PART 2
V INTERNATIONALES AVUS-RENNEN AVUS-Berlin (D), 26 MAY 1935 FORMULA LIBRE Heat: 5 * 19.573 km + 831 m start = 98.696 km Final: 10 * 19.573 km + 831 m start = 196.561 km
* Race numbers unknown. (The numbers in Sheldon's book are not correct.) The long race on the Berlin AVUS the year before had proved rather boring and the teams were also worried about the tyre wear on the ultra fast track. This year the race was therefore split up into two heats and a final. As this was yet another Formula Libre race the German teams turned up with several streamliners and Ferrari with an Alfa Romeo "Bi-motore". Freighted by his Tripoli experience Stuck elected to drive an open racer. Geier raced an old speed record car with a cockpit that could only be opened from the outside! Scuderia Subalpina had their 6C-34 cars for Étancelin and Zehender, but on this fast track they never really had a chance to be competitive. Motorcycle racer Rosemeyer had after some persuasion got the promise from team manager Walb to start at AVUS. Rosemeyer, who had NEVER before started in ANY kind of car race therefore made his racing debut at the world's fastest track in a streamlined 375 BHP Auto Union, starting from the front row. Both Mercedes and Auto Union had entered four cars. During practice Stuck was in a class of his own with a lap of 4:31.3 (260 km/h). The best the other drivers could do was 4:47 for von Brauchitsch and Varzi and 4:49 for Rosemeyer. The Auto Union was up to a speed of 326 km/h on the straights! Heat 1: 5 laps Grid:
Race: Stuck immediately took the lead followed by Rosemeyer. The veteran driver had no problems to open up a gap to his new team mate. Fagioli, leading the Mercedes challenge, passed Rosemeyer and started the chase for the leading Auto Union. Nuvolari followed but had to go in for new tyres on the second lap. The single Maserati car was soon out with supercharger failure. As feared tyres became a problem. A tyre burst on Geier's streamliner forcing him to make a pitstop and he finally finished fourth. Rosemeyer also had a high speed tyre failure at the Nordschleife and was lucky to be able to stop the streamliner without crashing, but his debut race was over. Stuck took the victory having led the race from start to finish. Fagioli finished second for Mercedes and Dreyfus third in the ex-Moll streamliner that had won the event in 1934. Nuvolari, having done two pitstops with his Bi-motore, finished sixth and failed to reach the final.
Heat 2: 5 laps Grid:
In the second heat it was Caracciola fighting for the lead against the Auto Unions of zu Leiningen and Varzi. Then zu Leiningen retired and both Caracciola and Varzi had to make a pit stop. It was the Mercedes crew that did the better job and Caracciola came back on the track with a good lead over Varzi's Auto Union. Caracciola went on and took the victory in the second heat from Varzi and von Brauchitsch. As in the first heat it had been a German show, the second Maserati retiring again with supercharger problems. Chiron made a fine race, carefully driving the tire-eating Bi-motore to finish fourth, 2 1/2 minutes behind the winner.
Final: 10 laps Grid:
Race: The top 4 cars from each heat qualified for the final. As the flag dropped in the final it was Stuck who again took the lead and he and Varzi began to open up a gap to the Mercedes trio of Fagioli, Caracciola and von Brauchitsch. Then Fagioli started to charge, he passed Varzi and closed up on Stuck. Stuck led until he had a nasty incident when a tyre burst at 290km/h and he was lucky to be able to handle the car and getting it into the pits. He was not the only one with tyre problems, both Varzi and von Brauchitsch had similar incidents and all the top cars except for Fagioli had to stop for new tyres. Geier was out with carburettor failure and Caracciola also retired. Now it was Fagioli leading from Varzi and Chiron, who once again raced a careful race, watching the tyre wear on the Bi-motore. Varzi took up the chase on the leading Mercedes but overdid it and had to come in for another stop. It was Fagioli who came up on top taking his second victory of the year. Varzi destroyed also his third set of tyres and had to make yet another stop, a stop which costed him the second place to Chiron, who gave the Ferrari team a better result than they had hoped for after the heats. Of the drivers only Fagioli and Dreyfus had done the race nonstop, finishing the race with their tyres in shreds.
