1938 Italian Grand Prix

The 1938 Italian Grand Prix was held on September 11 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. The race was won by Italian hero Tazio Nuvolari in an . This was the first victory for Auto Union in 1938. Nuvolari was a full lap ahead of fellow Italian driver Giuseppe Farina in an and three laps ahead of a , shared by Rudolf Caracciola and Manfred von Brauchitsch.
Only six of the 17 starters finished the race, and afterward the of Carlo Felice Trossi was disqualified from fifth place for receiving outside assistance.
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==Background==
===Entry List===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
==Practice Overview==
===Qualifying Results===
The practice results for the are outlined below:
Pos	No 	Driver	Time
26 	Hermann Lang 	 	2:32.4
4 	Manfred von Brauchitsch	 	2:33.1
12 	Rudolf Caracciola 	 	2:33.3
20 	Hermann Paul Müller 	 	2:34.4
===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos	No	Driver 	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1 	22	Tazio Nuvolari 	 	60 	2:41:39.6 	5 	1
2 	30	Giuseppe Farina 	 	59 	+ 1 Lap 	13 	2
3 	12	Rudolf Caracciola 	 	57 	+ 3 Laps 	3 	3
3 	12	Manfred von Brauchitsch	 	57 	+ 3 Laps 	3 	n/a
4 	6 	Clemente Biondetti 	 	57 	+ 3 Laps 	8 	4
Ret	20	Hermann Paul Müller 	 	57 	Engine 	4 	4
DSQ	14	Carlo Felice Trossi 	 	56 	Disqualified	11 	8
5 	2 	Pietro Ghersi 	 	47 	+ 13 Laps 	15 	4
Ret	36	Hans Stuck 	 	41 	Mechanical 	14 	5
Ret	26	Hermann Lang 	 	35 	Engine 	1 	5
Ret	8 	Luigi Villoresi 	 	24 	Mechanical 	12 	6
Ret	4 	Manfred von Brauchitsch	 	19 	Mechanical 	2 	6
Ret	28	Jean-Pierre Wimille 	 	17 	 	9 	6
Ret	18	Goffredo Zehender 	 	15 	 	16 	6
Ret	28	Vittorio Belmondo 	 	15 	 	17 	6
Ret	16	Richard Seaman 	 	11 	Engine 	6 	7
Ret	34	Piero Taruffi 	 	10 	Mechanical 	10 	7
Ret	24	Christian Kautz 	 	2 	 	7 	7
==Milestones==
* Rudolf Caracciola clinched his third European Driver's Championship.
==Standings==
==References==
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