1938 French Grand Prix

The 1938 French Grand Prix was held at Reims-Gueux on July 3. The race only had nine starters, and was dominated by the . With their enormous advantage, the three Mercedes cars were allowed to race each other, to keep the spectators entertained. Pole sitter Hermann Lang led early, but a four minute pit stop put him well behind his teammates. This left the battle to Rudolf Caracciola and Manfred von Brauchitsch, and when Caracciola's engine went off song, von Brauchitsch sailed to victory. Caracciola nursed his car into second, with Lang a lap down in third.
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==Background==
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
==Race==
===Results===
Pos 	No 	Driver 	Car 	Laps 	Time/Retired	Grid 	Points 	 	
1 	26 	Manfred von Brauchitsch	 	64 	3:04:38.5 	2 	1 	 	
2 	24 	Rudolf Caracciola 	 	64 	+ 1:48.8 	3 	2 	 	
3 	28 	Hermann Lang 	 	63 	+ 1 Lap 	1 	3 	 	
4 	4 	René Carrière 	 	54 	+ 10 Laps 	6 	4 	 	
DNF 	2 	Philippe Étancelin 	 	38 	Engine 	7 	5 	 	
DNF 	10 	Eugène Chaboud 	 	2 	 	8 	7 	 	
DNF 	16 	Christian Kautz 	 	1 	Accident 	4 	7 	 	
DNF 	22 	Jean-Pierre Wimille 	 	1 	Oil line 	9 	7 	 	
DNF 	18 	Rudolf Hasse 	 	1 	Accident 	5 	7 	 	
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==Milestones==
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