 3m12.8s |
| 4. | 2 | Alain Guilbaut | A. Guilbaut | Bugatti | T37A | 1.5 | S-4 | 20 | 1h53m06.0s | + 7m37.8s |
| 5. | 20 | Claude "Barowski" | C. "Barowski" | Bugatti | T37A | 1.5 | S-4 | 18 | | |
| 6. | 18 | Claude Mélinant | C. Mélinant | Bugatti | T37A | 1.5 | S-4 | 18 | | |
| DNF | 12 | Jean Cattaneo | J. Cattaneo | Bugatti | T51A | 1.5 | S-8 | 14 | piston | |
| DNF | 10 | Claude Bonneau | C. Bonneau | Bugatti | T37A | 1.5 | S-4 | | | |
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Fastest lap: Louis Decaroli (Bugatti) in 5m04s = 113.9 km/h (70.8 mph) (Note 1)
Winner's medium speed: 108.4 km/h (67.3 mph)
Weather:
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X GRAND PRIX DE PICARDIE
Peronne (F), 27 May 1934
20 laps x 9.62 km = 192.4 km ( mi) (Note 2)
An easy victory for Falchetto
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Entries:
Because of fatal accidents in the 1933 race (Note 3) the track had been slowed down by building
chicanes. There were 11 starters including Jean Bénéjean, who had never before participated in any kind of racing
but had bought Lehoux' Type 51 Bugatti.
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Delorme
Bugatti
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Brunet
Bugatti
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Sommer
Alfa-Romeo
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Bénéjean
Bugatti
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Delmot
Bugatti
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Hellé-Nice
Alfa-Romeo
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Mouret
Bugatti
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Falchetto
Maserati
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Marret
Bugatti
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Zanelli
Alfa Romeo
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Note: grid is wrong as Braillard is missing!
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Falchetto in a 3 litre Maserati entered by Ecurie Braillard took the start followed by Zanelli and Sommer.
While Falchetto dominated the race Sommer managed to pass Zanelli for second, the later then retired with
rear axle problems. Brunet was making good progress through the field and finally managed to pass Braillard
for third position. After 15 laps the inexperienced Bénéjean lost control when braking for the sharp Chicane de Brie.
The car rolled over and the luckless driver was thrown out, suffering injuries that made him lose a leg.
Falchetto took the victory in dominant style from Sommer and Brunet.
According to some source the main grandstand seems to have collapsed during the race!
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Results
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Footnote:
1. Counted with 9.62 km track length. With 9.765 km track length the total race length would be 195.3 km (121.4 mi), race speed 110.1 km/h (68.4 mph ) and fastest lap speed 115.6 km/h (71.9 mph)
2. Counted with 9.62 km track length. With 9.765 km track length the total race length would be 195.3 km (121.4 mi), race speed 127.5 km/h (79.2 mph ) and fastest lap speed 131.7 km/h (81.8 mph)
3. Louis Trintignant (Bugatti) during practice for the 1933 race and Guy Bouriat (Bugatti) during the race itself.
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22 May - 2 June 1934: Pintacuda/Nardilli (Lancia) wins the Giro d'Italia Automobilistico long distance race.
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30 May 1934: Cummings (Miller) wins the Indianapolis 500 race.
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1 June 1934: Black (MG K3) wins the Mannin Beg 1100cc voiturette race at Douglas - Isle of Man.
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II MANNIN MOAR
Douglas - Isle of Man (GBM), 1 June 1934 (Friday)
50 x 5.889 km (3.659 mi) = 294.4 km (182.95 mi) (Note 1)
Brian Lewis and the Alfa Romeo Monoposto
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Entries:
The course had been shortened for 1934. The most interesting car in the entry list was an Alfa Romeo Tipo B, rent from
Ferrari by Noel Rees to be driven by Brian Lewis. There were also three Alfa Romeo Monzas with Charlie Dodson,
Hamilton and Sameiro, two Rileys driven by Freddy Dixon and Cyril Paul and four Bugatti T51s for Eccles, Richards, Shuttleworth
and Staniland.
