1938 Grand Prix Season

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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.
==Races==
===European Championship Grands Prix===
Rd	Date 	Name 	Circuit 	Winningdrivers 	Winningconstructor	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 	Winningdriver 	Winningconstructor	Report
10 April 	Pau Grand Prix 	Pau 	René Dreyfus 	 	Report
18 April 	Campbell Trophy 	Brooklands 	Prince Bira 	ERA 	Report
23 April 	Cork Grand Prix 	Carrigrohane 	René Dreyfus 	 	Report
15 May 	Tripoli Grand Prix 	Mellaha 	Hermann Lang 	Mercedes-Benz 	Report
29 May 	Gávea Nacional Circuit 	Gávea 	Arthur Nascimento Jr 	 	Report
5 June 	Grand Prix des Frontières 	Chimay 	Maurice Trintignant 	 	Report
12 June 	Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix 	Gávea 	Carlo Maria Pintacuda	 	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 Club200 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 standings==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"	 	 	 	 	 	
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
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