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XI GRAND PRIX DE PICARDIE PÉRONNE (F), 26 MAY 1935 40 laps * 9.765 km km = 390.60 km, 14 entries - 11 starters. Weather : Cloudy While the Germans and Italians were racing in Berlin, the French drivers were seen at Péronne for the Picardie Grand Prix. As the year before the track included chicanes. The competitive entry list included Bugatti drivers Benoist, Wimille, Howe, Mrs. Itier, Cazeaux, Delorme and Longueville, Alfa drivers Sommer and Mlle. Hellé-Nice, Maserati drvers Brunet, Villapadierna, Soffietti and Falchetto and even Lehoux racing the SEFAC. However Wimille, Villapadierna and Lehoux became DNS. Grid positions were decided by a procedure where during Friday and Saturday practice each driver had to make a standing start lap. On Sunday at 2.45 p.m. the flag was dropped and Benoist took the lead of the race followed by Howe and Sommer. There were numerous retirements during the first laps so that by lap 6 the field was down to only six cars. On lap 7 Sommer had to pit for new plugs, putting him back to the bottom of the field. Now only Lord Howe was able to challenge Benoist, the other drivers falling far behind. The British driver took over the lead on the 18th lap as Benoist made his pitstop. Then the situation changed back as Howe made a 10 minutes pitstop on lap 22 losing a lap to Benoist, who could race on to take a runaway victory. The race proved to be a triumph for Bugatti as Howe's private car finished second in front of Sommer who had advanced through the field after his pitstop. DNA/DNS: 10 de Villapadierna (Maserati), 18 Lehoux (Sefac), 26 Wimille (Bugatti), 28 Mme. Rose Itier (Bugatti) Grid:
Results:
1 Benoist (Bugatti T59 3.3L *) 2:59:48
2 Howe (Bugatti T59 3.3L) - 1 lap
3 Sommer (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9L) - 2 laps
4 Mlle. "Hellé-Nice" (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L) - 4 laps (- 3?)
5 Delorme (Bugatti T51) - 5 laps (- 5?)
6 Mrs. Itier (Bugatti T51) - 5 laps
DNF Brunet (Maserati 8CM 3.0L *2) ? laps
DNF Longueville (Bugatti T51) ? laps
DNF Girod (Maserati 8CM 3.0L) ? laps
DNF Soffietti (Maserati 8CM 3.0L) ? laps
DNF Falchetto (Maserati 8CM 3.0L *2) ? laps
* Entered by Automobiles Bugatti
*2 Entered by Ecurie Braillard
Fastest laps: Benoist (Bugatti) & Howe (Bugatti) 4:20
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III CIRCUIT d'ORLEANS CIRCUIT d'ORLEANS (F), 26 MAY 1935 VOITURETTE 1500CC + 1100CC + 750CC 25 laps Both classes were run together. Leóz took the start but was soon passed by Mestivier in his 8 year old Amilcar who won, beating all the 1500cc cars.
No grid available. Race numbers:
1 Maillard-Bruné, 2 Jahan, 3 Toni, 4 Hertzberger, 5 machat, 6 de Gavardie, 7 Blot,
8 Mestivier, 9 Viale, 10 Gilbert, 11, de Saugé, 12 Cesure, 14 Boucly, 14 Leóz Abad
1 Mestivier (Amilcar MC0 1.3L) 54:10
2 E Leóz Abad (Bugatti T37A) + 32
3 Maillard-Bruné (MG Q 0.7L) + 46
4 Hertzberger (MG K3 Magnette 1.1L) + 49
5 Césure (Bugatti T37A) - 1 lap
6 de Saugé (Bugatti T37A) - 3 laps
7 Gilbert (BNC 1.1L) - 4 laps
8 Jahan (Salmson 1.1L) - 4 laps
DNF Boucly (Salmson 1.1L)
DNF Viale (Salmson 1.1L)
DNF Blot (Amilcar 1.1L)
DNF de Gavardie (Amilcar 1.1L)
DNF Machat (Derby-Amilcar 1.1L)
DNF Toni (Salmson 1.1L)
fastest lap: N/A
III CIRCUIT d'ORLEANS CIRCUIT d'ORLEANS (F), 26 MAY 1935 20 (7) laps, 6 starters. Weather: rain. The Circuit d'Orleans was held the same day as the Avusrennen and the Picardie GP. Before the GP class started the rain began to fall and the race distance was reduced to 20 laps. Cazaux took the lead followed by "Raph" and Buffy (Bugatti). Buffy passed "Raph" for second place and tried to catch Cazaux. But on lap 7 Buffy overdid it in the rain and lost control of his Bugatti. The car bounced off a tree into the crowd, hitting 12 people, one of them later succumbed to the wounds. As the situation became chaotic with spectators on the track the race was stopped with the order at that time becoming the final results.