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Dixon
Riley
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Alfa-Romeo
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Sameiro
Alfa-Romeo
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Bugatti
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Staniland
Bugatti
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Bugati
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Alfa Romeo
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Alfa-Romeo
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Bugatti
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Riley
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When the flag dropped at 10 a.m. Lewis immediately took the lead. He was followed by Rose-Richards in his Bugatti.
Order after 10 laps:
| 1. Lewis (Alfa Romeo) | 29m11s |
| 2. Rose-Richards (Bugatti) | 29m27s |
| 3. Dixon (Riley) | 29m54s |
| 4. Sameiro (Alfa Romeo) | 30m07s |
| 5. Dodson (Alfa Romeo) | 30m09s |
| 6. Eccles (Bugatti) | 30m12s |
Rose-Richards had to retire leaving over the second position to Dixon. Sameiro was in third position followed by Dodson, Eccles and
Shuttleworth.
Order after 20 laps:
| 1. Lewis (Alfa Romeo) | 58m07s |
| 2. Dixon (Riley) | 59m03s |
| 3. Sameiro (Alfa Romeo) | 59m25s |
| 4. Dodson (Alfa Romeo) | 59m026s |
| 5. Eccles (Bugatti) | 59m33s |
| 6. Shuttleworth (Bugatti) | 1h03m12s |
Order after 30 laps:
| 1. Lewis (Alfa Romeo) | 1h27m02s |
| 2. Sameiro (Alfa Romeo) | 1h28m34s |
| 3. Dodson (Alfa Romeo) | 1h28m46s |
| 4. Eccles (Bugatti) | 1h28m59s |
| 5. Paul (Riley) | 1h35m02s |
One after another the competitors were forced to retire, Sameiro with a broken connecting rod, Dixon with
bearing failure and the Bugatti drivers with rear axle problems and with ten laps top go the field was down to three cars:
| 1. Lewis (Alfa Romeo) | 1h56m18s |
| 2. Dodson (Alfa Romeo) | 1h58m08s |
| 3. Paul (Riley) | 2h05m50s |
Lewis took the flag a lap ahead of Dodson with Paul a further 8 minutes behind finishing last, but it had not been
an easy victory as the Alfa had lost a gear early in the race.
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Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Type | Engine | Laps | Time/Status | Diff |
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| 1. | 4 | Brian Lewis | N Rees & A Fox | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B | 2.6 | S-8 | 50 | 2h25m41s |
| 2. | 9 | Charlie Dodson | John Cobb | Alfa Romeo | Monza | 2.3 | S-8 | 50 | 2h29m05s | + 3m24s |
| 3. | 8 | Cyril Paul | F W Dixon | Riley | 2000/6 | 1.8 | | 50 | 2h37m13s | + 11m32s |
| DNF | 3 | Lindsay Eccles | L. Eccles | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 39 | rear axle |
| DNF | 12 | Vasco Sameiro | E F Abecassis | Alfa Romeo | Monza | 2.3 | S-8 | 38 | connecting rod |
| DNF | 11 | Dick Shuttleworth | R. Shuttleworth | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 29 | connecting rod |
| DNF | 7 | Freddie Dixon | F W Dixon | Riley | 2000/6 | 1.8 | | 20 | bearings |
| DNF | 10 | Hugh Hamilton | Kaye Don | Alfa Romeo | Monza | 2.3 | S-8 | 16 | exhaust pipe |
| DNF | 2 | Tim Rose-Richards | T. Rose-Richards | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 14 | water pump |
| DNF | 1 | Christopher Staniland | TASO Mathieson | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 2 | gearbox |
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Fastest lap: Brian Lewis (Alfa Romeo) in 2m50s = 124.7 km/h (77.5 mph)
Winner's medium speed: 121.3 km/h (75.3 mph)
Weather:
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1. For British races speeds and distances are of course always counted in miles and mph and then converted to km and km/h.
