PART 2
IV INTERNATIONALES AVUS-RENNEN AVUS - Berlin (D), 27 MAY 1934 FORMULA LIBRE 15 laps x 19.573 km + 831 m start = 294.426 km
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. Grid:
Race: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.
IV INTERNATIONALES AVUS-RENNEN AVUS - Berlin (D), 27 MAY 1934, VOITURETTE 1500CC 10 laps x 19.573 km + 831 m start = 196.561 km 16 starters. Weather: Cloudy. 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. 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. Grid:
No grid available. Known race numbers:
DNA/DNS: 10 Wimmer (Zoller *2), Stößer (BMW), Howe (Delage 15S8)
Results:
1 Veyron (Bugatti T51A *) 1:04:36.0 (182.6 km/h, 113.4 mph)
2 Burggaller (Bugatti T51A) + 33.1
3 Castelbarco (Maserati 4CM) + 3:32.4
4 Simons (Bugatti T37A) + 7:40.1
5 Fork (MG K3 Magnette 1.1L) + 7:40.2
6 Briem (Amilcar C6 1.1L) + 9:10.0
7 Seibel (Bugatti T37A) + 17:23.1
8 Brudes (MG J4 0.7L '3) + 17:36.0
DNF Kohlrausch (MG J4 0.7L *3) 5 laps driver ill
DNF Walter Bäumer (Austin 7 *4) 5 laps mechanical
DNF von Delius (Zoller *2) 4 laps overheating
DNF Sojka (Zoller *2) 4 laps overheating
DNF Vagniez (Maserati 26) 2 laps
DNF Werner Bäumer (Austin 7 0.7L *4) 0 laps mechanical
DNF Sandri (Maserati 26) 0 laps differential
DNF Macher (Zoller *2) 0 laps overheating
* Entered by Automobiles Bugatti
*2 Entered by A Zoller
*3 Entered by R Kohlrausch
*4 Entered by Walter Bäumer
Fastest lap: Veyron (Bugatti) 6:20.5 (185.2 km/h, 115.1 mph)
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X GRAND PRIX DE PICARDIE PERONNE (F), 27 MAY 1934 20 laps x 9.62 km = 192.4 km (Note 3), 11 starters Because of fatal accidents in the 1933 race (Note 4) 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. 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! Grid:
DNA: Chinetti (Alfa Romeo), Longueville (Bugatti) Results: 1 Falchetto (Maserati 8CM 3.0L *) 1:31:53.6 (125.6 km/h, 78.1 km/h) (Note 3) 2 Sommer (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.6L) + 1:39.0 3 Brunet (Bugatti T51) + 4:32.4 4 Braillard (Bugatti T51 *) - 1 lap 5 Marret (Bugatti T51) - 1 lap 6 Delorme (Bugatti T51) - 2 laps 7 Mlle. Hellé-Nice (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L) - 2 laps DNF Delmot (Bugatti T51) 16 laps DNF Bénéjean (Bugatti T51) 15 laps crash 8 Mouret (Bugatti T51) - 5 laps DNF Zanelli (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.6L) 8 laps rear axle * Entered by Ecurie Braillard Fastest lap: Falchetto (Maserati) 4:27 (129.7 km/h, 80.6 mph) (Note 3) X GRAND PRIX DE PICARDIE PERONNE (F), 27 MAY 1934, VOITURETTE 1500CC 20 laps x 9.62 km = 192.4 km, 7 starters. 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. to win the race.
No grid available.Race numbers:
2 Guilbaut, 4 Mrs. Rose-Itier, 6 Girod, 10 Bonneau, 12 Cattaneo, 16 Decaroli,
18 Melinant, 20 "Barowski"
DNA: 8 Girod (Salmson) 14 Bubois (Bugatti T37A), 32 Vernet (Salmson).