No grid available. Race numbers were:
18 Cazaux, 19 Buffy, 20 Roumani, 21 Leóz Abad, 22 Montier, 23 "Raph"
DNA: 16 Lascaut (Talbot), 17 Boucly (Bugatti)
Results:
1 Cazaux (Bugatti T51 *) 16:34
DNF Buffy (Bugatti T51) 6 laps
2 "Raph" (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L) - 1 lap
3 Montier (Montier - Ford) - 1 lap
4 Leóz Abad (Bugatti T51) - 1 lap
DNF Roumani (Bugatti T51) 5 laps
* Entered by Ecurie Girod
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 | 30 MAY 1935: Petillo (Wetteroth-Offenhauser) wins the INDIANAPOLIS 500 race. |
III MANNIN MOAR DOUGLAS - Isle of Man (GBM), 31 MAY 1935 50 laps * ? = ?, 16 starters Lewis', Martin's and Eccles' Bugatti cars were facing Shuttleworth's Alfa Romeo Tipo B and a lot of private Alfa Romeo Monzas at Isle of Man. There were also two works ERAs, a 2 litre car for Mays and a normal Voiturette for Cook. Shuttleworth was the initial leader followed by Lewis, Martin, Eccles and Mays but at 1/3 distance he had to retire leaving Bugattis in the top three positions with Lewis at the front. Mays managed to pass Eccles and the two continued to have a big duel for the fourth position until Mays made his half distance pitstop for fuel. Soon afterwards both ERA drivers got problems with their cars and had to do extra stops. However, Mays fought back and when Eccles got transmission trouble Mays took over third position, having already passed Fontes on lap 40. But halfway round the last lap the ERA also came to a standstill with transmission failure so the last podium position finally went to Fontes. This was Lewis third straight Mannin Moar victory. DNA: 12 Seaman (Maserati) Grid:
Results: 1 Lewis (Bugatti T59 3.3L *) 2:40:11 2 Martin (Bugatti T59 3.3L *2) + 51 3 Fontes (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L) + 8:03 4 Rayson (Bugatti T51) + 15:00 DNF Mays (ERA A 2.0L *3) 49 laps universal joint 5 A Dobson (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.6L) - 1 lap 6 Wilkins (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.6L) - 1 lap 7 Brackenbury (Bugatti T51 *2) - 1 lap DNF Eccles (Bugatti T59) 31 laps univeral joint DNF Cook (ERA A 1.5L *3) 30 laps oil pump DNF Shuttleworth (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9L) 13 laps transmission DNF A Hamilton (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L) 9 laps crash DNF Leith (Bugatti T35B) 1 lap crash DNF Rose-Richards (Maserati 8C 3.0L) 0 lpas universal joint * Entered by Earl Howe & N Rees *2 Entered by C E C Martin *3 Entered by H W Cook Fastest lap: Lewis (Bugatti) 3:06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