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VIII ADAC EIFELRENNEN
Nürburgring (D), 3 June 1934
15 laps x 22.810 km (14.17 mi) = 342.15 km (212.6 mi)
Mercedes-Benz wins first time out
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Mercedes made its debut proper in the Eifel GP at the Nürburgring.
Mercedes-Benz only entered two cars as Caracciola was not yet fit enough to race on this demanding track.
The leading Maserati drivers were also absent.
This is the race when according to Alfred Neubauer in his book "Männer, Frauen und Motoren" the Silver Arrows
legend was born as the Mercedes-Benz cars were stripped of their white paint to clear the 750 kg weight limit.
It is now established that the 1934 race was in fact run as a Formula Libre event with no weight limits and that
Neubauer's story is DEFINITELY fictous.
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Hellé-Nice
Alfa Romeo
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Mercedes-Benz
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Widengren
Alfa Romeo
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Gaupillat
Bugatti
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Rüesch
Maserati
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Tadini
Alfa Romeo
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Stolze
Bugatti
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L Hartmann
Bugatti
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Frankl
Bugatti
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Chiron
Alfa Romeo
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Maag
Alfa Romeo
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Siena
Maserati
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Steinweg
Bugatti
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Pietsch
Alfa Romeo
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Stuck
Auto-Union
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Nuvolari
Maserati
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Penn-Huges
Alfa Romeo
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Leiningen
Auto-Union
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Mercedes-Benz
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Auto-Union
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The start was delayed for several hours because of fog, rain showers and hail. At 3 PM
the race was finally started with 44 cars in 3 classes flagged of after each other.
A bunch of cars arrived together into the Südkehre on the first lap and Austrian driver Emil Frankl
(Bugatti) touched another car and went, with damaged wheel, into a wild spin just missing
the Mercedes cars, before overturning, killing the unfortunate driver.
After the first lap it was Fagioli in front of von Brauchitsch, Stuck, Chiron, Tadini, Penn-Hughes, zu Leiningen and Pietsch.
Then Neubauer gave order to Fagioli to let the other Mercedes car by and at Bergwerk on the second lap
von Brauchitsch took over the lead from his team mate. On the third lap Momberger was out of the race with fuel pump
failure and the problems for the Auto Union team continued. A flying stone has created a leak in zu Leiningen's
fuel tank and he fell far back while the tank was repaired and refilled.
Von Brauchitsch had opened up a 46 second lead over Fagioli who was ferociously
attacked by Stuck. Nuvolari was out of the race after a series of technical problems.
Order after 7 laps.
| 1. Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) | |
| 2. Fagioli (Mercedes-Benz) | |
| 3. Stuck (Auto Union) | |
| 4. Chiron (Alfa Romeo) | |
| 5. Pietsch (Alfa Romeo) | |
| 6. Penn-Hughes (Alfa Romeo) | |
| 7. Tadini (Alfa Romeo) | |
Halfway through the race the Mercedes cars came in for tanking and a furious Fagioli started a bilingual verbal fight
with team leader Neubauer over the team orders. Fagioli went off again but then, with one lap to go, simply
abandoned his Mercedes on the track in disgust, giving Neubauer a taste of things to come.
The Alfas did not need to come in for refueling but they were not able to keep up with the superior roadholding of the German cars.
The Nürburgring took its tolls, Maserati drivers Rüesch och Siena were out with engine problems and
zu Leiningen was also out, leaving only one Auto Union in the race. However, Stuck was now in the lead and opened
up a gap of almost one minute to von Brauchitsch. The Mercedes team was worried: Was Stuck trying to
do a nonstop race? Finally Stuck went in for tanking, tyres and new plugs and after a lengthy pitstop he
rejoined the race 87 seconds behind von Brauchitsch. With such advantage the Mercedes driver had no problem to keep the
lead from then on and he went on to win. He could hardly have got off to a better start as a works driver.