24 Desvaux (Salmson), 26 Jahan (Salmson), 28 Res (Salmson)
Results:
1 Decaroli (Bugatti T37A) 1:46:28 1:45.28?
2 Girod (Salmson 8C 1.1L) + 1:03
3 Mrs. Rose-Itier (Bugatti T51A) + 2:13
4 Guilbaut (Bugatti T37A) + 6:38
5 "Barowski" (Bugatti T37A) - 2 laps
6 Melinant (Bugatti T37A) - 2 laps
DNF Cattaneo (Bugatti T51A) 14 laps piston
DNF Bonneau (Bugatti T37A)
Fastest lap: Decaroli (Bugatti) 5:04
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 | 30 MAY 1934: Cummings (Miller) wins the INDIANAPOLIS 500 race. |
| 1 JUN 1934: Black (MG K3) wins the MANNIN BEG 1100cc Voiturette race at DOUGLAS - Isle of Man. |
II MANNIN MOAR DOUGLAS - Isle of Man (GBM), 1 (2?) JUNE 1934 (Friday) FORMULA LIBRE 50 x 5.955 km = 297.75km, (Note 5) 10 starters. 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. When the flag dropped at 10 a.m. Lewis immediately took the lead. He was followed by Rose-Richards until the Bugatti driver had to retire leaving over the second position to Dixon. Sameiro was in third position followed by Dodson, Eccles and Shuttleworth. 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. 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. Grid:
DNA: 5 Straight (Maserati), Featherstonhaugh (Maserati) Results: 1 Lewis (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.6L *) 2:25:41 (122.6 km/h, 76.2 mph) 2 Dodson (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L *2) + 3:24 3 Paul (Riley 2000/6 1.8L *3) + 11:32 DNF Eccles (Bugatti T51) 39 laps rear axle DNF Sameiro (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L *4) 38 laps connecting rod DNF Shuttleworth (Bugatti T51) 29 laps connecting rod DNF Dixon (Riley 2000/6 1.8L *3) 20 laps bearings DNF Hamilton (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L *5) 16 laps exhaust pipe DNF Rose-Richards (Bugatti T51) 14 laps water pump DNF Staniland (Bugatti T51 *6) 2 laps gearbox * Entered by N Rees & A Fox *2 Entered by John Cobb *3 Entered by F W Dixon *4 Entered by E F Abecassis *5 Entered by Kaye Don *6 Entered by TASO Mathieson Fastest lap: Lewis (Alfa Romeo) 2:50.0 (126.1 km/h, 78.4 mph) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VIII ADAC EIFELRENNEN NÜRBURGRING (D), 3 JUNE 1934 FORMULA LIBRE 15 laps x 22.810 km = 342.15 km.
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. Grid, positions drawn by ballot:
Race: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. 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.
VIII ADAC EIFELRENNEN NÜRBURGRING (D), 3 JUNE 1934, VOITURETTE 1500 CC 12 laps x 22.810 km = 273.72 km, 13 x 1500cc + 4 x 750cc starters 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.
