1931 German Grand Prix

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Race details
1931 Grand Prix season
Date	July 19, 1931
Official name	V Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 14.173 mi / 22.810 km
Distance	50 laps, 311.82 mi / 501.82 km
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

Results from the 1931 German Grand Prix held at the Nürburgring on July 19, 1931.

[edit] Classification

[edit] 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

[edit] 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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