The 1938 Grand Prix season was the sixth AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Rudolf Caracciola, driving for the Mercedes-Benz team. Caracciola won one of the four events that counted towards the championship.

Season review

European Championship Grands Prix

Rd	Date	Name	Circuit	Winning drivers	Winning constructor	Report
1	3 July	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	Report
2	24 July	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Richard Seaman	Mercedes-Benz	Report
3	21 August	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
4	11 September	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union	Report

Non-championship Grands Prix

Grandes Épreuves are denoted by a yellow background.

Date	Name	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
10 April	Pau Grand Prix	Pau	René Dreyfus	Delahaye	Report
18 April	Campbell Trophy	Brooklands	Prince Bira	ERA	Report
23 April	Cork Grand Prix	Carrigrohane	René Dreyfus	Delahaye	Report
15 May	Tripoli Grand Prix	Mellaha	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
29 May	Gávea Nacional Circuit	Gávea	Arthur Nascimento Jr	Alfa Romeo	Report
5 June	Grand Prix des Frontières	Chimay	Maurice Trintignant	Bugatti	Report
12 June	Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix	Gávea	Carlo Maria Pintacuda	Alfa Romeo	Report
7 August	Coppa Ciano	Montenero	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Report
15 August	Coppa Acerbo	Pescara	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Report
27 August	Junior Car Club 200 mile race	Brooklands	Johnny Wakefield	ERA	Report
15 October	Mountain Championship	Brooklands	Raymond Mays	ERA	Report
22 October	Donington Grand Prix	Donington Park	Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union	Report

Championship final standings

Pos Driver FRA GER SUI ITA Pts 1 Rudolf Caracciola 2 2 1 3 8 2 Manfred von Brauchitsch 1 Ret 3 Ret 15 3 Hermann Lang 3 Ret 10 Ret 17 4 Richard Seaman 1 2 Ret 18 5 Tazio Nuvolari Ret 9 1 20 = Hans Stuck 3 4 Ret 20 = Hermann Paul Müller 4 Ret Ret 20 8 Giuseppe Farina Ret 5 2 21 9 René Dreyfus 5 8 24 = Pietro Ghersi 8 5 24 11 Jean-Pierre Wimille Ret 7 Ret 25 12 Piero Taruffi Ret 6 Ret 26 13 Clemente Biondetti Ret 4 27 14 René Carrière 4 28 = Christian Kautz Ret Ret Ret 28 = Rudolf Hasse Ret Ret 28 = Paul Pietsch 6 28 = Renato Balestrero 7 28 = Franco Cortese 9 28 = "Raph" 11 28 = Emilio Romano 12 28 = Max Christen 13 28 = Edoardo Teagno 14 28 24 Philippe Étancelin Ret 29 = Arthur Hyde Ret 29 26 Adolfo Mandirola Ret 30 = Giovanni Minozzi Ret 30 = Luigi Villoresi Ret 30 = Goffredo Zehender Ret 30 = Vittorio Belmondo Ret 30 31 Eugène Chaboud Ret 31 = Toulo de Graffenried Ret 31 = Franco Comotti Ret 31 = Herbert Berg Ret 31 = István de Sztriha Ret 31 36 Carlo Felice Trossi DSQ 32 Pos Driver FRA GER SUI ITA Pts

Colour Result Points Gold Winner 1 Silver 2nd place 2 Bronze 3rd place 3 Green Completed more than 75% 4 Blue Completed between 50% and 75% 5 Purple Completed between 25% and 50% 6 Red Completed less than 25% 7 Black Disqualified 8 Blank Did not participate 8

References

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• Leif Snellman and Hans Etzrodt. "1938". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 2021-10-30. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
• Galpin, Darren. "1938 Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-05.