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1938 Pau Grand Prix

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1938 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date 10 April 1938
Official name Grand Prix de Pau[1]
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 100 laps, 276.960 km (172.100 miles)
Pole position
Driver Delahaye 145
Time 1:48.0
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz W154
Time 1:47.0
Podium
First Delahaye 145
Second Mercedes-Benz W154
Third Delahaye 145
René Dreyfus in the Delahaye and Caracciola in the Mercedes on the starting grid

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.

Classification

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Race

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Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2 France René Dreyfus Delahaye 145 100 3hr 08min 59.0sec 1
2 6 Germany Rudolf Caracciola
Germany Hermann Lang
Mercedes-Benz W154 100 + 1:51.0 s 2
3 4 Italy Gianfranco Comotti Delahaye 145 94 + 6 laps 3
4 20 France "Raph" Maserati 6CM 85 + 15 laps 8
5 28 France Maurice Trintignant Bugatti T35C 83 + 17 laps 6
6 24 Italy Dioscoride Lanza Maserati 6CM 81 + 19 laps 5
Ret 30 France Yves Matra Bugatti T51 40 Retired 7
Ret 22 Italy Antonio Negro Maserati 6CM 9 Steering 9
DNS 8 Germany Hermann Lang Mercedes-Benz W154 Did Not Start
DNS 12 Italy Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 Did Not Start
DNS 14 Italy Emilio Villoresi Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 Did Not Start
Sources: [1]
Preceded by Pau Grand Prix
1938
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ a b Snellman, Leif; Muelas, Felix (2017-02-24). "1938 Grand Prix Season – Part 1". Archived from the original on 2010-10-07. Retrieved 2017-03-10.