1938 Swiss Grand Prix

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The 1938 Swiss Grand Prix was a major pre-World War II European Championship motor race held at the Bremgarten circuit near Bern, featuring top Grand Prix teams and drivers of the era.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
1938 Swiss Grand Prix canonical 1
Grosser Preis der Schweiz 1938 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European Championship race ⓘ
Grand Prix motor race ⓘ
championshipRoundNumber 4 ⓘ
championshipSeason 1938 European Championship ⓘ
circuitLengthKm 7.28 ⓘ
circuitType road circuit ⓘ
cityNearest Bern ⓘ
contestedByTeam Auto Union ⓘ
Maserati ⓘ
Mercedes-Benz ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
date 1938-08-21 ⓘ
fastestLapCar Mercedes-Benz W154 ⓘ
fastestLapDriver Rudolf Caracciola ⓘ
fastestLapDriverCountry Germany ⓘ
fastestLapTeam Mercedes-Benz ⓘ
fastestLapTime 2:38.4 ⓘ
grandPrixName Swiss Grand Prix ⓘ
gridFromTime true ⓘ
laps 50 ⓘ
location Bern ⓘ
Bremgarten circuit ⓘ
linked to: Bremgarten Circuit
notableFor dominant performance by Mercedes-Benz W154 cars ⓘ
officialName Grosser Preis der Schweiz 1938 ⓘ
organisingBody Automobile Club de Suisse ⓘ
partOfEra pre-World War II Grand Prix racing ⓘ
polePositionCar Mercedes-Benz W154 ⓘ
polePositionDriver Manfred von Brauchitsch ⓘ
polePositionDriverCountry Germany ⓘ
polePositionTeam Mercedes-Benz ⓘ
raceDistanceKm 364.0 ⓘ
regulationFormula 3-litre supercharged Grand Prix formula ⓘ
safetyLevel very dangerous pre-war road circuit conditions ⓘ
seasonRaceNumber 4 ⓘ
secondPlaceCar Mercedes-Benz W154 ⓘ
secondPlaceDriver Richard Seaman ⓘ
secondPlaceDriverCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
secondPlaceTeam Mercedes-Benz ⓘ
surface tarmac ⓘ
thirdPlaceCar Mercedes-Benz W154 ⓘ
thirdPlaceDriver Hermann Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ
thirdPlaceDriverCountry Germany ⓘ
thirdPlaceTeam Mercedes-Benz ⓘ
weather dry ⓘ
winner Rudolf Caracciola ⓘ
winnerCountry Germany ⓘ
winningCar Mercedes-Benz W154 ⓘ
winningTeam Mercedes-Benz ⓘ
year 1938 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mercedes-Benz W154 → notableRace → 1938 Swiss Grand Prix ⓘ
1938 Swiss Grand Prix → officialName → Grosser Preis der Schweiz 1938 ⓘ
linked to: 1938 Swiss Grand Prix