1936 Hungarian Grand Prix

  1936 Hungarian Grand Prix

Race details
1936 Grand Prix season
Date	21 June 1936
Official name	I. Magyar Nagydíj
Location	Népliget Park Budapest, Hungary
Course	Street circuit
Course length	5.0 km (3.1 mi)
Distance	50 laps, 250 km (155 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union
Time	2:38.15
Fastest lap
Driver	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo
Time	3:35.6
Podium
First	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo
Second	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union
Third	Achille Varzi	Auto Union

Caracciola and Rosemeyer in the 1936 Hungarian Grand Prix.

The 1936 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held on 21 June 1936 at Népliget Park in Budapest.

Entries

No	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Car
2	Eileen Ellison	Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper	Maserati
4	Austin Dobson	Private	Alfa Romeo	P3
6	Charlie Martin	Private	Alfa Romeo	P3
8	"Raph"	Private	Maserati
10	László Hartmann	Private	Maserati
12	Hans Stuck	Auto Union	Auto Union	C
14	Achille Varzi	Auto Union	Auto Union	C
16	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Auto Union	C
18	Rudolf Caracciola	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz	W25K
20	Louis Chiron	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz	W25K
22	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz	W25K
24	Tazio Nuvolari	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	8C-35
26	Antonio Brivio	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	8C-35
28	Mario Tadini	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo	8C-35
30	Petre Cristea	Private	Ford	V9 special
32	José Maria de Villapadierna	Private	Alfa Romeo	P3
	Ernst von Delius	Auto Union	(reserve)

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	24	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	50	2:14:03.5	4
2	16	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	50	+14.2	1
3	14	Achille Varzi	Auto Union	48	+2 Laps	6
4	28	Mario Tadini	Alfa Romeo	47	+3 Laps	7
5	12	Hans Stuck Ernst von Delius	Auto Union	46	+4 Laps	2
6	4	Austin Dobson	Alfa Romeo	45	+5 Laps	9
7	10	László Hartmann	Maserati	44	+6 Laps	10 †
Ret	22	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	40	Accident	3
Ret	6	Charlie Martin	Alfa Romeo	32/35	Rear axle	11 †
Ret	18	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	26	Engine	5
Ret	20	Louis Chiron	Mercedes-Benz	19	Engine/Supercharger	8
DNS	2	Eileen Ellison	Maserati
DNS	8	"Raph"	Maserati
DNS	30	Petre Cristea	Ford V9
DNS	32	José Maria de Villapadierna	Alfa Romeo

† Martin and Hartmann swapped grid positions for tactical reasons.

Starting grid positions

1st Row	2 Pos.	1 Pos.
	Stuck Auto Union 2:39.83	Rosemeyer Auto Union 2:38.15
2nd Row	2 Pos.	1 Pos.
	Nuvolari Alfa Romeo 2:40.08	von Brauchitsch Mercedes-Benz 2:39.87
3rd Row	2 Pos.	1 Pos.
	Varzi Auto Union 2:43.12	Caracciola Mercedes-Benz 2:40.38
4th Row	2 Pos.	1 Pos.
	Chiron Mercedes-Benz 2:49.65	Tadini Alfa Romeo 2:47.52
5th Row	2 Pos.	1 Pos.
	Hartmann Maserati 3:10.56 †	Dobson Alfa Romeo 2:53.21
6th Row		1 Pos.
		Martin Alfa Romeo 3:02.51 †

† Martin and Hartmann swapped grid positions for tactical reasons.

References

Session results taken from:

1. "1936 AIACR European Driver Championship and Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
2. "I MAGYAR NAGY DIJ". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
3. "Budapest’s secret Grand Prix street circuit". Retrieved 2014-02-20.