III GRANDE PRÊMIO DA CIDADE DE RIO DE JANEIRO GÁVEA - Rio de Janeiro (BRA), 2 JUNE 1935 25 laps * 11.16 km = 279.0 km The challenging Gávea circuit again took its toll. This time it was the 1934 winner Irineu Correa who was fatally wounded when his car fell down in the Niemeyer's Avenue Channel on the first lap. No grid available. Race numbers shown after the results. Results: 1 Riccardo Carú (FIAT) 4:03:20.2 #28 2 Enrique Lehrfeld (Bugatti) + 10.9 #86 3 José de Almeida Araujo (Bugatti) + 8:48.8 # 2 4 Renato Santos (Chevrolet) + 13:45.6 #78 5 Vicente Hugo (Ford) + 14:28.6 #68 DNF Irineu Correa (Ford V8) 1 lap #32 fatal accident DNF Joăo Enrico (Ford) 1 lap # 8 DNF Vittorio Coppoli (Bugatti) 4 laps #40 [I/RA] wheel DNF Manuel de Teffé (Alfa Romeo) 5 laps #12/#14 differential DNF Benedicto Lopes (Ford) 13 laps #66 accident DNF Felipe Rueda (Kissel) 13 laps #38 accident DNF Cícero Marques Porto (Ford) #72 accident DNF Chico Landi (Bugatti) #64 mechanical DNF Odilon Barcellos (Bugatti-Chevrolet) # 4 DNF Renato S. Vianna (Chevrolet) # 6 DNF Quirino Landi (Alfa Romeo) #10 DNF Nicola de Santis (Ford) #16 DNF José Santiago (Adler) #18 DNF Roberto Lozano, (Ford V8) #20 overheating [RA] DNF Hugo Teixeira de Souza (Willis) #22 DNF Domingos Lopes (Hudson) #24 DNF Joăo Ferreira de Souza (La Salle) #26 DNF Hans Stoffen (Bugatti) #34 DNF Antonio José Pereira (Bugatti) #44 DNF Renato Murce (Ford-Alfa Romeo) #50 DNF Manuel N. dos Santos (Adler) #52 DNF Henrique Casini (Studebaker) #54 DNF Oscar Ré (Alfa Romeo) #56 DNF Joaquim Sant'Anna (Fiat) #58 DNF Fernado de Moraes Sarmento (Bugatti-Studebaker) #62 DNF Rubem Abrunhosa (Hudson) #76 DNF Francisco Pereira da Silva (Dodge) #80 DNF Abel F. Pinto (Bugatti) = A. F. Pires #82?? DNF Armando Sartorelli (Ford) DNF Júlio de Moraes (Chrysler) DNF Manuel Pimentel (Ford) DNF Wilbert Potter (Ford) DNS Vittorio Rosa (Fiat) #60 no license [I/RA] DNS?António Silva Campos (Ford) #30 DNS?José C. Barreto, (Ford) #36 DNS?Saturnino de Oliveira (?) #42 DNS?Orlando Gott (Hudson) #48 DNS?Mario Silva (?) #70 DNS?Eduardo P. Oliveira Júnior (Steyr) #74 DNS?Bandeirante (Ford) #84 Fastest Lap: Henrique Lehrfeld (Bugatti), 9:01.4 |
II GRAND PRIX DE L´U.M.F. MONTLHÉRY Paris (F), 2 JUNE 1935 ? laps * ? km = For the second year the "Union Motocycliste Française" held a race meeting at Montlhéry including a 90 km race for cars. Sometimes incorrectly called the "Grand Prix de France" this short race was a victory for Sommer with his private Alfa Romeo with "Raph's" similar car finishing second.
No grid available. Race numbers were:
1 Brunet, 3 "Raph", 6 G Leóz Abad, 7 E Leóz Abad, 8 Renaldi, 10 Sommer, 11 Roumani
DNA: 2 Testut (Bugatti), 9 Mlle "Hellé-Nice" (Bugatti)
Results:
1 Sommer (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9L) 36:18.5
2 "Raph" (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 2.9L) + 1:23
3 G Leóz Abad (Bugatti T51 2.3L) - 1 lap
4 Renaldi (Bugatti T35) - 1 lap
5 Brunet (Maserati 8CM 3.0L *) - 4 laps
DNF Roumani (Bugatti T35) 7 laps
DNF E Léoz-Abad (Bugatti T37) 7 laps
* Entered by Ecurie Braillard
Fastest lap: Sommer (Alfa Romeo) 2:29.3
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X GRAND PRIX DES FRONTIČRES CHIMAY (B), 9 JUNE 1935 20 laps * 10.87 km = 217.4 km, 17 starters.
