1936 Grand Prix season
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The 1936 season was the third year of the 750 kg Formula. It was defined by intense engineering developments and the overwhelming dominance of the Auto Union team. The next iteration of the Mercedes-B
European Champion Bernd Rosemeyer, with his wife Elly Beinhorn and Dr Ferdinand Porsche
Auto Union Type C
Alfa Romeo Type 12C-36
Maserati 6CM
AIACR European Championship
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The European Drivers' Championship was an annual competition in auto racing that existed prior to the establishment of the Formula One world championship in 1950. It was established in 1931 and ran un
1936 Grand Prix season
…new superstar, Bernd Rosemeyer, who mastered the tricky car and who showed superlative skill in wet conditions. Rosemeyer easily won this season's European Championship by winning three of the four Grands Prix. Once again, it was the old master, Tazio Nuvolari, driving the new Alfa Romeo for the Scuderia Ferrari who…
Hermann Lang demonstrating a Mercedes-Benz W125 at the Nürburgring in 1977. Lang drove a W125 to victory on its 1937 début.
Hermann Lang, despite finishing second on points in 1939 in the Mercedes-Benz W154 (shown here in 1986), was declared champion by the Nazis.