Bernd Rosemeyer
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Bernd Rosemeyer was a German racing driver and speed record holder. He is often considered one of the greatest racing drivers of his era.
Rosemeyer (left), with Elly Beinhorn and Ferdinand Porsche
Bernd Rosemeyer at the Nürburgring in 1937
Budapest, Hungary 1936: Rudolf Carraciola in front of Bernd Rosemeyer
Bernd Rosemeyer with the Vanderbilt Cup (1937)
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
Bernd Rosemeyer
…motor racing victories in 1936 and 1937, in addition to the AAA-sanctioned Vanderbilt Cup in the U.S, made him popular not only in Germany. He won the European driving championship in 1936. Of the twelve Grands Prix contested in 1937 between Mercedes and Auto Union, Rosemeyer won four of Auto Union's five victories against Mercedes's…
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.