Neither could the Mercedes-Benz team have had a better comeback, winning the first time out.
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VIII ADAC EIFELRENNEN
Nürburgring (D), 3 June 1934
12 laps x 22.810 km (14.17 mi) = 273.72 km (170.1 mi)
Castelbarco chased by Bugattis
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The 1500cc & 750 cc cars started in separate groups after the GP cars had been flagged away.
The German Zoller cars were overheating again and soon out of the race. After racing for over two and
a half hours Count Castelbarco took the victory in his Maserati 29 seconds in front of Schmidt with Burggaller
a further 38 seconds back. Adolf Brudes von Breslau took the victory in the 750cc class.
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Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Type | Engine | Laps | Time/Status | Diff |
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| 1. | 34 | Luigi Castelbarco | Scuderia Brianza | Maserasti | 4CM | 1.5 | | 12 | 2h36m23.1s | |
| 2. | 38 | Florian Schmidt | F. Schmidt | Bugatti | T51A | 1.5 | S-8 | 12 | 2h36m52.4s | + 29.3s |
| 3. | 31 | Ernst Burggaller | E.G. Burggaller | Bugatti | T51A | 1.5 | S-8 | 12 | 2h37m30.2s | + 1m07.1s |
| 4. | 33 | Hans Simons | H. Simons | Bugatti | T37A | 1.5 | S-4 | 12 | 2h39m04.2s | + 2m41.1s |
| 5. | 45 | Bruno Sojka | B. Sojka | Bugatti | T51A | 1.5 | S-8 | 12 | 2h45m54.5s | + 9m31.4s |
| 6. | 49 | Willi Seibel | W. Seibel | Bugatti | T37A | 1.5 | S-4 | 12 | 2.54m35.4s | + 18m12.3s (7th in race) |
| 7. | 47 | Anne-Cecile Rose-Itier | Mme. Rose-Itier | Bugatti | T51A | 1.5 | S-8 | 12 | 2h55m30.4s | + 19m07.3s (8th in race) |
| 8. | 42 | Eugen Stößer | E. Stößer | BMW | | 0.7 | | 12 | 3h00m35.4s | + 24m12.3s (9th in race) |
| 9. | 43 | Henri Durand | H. Durand | Bugatti | T37A | 1.5 | S-4 | 12 | 3h11m01.4s | + 34m38.3s (10th in race) |
| 10. | 46 | André Vagniez | A. Vagniez | Maserati | 26 | 1.5 | S-8 | 12 | 2h21m29.3s | + 45m06.2s (11th in race) |
| DNF | 41 | Herbert Wimmer | A. Zoller | Zoller | | 1.5 | | 12 | | |
| DNF | 40 | Ernst von Delius | A. Zoller | Zoller | | 1.5 | | 12 | | |
| DNF | 39 | Gerhard Macher | A. Zoller | Zoller | | 1.5 | | 12 | | |
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Fastest lap: N/A
Winner's medium speed: 105.0 km/h (65.3 mph)
Weather:
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Footnote:
1. Grid reconstructed from pictures (thanks "McRonalds") and video from the start. It should be correct.
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I GRAND PRIX DE MONTREUX
Montreux (CH), 3 June 1934
90 laps x 3.320 km (2.063 mi) = 298.8 km (185.7 mi)
Street circuit specialist Trossi takes up the chase
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Entries:
The Montreux "round the houses" street race was a new addition to the GP calendar. Unfortunly it was run the same weekend
as the Eifelrennen but Ferrari entered the trio of Varzi, Moll and Trossi. The main opposition consisted of some private
Maseratis and Bugattis.
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On race day not only every grandstand but also every window and balcony of downtown Montreux was filled with spectators.
There had been a storm before the race but the track had had time to dry out.
