Caracciola began racing while he was working as apprentice at the Fafnir automobile factory in Aachen during the early 1920s, first on motorcycles and then in cars.
Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola (splošno znan kot Rudolf Caracciola ()), nemški dirkač, * 30. januar 1901, Remagen, Nemčija, † 28. september 1959, Kassel, Nemčija.