Country: | France |
Grand Prix: | Pau |
Date: | 10 April |
Year: | 1938 |
Official Name: | Grand Prix de Pau |
Location: | Pau, France |
Course: | Temporary Street Circuit |
Course Mi: | 1.720 |
Course Km: | 2.760 |
Distance Laps: | 100 |
Distance Mi: | 172.100 |
Distance Km: | 276.960 |
Pole Driver: | René Dreyfus |
Pole Country: | FRA |
Pole Team: | Delahaye 145 |
Pole Time: | 1:48.0 |
Fast Driver: | Rudolf Caracciola |
Fast Team: | Mercedes-Benz W154 |
Fast Time: | 1:47.0 |
Fast Country: | Germany |
Fast Flag Suffix: | 1935 |
First Driver: | René Dreyfus |
First Country: | FRA |
First Team: | Delahaye 145 |
Second Driver: | Rudolf Caracciola |
Second Country: | Germany |
Second Flag Suffix: | 1935 |
Second Driver2: | Hermann Lang |
Second Country2: | Germany |
Second Flag Suffix2: | 1935 |
Second Team: | Mercedes-Benz W154 |
Third Driver: | Gianfranco Comotti |
Third Country: | Italy |
Third Flag Suffix: | 1861 |
Third Team: | Delahaye 145 |
The 1938 Pau Grand Prix was a motor race held on 10 April 1938 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by René Dreyfus, driving the Delahaye 145. Rudolf Caracciola and Hermann Lang combined to finish second and Gianfranco Comotti finished third.
Pos | No | Driver | Vehicle | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | René Dreyfus | Delahaye 145 | 100 | 3hr 08min 59.0sec | 1 | |
2 | 6 | Rudolf Caracciola Hermann Lang | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 100 | + 1:51.0 s | 2 | |
3 | 4 | Gianfranco Comotti | Delahaye 145 | 94 | + 6 laps | 3 | |
4 | 20 | "Raph" | Maserati 6CM | 85 | + 15 laps | 8 | |
5 | 28 | Maurice Trintignant | Bugatti T35C | 83 | + 17 laps | 6 | |
6 | 24 | Dioscoride Lanza | Maserati 6CM | 81 | + 19 laps | 5 | |
Ret | 30 | Yves Matra | Bugatti T51 | 40 | Retired | 7 | |
Ret | 22 | Antonio Negro | Maserati 6CM | 9 | Steering | 9 | |
DNS | 8 | Hermann Lang | Mercedes-Benz W154 | Did Not Start | |||
DNS | 12 | Tazio Nuvolari | Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 | Did Not Start | |||
DNS | 14 | Emilio Villoresi | Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 | Did Not Start | |||
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