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Straight
Maserati
1m57s
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Etancelin
Maserati
1m54s
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20
Falchetto
Masersti
1m58s
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2
Moll
Alfa Romeo
1m57s
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6
Trossi
Alfa Romeo
1m59s
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12
Hamilton
Maserati
1m59s
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4
Varzi
Alfa Romeo
2m00s
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24
Soffietti
Alfa Romeo
2m:00s
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22
Sommer
Alfa Romeo
-
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14
Veyron
Bugatti
-
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8
Zehender
Maserati
-
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18
Braillard
Bugatti
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Étancelin had been fastest in practice with his own blue painted Maserati and when the starter dropped the flag at 2 p.m.
Étancelin took the lead followed by Straight, Moll and Falchetto. Moll was soon up to second position but on lap 11 he had to
do a lengthly pitstop with oil feed problems, spoiling any chances for a good position.
Varzi was going well, climbing to 3rd followed by teammate Trossi and Hamilton.
By half distance Étancelin held a 65 seconds lead over Varzi with Trossi a further 13 seconds behind.
Straight had dipped to fourth as oil from a leak sprayed over his goggles
and he had been forced to do several pit stops to clear them.
The Ferrari duo was catching Étancelin, who had brake troubles. But at lap 69 Varzi had to make a fast pit stop, falling down to
third position.
With five laps to go Étancelin was still leading with 13 seconds but an inspired Trossi, always at his best on street circuits,
was catching him fast, making faster laps than the pole time, and on the last but one lap he passed the Maserati to the flag
from Étancelin with Varzi's Ferrari entered Alfa third.
Maserati cars driven by Straight, Hamilton and Zehender took the next places.
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Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Type | Engine | Laps | Time/Status | Diff |
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| 1. | 6 | Carlo Felice Trossi | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B | 2.9 | S-8 | 90 | 2h57m25.6s |
| 2. | 16 | Philippe Etancelin | P. Etancelin | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 90 | 2h57m33.0s | + 7.3s |
| 3. | 4 | Achille Varzi | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B | 2.9 | S-8 | 89 | 2h58m18.2s |
| 4. | 10 | Whitney Straight | Whitney Straight Ltd | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 89 | 2h48m56.0s |
| 5. | 12 | Hugh Hamilton | Whitney Straight Ltd | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 88 | 2h57m47.2s |
| 6. | 8 | Goffredo Zehender | Officine A Maserati | Maserati | 8CM | 2.5 | S-8 | 88 | 2h58m04.0s |
| 7. | 14 | Pierre Veyron | P. Veyron | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 86 | 2h59m21.0s |
| 8. | 22 | Raymond Sommer | R. Sommer | Alfa Romeo | Monza | 2.6 | S-8 | 84 | 2h57m52.0s |
| DNF | 2 | Guy Moll | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B | 2.9 | S-8 | 42 | oil feed |
| DNF | 24 | Luigi Soffietti | L. Soffietti | Alfa Romeo | Monza | 2.6 | S-8 | 27 | brakes |
| DNF | 20 | Benoît Falchetto | Ecurie Braillard | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 21 | brakes |
| DNF | 18 | Louis Braillard | Ecurie Braillard | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 15 | mechanical |
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Fastest lap: Carlo Felice Trossi (Alfa Romeo) in 1m52.8s = 106.0 km/h (65.8 mph)
Winner's medium speed: 101.0 km/h (62.8 mph)
Pole position lap speed: 104.8 km7h (65.1 mph)
Weather: sunny, dry between two showers.
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10 June 1934: Stuck (Auto Union) wins the Felsbergrennen hillclimb in Germany.
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V° GRAN PREMIO DE PENYA RHIN
Circuit de Montjuďc - Barcelona (E), 17 June 1934
70 laps x 3.791 km (2,356 mi) = 265.37 km (164.89 mi)
Alfa Romeo domination
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The German teams did not enter the Penya Rhin, a race that developed into another duel between rivals
Varzi and Nuvolari. Nuvolari, whose leg was finally out of plaster, faced a trio of Scuderia Ferrari entered Alfa Romeos driven by
Varzi, Chiron and Lehoux.
