Rudolf Caracciola
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Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola was a German racing driver. He won the European Drivers' Championship, the pre-1950 equivalent of the modern Formula One World Championship, an unsurpassed three times.
Caracciola in 1928
Caracciola (left) and his riding mechanic Eugen Salzer celebrate after winning the 1926 German Grand Prix
Caracciola (seated) with his first wife Charlotte at AVUS, Berlin in 1931
Caracciola in practice for the 1929 Monaco Grand Prix. He finished third after a delay at a pit stop
German Grand Prix
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The German Grand Prix was a motor race that took place most years since 1926, with 75 races having been held. The race has been held at only three venues throughout its history: the Nürburgring in Rhi
Rudolf Caracciola
…the early 1930s. He is remembered as one of the greatest pre-1939 Grand Prix drivers, a perfectionist who excelled in all conditions. His record of six German Grand Prix wins remains unbeaten. Caracciola was born in Remagen, Germany, just south of Bonn, on 30 January 1901. He was the fourth child of Maximilian and…
Bernd Rosemeyer racing an Auto Union Type C in 1937, he finished third.
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