No grid available. Race numbers were:
1 Legat, 2 Veyron, 4 Sojka, 5 Schmidt, 6 Seaman, 7 fevrier, 8 Cholmondley-Tapper,
10 L Hartmann, 11 Matozza, 12 Steinweg, 14 "Barowski", 15 de Saugé, 16 Dubois,
17 Herkuleyns, 18 Mrs. Rose-Itier
DNA: 3 Tuffanelli (Maserati), 9 Smith (Bugatti)
Results:
1 Steinweg (Bugatti T51A) 1:43:33.0
2 Veyron (Bugatti T51A *) + 1:37.4
3 Mrs. Rose-Itier (Bugatti T51A) + 5:48.4
4 L Hartmann (Maserati 8CM 3.0L) + 7:50.0
5 "Barowski" (Bugatti T51A) + 7:50.0
6 Dubois (Bugatti T37) + 14:51.0
7 Matozza (Alfa Romeo RLTF) + 19:51.6
8 Herkuleyns (MG Q) + 24:20.0
9 de Saugé (Bugatti T37) ?
DNF Cholmondley-Tapper (Bugatti T37A) 7 laps
DNF Sojka (Bugatti T51A) 6 laps
DNF Fevrier (Bugatti T35C) 5 laps shock absorver
DNF Schmidt (Bugatti T37A) ?
DNF Seaman (ERA B 1.5L) 3 laps piston
DNF Legat (Bugatti T35B) 3 laps front axle
* Entered by Automobiles Bugatti
Fastest lap: Seaman (ERA) 4:48
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II CIRCUITO DI BIELLA CIRCUITO DI BIELLA (I), 9 JUNE 1935 2 * 25 * 2.199 km = 54.98 km heats. 16 starters 50 * 2.199 km =119.95 km final. The Circuit of Biella was run in two 25 lap qualifying heats and a 50 lap final. Varzi was released by his Auto Union contract to drive the Scuderia Subalpina 3.7 litre 6C-34 Maserati. Brivio was still at hospital after his Tripoli crash and was unable to start his home GP. However, round-the-houses specialist Trossi was there to race a 3.2 litre Alfa in his home town. In the first heat Nuvolari won from Trossi with Farina third in his Maserati. In the second heat Chiron and Tadini took another double win for Alfa. Varzi finished a disappointing third and was so disgusted by the performance of the Maserari that he refused to start in the final. On the tight street track the Ferrari Alfa Romeos were dominant. Farina was a surprise leader after the first lap but soon he had to give way for the Alfa trio led by Nuvolari. Inspired by his home crowd Trossi passed Chiron for second and then he challenged Nuvolari and took the lead of the race and held it until having to retire as he was feeling ill in the heat. Nuvolari then led the rest of the Alfas home to take his third victory of the season. Heat 1: Grid:
Results: 1 Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 3.2L *) 37:20.0 2 Trossi (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 3.2L *) + 21.4 3 Farina (Maserati 4CM 2.5L *2) + 57.0 4 Dusio (Maserati 8CM 3.0L *2) + 1:38.8 5 Ghersi (Maserati &C-34 3.3L *2) + 1:52.4 6 Mlle. "Hellé-Nice" (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L) - 2 laps 7 Castelbarco (Maserati 4CM 1.5L) - 2 laps DNF Soffietti (Maserati (8CM 3.0L) 9 laps oil pump Fastest lap: Trossi (Alfa Romeo) 1:26.6 Heat 2:Grid:
Results: 1 Chiron (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 3.2L *) 38:01.4 2 Tadini (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 3.2L *) + 18.0 3 Varzi (Maserati &C-34 3.3L *2) + 1:21.6 4 Minozzi (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.6L) - 1 lap 5 Lurani (Maserati 4CS 1.5L) - 2 laps DNF Rovere (Maserati 4CM 1.5L *2) 21 laps crash DNF Pages (Alfa Romeo Monza 2.3L) 18 laps brakes DNF Siena (Maserati &C-34 3.3L *2) 13 laps crash Fastest lap: Chiron (Alfa Romeo) 1:26.2 Final:Grid:
Results: 1 Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 3.2L *) 1:14:50.4 2 Chiron (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 3.2L *) + 33.2 3 Farina (Maserati 4CM 2.5L *2) + 46.6 4 Dusio (Maserati 8CM 3.0L *2) - 2 laps 5 Tadini (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 3.2L *) - 3 laps DNF Trossi (Alfa Romeo Tipo B 3.2L *) 24 laps driver ill DNS Varzi (Maserati &C-34 3.3L *2) car too slow * Entered by Scuderia Ferrrari *2 Entered by Scudria Subalpina Fastest lap: Trossi (Alfa Romeo) 1:25.6 II CIRCUITO DE BIELLA CIRCUITO DE BIELLA (I), 9 JUNE 1935 VOITURETTE 1500CC 23 laps * 2.199 km = 50.58 km, 4 starters This race was obviously run together with the GP class. Even with a small all-Maserati field, it was an exciting race. Rovere and Siena were fighting for the lead until they collided on lap 13 leaving Lurani in the top position. Rovere managed to continue and retake the lead only to spin off. 1 Lurani (Maserati 4CS) 39:11.6 2 Castelbarco (Maserati 4C) + 14.6 3 Rovere (Maserati-record car) - 3 laps No more finishers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IX ADAC EIFELRENNEN NÜRBURGRING (D), 16 JUNE FORMULA LIBRE 11 laps * 22.810 km = 250.91 km Weather: Varying from rain to sunlight