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Entries:
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Practice:
American former Indy champion Peter de Paolo, who recently has signed to drive for Ecurie Braillard during the full
European season, crashed his Maserati during practice and was taken to hospital with a fractured skull and injured arm.
Apparently he had tried to avoid some children who had run onto the track. That was the end of his racing career.
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Race:
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2
Lehoux
Alfa Romeo
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4
Hamilton
Maserati
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6
Zanelli
Alfa Romeo
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8
Nuvolari
Maserati
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10
Palacio
Masearati
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12
Chiron
Alfa Romeo
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*
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16
Varzi
Alfa Romeo
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**
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22
Falchetto
Maserati
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20
Brunet
Bugatti
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18
Tort
Nacional Pescara
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28
Delmot
Bugatti
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26
Villapadierna
Maserati
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| * 14 de Paolo (Maserati) DNS
** 24 de Morawitz (Bugatti) DNS
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(Note 7)
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At the start Nuvolari forced himself into the lead folowed by Chiron, Varzi, Lehoux and Falchetto. But Nuvolari's
injured leg was soon giving him pain and after a brave fight he was finally forced to let the Ferrari trio by before
retiring his Maserati with mechanical problems.
It was not a good day for Maserati. After 14 laps Hamilton's Straight-entered 8CM was out of the race.
On lap 19 Chiron and Varzi swapped positions for the lead. The rest of the race was a Ferrari triumph with the trio lapping
the rest of the field 3 times. Varzi was the winner while Chiron made the fastest lap.
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Results
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Type | Engine | Laps | Time/Status | Diff |
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| 1. | 16 | Achille Varzi | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B | 2.9 | S-8 | 70 | 2h33m02.0s | 2h33m06.0s? |
| 2. | 12 | Louis Chiron | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B | 2.9 | S-8 | 70 | 2h34m10.1s? | + 1m08.1s? |
| 3. | 2 | Marcel Lehoux | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo | Tipo B | 2.9 | S-8 | 70 | 2h35m15.6s | + 2m13.6s |
| 4. | 6 | Juan Zanelli | J. Zanelli | Alfa Romeo | Monza | 2.3 | S-8 | 67 | 2h36m00.0s |
| 5. | 10 | Joaquín Palacio | Count Villapadierna | Maserati | 8C | 3.0 | S-8 | 67 | 2h37m24.8s |
| 6. | 20 | Robert Brunet | R. Brunet | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 66 | 2h36m36.0s |
| 7. | 26 | José de Villapadierna | Comte de Villapadierna | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 65 | 2h36m24.0s |
| DNF | 8 | Tazio Nuvolari | T. Nuvolari | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 32 | |
| DNF | 22 | Benoît Falchetto | Ecurie Braillard | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 29 | driver |
| DNF | 28 | Louis Delmot | L. Delmot | Bugatti | T51 | 2.3 | S-8 | 18 | |
| DNF | 4 | Hugh Hamilton | Whitney Straight | Maserati | 8CM | 3.0 | S-8 | 11 | oil |
| DNF | 18 | Esteban Tort | E. Tort | Alfa Romeo | Monza | 2.3 | S-8 | 7 | |
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Fastest lap: Louis Chiron (Alfa Romeo) 2m08s =106.6 km/h (66.3 mph) or 2m06s = 108.3 km/h (67.3 mph)
Winner's medium speed: 104.0 km/h (64.7 mph)
Weather:
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Footnote:
1. Front line of grid corrected from picture (thanks Nick Shipp).
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16-17 June 1934: Etancelin / Chinetti (Alfa Romeo 2.3 litre) wins the Les 24 Heures du Mans
sports car race at the Circuit de la Sarthe in France. (Results)
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17 June 1934: Stuck (Auto Union) wins the Kesselbergrennen hillclimb in Germany.
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23 June 1934: Eyston (MG Magnette) wins the B.R.D.C. British Empire Trophy handicap race at Brooklands, England.
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