1931 German Grand Prix

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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 Mercedes-Benz
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Achille Varzi Bugatti
Time 11:48.0
Podium
First Mercedes-Benz
Second Bugatti
Third 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 Germany Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz Mercedes-Benz SSK 22 4:38:10 4
2 26 Monaco Louis Chiron Bugatti Bugatti T51 22 +1:18 11
3 28 Italy Achille Varzi Bugatti Bugatti T51 22 +4:00 12
4 44 Italy Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 22 +5:44 18
5 12 Germany Otto Merz Daimler-Benz Mercedes-Benz SSK 22 +5:44 6
6 10 Germany Hans Stuck Daimler-Benz Mercedes-Benz SSK 22 +9:24 5
7 32 France Guy Bouriat Bugatti Bugatti T51 +11:54 14
8 48 France Jean-Pierre Wimille Private entry Bugatti T51 +13:58 19
9 22 Germany Otto Spandel Private entry Mercedes-Benz SSK +16:35 9
10 24 United Kingdom Henry Birkin Maserati Maserati 26M +22:53 10
11 42 United Kingdom Earl Howe Private entry Bugatti T51 +30:09 17
Ret 6 Germany Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen Bugatti Bugatti T35B 21 Mechanical 3
Ret 16 France René Dreyfus Maserati Maserati 26M 16 Engine 8
Ret 34 France Marcel Lehoux Bugatti Bugatti T51 14 Accident 15
Ret 14 Italy Luigi Fagioli Maserati Maserati 26M 13 Accident 7
Ret 38 United States Phil Shafer Private entry Shafer Special Buick 13 Suspension 16
Ret 2 Germany Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz Mercedes-Benz SSK 12 Differential 1
Ret 4 Germany Ernst Burggaller Private entry Bugatti T35B 3 Engine 2
Ret 42 United Kingdom William Grover-Williams Private entry Bugatti T51 2 Engine 13

Starting Grid Positions

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

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