Auto Union reserve: zu Leiningen The Eifelrennen was held at the same weekend as the Le Mans 24 h race, but that did not hinder a long entry list. The only major non starter was Nuvolari, as he was doing speed record attempts with the Alfa Romeo Bi-motore in Italy. There were some new faces in the German cars: Pietsch making his debut as a works driver for Auto Union and ex motor cycle racer Lang making his debut as a Grand Prix driver in a 1934 Mercedes-Benz. Von Brauchitsch was back at Nürburgring for the first time since his accident the year before and during practice he was by far the fastest driver with a 10:45 against 10:59 for Caracciola and 11:04 for Stuck. Varzi had appendicitis and he was too ill to drive during the first day. The next day was rainy so the times were slow. Grid:
Race: The race was started by the new colored light system (red, yellow and 15 seconds later green) and it was Taruffi who moved first on the wet track and tried to find a gap between Caracciola and Varzi and five cars went over the line side by side until Taruffi fell back while von Brauchitsch's Mercedes went into the lead followed by Caracciola, Varzi Stuck and Fagioli. Chiron had missed the start completely while Dreyfus crossed the grid from right to left to follow Taruffi. Just as during practice von Brauchitsch was in a class of his own, he was leading by 21 seconds after the first lap, 35 after the second and after three laps he had opened up a 45 second gap to the rest. Varzi, who had started the race in pain from his appendicitis, soon had to give up and handled over the car to zu Leiningen. The weather was typical of Nürburgring. It changed rapidly between rain and sunshine on different parts of the track and the sudden temperature changes caused serious ignition troubles on the cars. Fagioli had to come in for new plugs and both Stuck's Auto Union and Zehender's Maserati were eliminated by plug trouble. Another victim of the weather was von Brauchitsch. He was up to a two minute lead cheered on by the enthusiastic crowd when his car also got plug problems. The driver tried to compensate for the power loss by over-reving the engine. When von Brauchitsch tried to lap a slower car the engine could not stand the pressure anymore and blew. It was considered that Von Brauchitsch had panicked unnecessary as he still was in a clear lead. Now the new leader was Caracciola from Rosemeyer. The young Auto Union driver had started his second race calmly being 9th after the first lap and then he begun to work himself up the field. He was 7th after two laps, 5th on lap 4 and then advanced further as the others struck problems. Newcomer Lang was up to third place but made a mistake at Planzgarten and spun but could rejoin to finish fifth. With three laps to go Rosemeyer passed Caracciola right in front of the main grandstand! The sensation was ready, Rosemeyer was leading in only the second car race he had ever started in. For two laps Caracciola followed the Auto Union closely, unable to pass. Rosemeyer's windscreen was broken by a stone and the car was running on 14 cylinders but that did not hinder the young driver from racing flat out. On the last lap coming out from Schwalbenschwanz Rosemeyer changed gear too early and Caracciola was able to out-accelerate the Auto Union on the long straight and took the flag 1.9 seconds in front of Rosemeyer. It had been a historical race, the old master had won and the spectators had found a new hero. The German teams had dominated totally, Chiron's Alfa being the only other car in the top six.
