1931 German Grand Prix

  1931 German Grand Prix

Race details
1931 Grand Prix season
Date	19 July 1931
Official name	V Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	22.810 km (14.173 mi)
Distance	22 laps, 501.82 km (311.82 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz
Fastest lap
Driver	Achille Varzi	Bugatti
Time	11:48.0
Podium
First	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz
Second	Louis Chiron	Bugatti
Third	Achille Varzi	Bugatti

The 1931 German Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Nürburgring on 19 July 1931.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	8	Rudolf Caracciola	Daimler-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SSK	22	4:38:10	4
2	26	Louis Chiron	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	22	+1:18	11
3	28	Achille Varzi	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	22	+4:00	12
4	44	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 8C-2300	22	+5:44	18
5	12	Otto Merz	Daimler-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SSK	22	+5:44	6
6	10	Hans Stuck	Daimler-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SSK	22	+9:24	5
7	32	Guy Bouriat	Bugatti	Bugatti T51		+11:54	14
8	48	Jean-Pierre Wimille	Private entry	Bugatti T51		+13:58	19
9	22	Otto Spandel	Private entry	Mercedes-Benz SSK		+16:35	9
10	24	Henry Birkin	Maserati	Maserati 26M		+22:53	10
11	42	Earl Howe	Private entry	Bugatti T51		+30:09	17
Ret	6	Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen	Bugatti	Bugatti T35B	21	Mechanical	3
Ret	16	René Dreyfus	Maserati	Maserati 26M	16	Engine	8
Ret	34	Marcel Lehoux	Bugatti	Bugatti T51	14	Accident	15
Ret	14	Luigi Fagioli	Maserati	Maserati 26M	13	Accident	7
Ret	38	Phil Shafer	Private entry	Shafer Special Buick	13	Suspension	16
Ret	2	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Daimler-Benz	Mercedes-Benz SSK	12	Differential	1
Ret	4	Ernst Burggaller	Private entry	Bugatti T35B	3	Engine	2
Ret	42	William Grover-Williams	Private entry	Bugatti T51	2	Engine	13

Starting Grid Positions

1st Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	von Brauchitsch Mercedes-Benz	Burggaller Bugatti	von Morgen Bugatti
2nd Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Caracciola Mercedes-Benz	Stuck Mercedes-Benz	Merz Mercedes-Benz
3rd Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Fagioli Maserati	Dreyfus Maserati	Spandel Mercedes-Benz
4th Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Birkin Maserati	Chiron Bugatti	Varzi Bugatti
5th Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Grover-Williams Bugatti	Bouriat Bugatti	Lehoux Bugatti
6th Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Shafer Buick	Howe Bugatti	Nuvolari Alfa Romeo
7th Row	1 Pos.	2 Pos.	3 Pos.
	Wimille Bugatti

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