# 1938 Grand Prix season

* 1938 AIACR European Championship
* European Champion Rudolf Caracciola
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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 |