No grid available. Race numbers:
31 Burggaller, 32 Simons, 34 Castelbarco, 38 Schmidt, 39 Macher, 40 von Delius,
41 Wimmer, 42 Stößer, 43 Durand, 45 Sojka, 46 Vagniez, 47 Mrs. Rose-Itier, 49 Seibel,
DNA/DNS: 32 Kohlrausch (MG J4), 35 Decaroli (Bugatti T37A), 36 Fork (MG K3),
37 Howe (Delage 15S8), 44 Sandri (Rocca), 48 Schlicht (Amilcar 6C),
50 de Saugé (Bugatti T37A), 52 Krebs (Mg K3)
Results:
1 Castelbarco (Maserasti 4CM *) 2:36:23.1 (105.0 km/h, 65.3 mph)
2 Schmidt (Bugatti T51A) + 29.3
3 Burggaller (Bugatti T51A) + 1:07.1
4 Simons (Bugatti T37A) + 2:41.1
5 Sojka (Bugatti T51A) + 9:31.4
6 Seibel (Bugatti T37A) + 18:12.3 (7th in race)
7 Mrs. Rose-Itier (Bugatti T51A) + 19:07.3 (8th in race)
8 Stößer (BMW 0.7L) + 24:12.3 (9th in race)
9 Durand (Bugatti T37A) + 34:38.3 (10th in race)
10 Vagniez (Maserati 26) + 45:06.2 (11th in race)
DNF Wimmer (Zoller *2)
DNF von Delius (Zoller *2)
DNF Macher (Zoller *2)
* Entered by Scuderia Brianza
*2 Entered By A Zoller
Fastest lap: N/A
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I GRAND PRIX DE MONTREUX Montreux (CH), 3 JUNE 1934 90 laps x 3.320 km = 298.80 km, 12 starters Weather: Sunny, dry between two showers. 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. 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. 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. Grid:
Results: 1 Trossi (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9L *) 2:57:25.3 (101.0 km/h, 62.8 mph) 2 Étancelin (Maserati 8CM 3L) + 7.7 3 Varzi (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9L *) - 1 lap 4 Straight (Maserati 8CM 3.0L *3) - 1 lap 5 Hamilton (Maserati 8CM 3.0L *3) - 2 laps 6 Zehender (Maserati 8CM 2.5L *2) - 2 laps 7 Veyron (Bugatti T51 2.3L) - 4 laps 8 Sommer (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.6L) - 6 laps DNF Moll (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9L *) 42 laps oil feed DNF Soffietti (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.6L) 27 laps brakes DNF Falchetto (Maserati 8CM 3.0L *4) 21 laps brakes DNF Braillard (Bugatti T51 2.3L *4) 15 laps mechanical * Entered by Scuderia Ferrari *2 Entered by Officine A Maserati *3 Entered by Whitney Straight Ltd *4 Entered by Ecurie Braillard Fastest lap: Trossi (Alfa Romeo) 1:52.8 (106.0 km/h, 65.8 mph) |
| 10 JUNE 1934: Stuck (Auto Union) wins the Felsbergrennen hillclimb in Germany. |
V° GRAN PREMIO DE PENYA RHIN MONTJUICH/MONTJUÏC - Barcelona (E), 17 JUNE 1934 70 laps x 3.791 km = 265.37 km, 12 starters 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. 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. 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. BR> Grid:
Results: 1 Varzi (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9L *) 2:33:02.0 (104.0 km/h, 64.7 mph) 2:33:06.0? 2 Chiron (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9L *) + 1:08.1 +1:17? 3 Lehoux (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9L *) + 2:13.6 4 Zanelli (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L) - 3 laps 5 Palacio Power (Maserati 8C) - 3 laps 6 Brunet (Bugatti T51) - 4 laps 7 de Villapadierna (Maserati 8CM 3.0L) - 5 laps DNF Nuvolari (Maserati 8CM 3.0L) 32 laps DNF Falchetto (Maserati 8CM 3.0L) 29 laps driver DNF Delmot (Bugatti T51) 18 laps DNF Hamilton (Maserati 8CM 3.0L *2) 11 laps oil DNF Tort (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L) 7 laps * Entered by Scuderia Ferrari *2 Entered by Whitney Straight *3 Entered by Ecurie Braillard Fastest lap: Chiron (Alfa Romeo) 2:08 (106.6 km/h, 66.3 mph) or 2:06 (108.3 km/h, 67.3 mph)? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16-17 JUNE 1934: Étancelin / Chinetti (Alfa Romeo 2.3L) wins the "LES 24 HEURES DU MANS" sports car race at the Circuit de la Sarthe in France. (Results) |
| 17 JUNE 1934: Stuck (Auto Union) wins the Kesselbergrennen hillclimb in Germany. |
| 23 JUNE 1934: Eyston (MG Magnette) wins the British Empire Trophy at Brooklands, England. |
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