As a result, Mercedes-Benz focused less on producing Grand Prix cars and more on sports cars, and Caracciola drove the latest incarnation of this line, the SSK, at the Semmering hillclimb, and further reduced his own record on the course by half a second.
Velika nagrada Nemčije je, kot več ostalih dirk tistega časa, ignorirala "Grand Prix" pravila, ki jih je postavila zveza Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR) ter ki so omejevala maso dirkalnika in porabo goriva.