IX ADAC EIFELRENNEN NÜRBURGRING (D), 16 JUNE VOITURETTE 1500CC 8 laps * 22.810 km = 182.48 km, 17 starters Weather: wet-drying up Three works ERAs were entered for Mays, Cook and Rose-Richards. Scuderia Subalpina entered two Maseratis, Wimmer raced a German Zoller and there were several privateers including Seaman (ERA). Mays took the start followed by Rose-Richards and Cook but at the end of the first lap Seaman in his black ERA had advanced from 7th to 3rd. Cook had dropped behind the Maseratis of Rüesch and de la Chiesa. On the third lap Seaman took over the lead. He was followed by Mays, who was in trouble with the fuel feed, and Rose-Richards. Then a hard driving Ghersi (Maserati) advanced to third. Later Ghersi had to retire with glass in his eye and Rüesch took over third place and started to challenge Mays. On lap six Seaman, whose ERA was leaking oil, had to come in for a re-fill and Mays re-took the lead followed by Rüesch and Rose-Richards. Despite having problems with his fuel pressure Mays was able to hold off Rüesch and went on to give ERA its first international win. After the race Hans Stuck tested the ERA and was impressed.
No grid available. Race numbers were:
31 Mays, 32 Cook, 33 Rose-Richards, 35 Seaman, 37 Sojka, 38 Rüesch, 39 von Delius,
40 Steinweg, 41 Krebs, 42 Barbieri, 43 Wimmer, 44 della Chiesa, 45 Castelbarco,
46 Cholmondley-Tapper, 47 Smith, 48 Kessler, 49 Seibel, 50 Ghersi
DNA: 34 Thorpe (Frazer Nash), 36 Schmidt (Bugatti)
1 Mays (ERA B *) 1:38:33.0 1:38:30.0
2 Rüesch (Maserati 4CS) + 29.1 + 32.0
3 Rose-Richards (ERA A *) + 1:42.1 + 1:45.1
4 Seaman (ERA B) + 1:45.3 + 1:48.3
5 Cook (ERA A *) + 2:25.4 + 2:38.4
6 Sojka (Bugatti T51A) + 4:49.0 + 4:52.1
7 Kessler (Maserati 4CM) + 4:58.4
8 Castelbarco (Maserati 4CM *3)
DNF Seibel (Bugatti T37A)
DNF Krebs (MG K3 Magnette 1.1L)
DNF Barbieri (Maserati 4CM *4)
DNF von Delius (Zoller)
DNF Smith (Bugatti T37A)
DNF Steinweg (Bugatti T51A)
DNF Ghersi (Maserati 4CM *2)
DNF Wimmer (Zoller)
DNF Cholmondley-Tapper (Bugatti T37A)
DNF della Chiesa (Maserati 4CM *2)
* Entered by ERA ltd
*2 Entered by Scuderia Subalpina
*3 Entered by Scuderia Brianza
*4 Entered by F Sardi
Fastest lap: N/A
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| 15-16 JUNE 1935: Hindmarsh/Fontes (Lagonda Rapide) wins the "LES 24 HEURES DU MANS" race at the Circuit de la Sarthe in France. (Results) |
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