Von Brauchitsch wins the Monaco Grand Prix

Mercedes Benz had won the Monaco Grand Prix in 1935 and 1936 and came first again in 1937, achieving a double hat trick. The 15 starters consisted of four Mercedes, three Auto Unions, five Alfa Romeos, three of the Scuderia Ferrari and two independents plus three private Maserati. Caracciola took the lead ahead of Brauchitsch and Rosemeyer. Hasse crashed exiting the tunnel while Caracciola and Brauchitsch had a close fight. Rosemeyer retired with broken steering while Stuck fell back with brake trouble. Rosemeyer took over Stuck's car for two periods. Both Caracciola and Brauchitsch had to make long pit stops and resumed their exciting duel after the stops. Brauchitsch finally let Caracciola pass as he knew the latter had destroyed his tires and had to make an extra pit stop. So, von Brauchitsch won ahead of Caracciola with Kautz a distant third to make it a second Mercedes hat trick. The Auto Union of Stuck/Rosemeyer came fourth, Zehender (Mercedes-Benz) fifth followed by the four Alfa Romeos of Farina, Sommer, Rüesch and Pintacua/Trossi. There were six retirements.

The Monaco Grand Prix usually opened the racing season but was held for the ninth time late on 8. August. As usual, the race was over 100 laps of the 3.18 km circuit, a total of 318 km. It counted towards the European Championship and the entry was the best that Monaco had ever seen, although limited to 16 cars, by invitation only. The Coupe du Prince Rainier, a touring car event over 16 laps, a total of 51 km, was held on Saturday afternoon and was won by Laury Schell (Delahaye 135).

Entries: Daimler-Benz arrived with five cars, for the 1935 European Champion Rudolf Caracciola and Manfred von Brauchitsch, Christian Kautz and Goffredo Zehender with Mercedes-Benz W125 models. Hermann Lang was out with influenza and 40 degrees fever. Richard Seaman was still suffering from a broken nose and thumb after his Nürburgring crash and still recovering.       Auto Union entered only three cars as Ernst von Delius had been killed in the preceding German Grand Prix. The drivers were Hans Stuck, Bernd Rosemeyer and Rudolf Hasse with H.P. Müller as reserve. The 16-cylinder engines had been further enlarged to a 6-liter capacity, now producing 520 hp at 5000 rpm.       Scuderia Ferrari appeared with three 12C-36 Alfa Romeo with 4.1-liter 360 hp engines for Antonio Brivio, Giuseppe Farina, and Carlo Pintacuda, while Tazio Nuvolari (the 1932 winner), was a non-starter, testing the new Alfa Romeo 12C-37 at Monza instead.       Scuderia Maremmana from Firenze entered a 3.7-liter Maserati 6C-34 for Clemente Biondetti, with modified body by Siata in Turin. The independent entries included Raymond Sommer with a 3.8-liter 8C-35 Alfa Romeo and Hungarian Laszlo Hartmann with an older2.5-liter 4CM Maserati. The Swiss Hans Rüesch drove a 3.8-liter 330 hp Alfa Romeo 8C-35, Luigi Soffietti was present with a 3.7-liter Maserati 6C-34 and German Paul Pietsch also with a Maserati 6C-34 but painted white. Car damage prevented him from starting.

Practice: Thursday, the first practice day, began at 6:00 a.m. till 7:30 a.m. Nobody in Monte Carlo needed an alarm clock this morning. In the afternoon Stuck won the 6.3 La Turbie hill climb at record time ahead of Sommer's Alfa Romeo. Only 11 cars appeared for the first practice because Scuderia Ferrari with the Alfa Romeo cars were delayed at the border crossing of Ventimiglia and could not arrive in time for practice. Pietsch was the fastest Maserati driver with a lap in 2m01.2s. Rosemeyer was fastest of the Auto Unions and completed a lap in 1m50.8s equivalent to 103.321 km/h. Caracciola was best of the Mercedes-Benz cars with a lap in 1m50.2s at 103.883 km/h. Below are Thursday's Monaco practice times: Practice times: > Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) 1m50.2s Rosemeyer (Auto Union) 1m50.8s von Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) 1m50.9s Stuck (Auto Union) 1m51.0s Hasse (Auto Union) 1m54.6s Kautz (Mercedes-Benz) 1m54.8s Zehender (Mercedes-Benz) 1m55.9s Rüesch (Alfa Romeo) 2m00.0s Pietsch (Maserati) 2m01.2s Hartmann (Maserati) 2m05.7s Soffietti (Maserati) 2m13.7s Friday practice began at 5:45 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. Brauchitsch did a new fastest lap in 1m50.0s at 104.072 km/h average speed. Caracciola did 1m50.5s, Rosemeyer 1m51s and Stuck 1m51.4s. Reserve driver Müller made a lap in 1m56.0s with the practice car. Practice was postponed for about a quarter of an hour while oil from Pietsch's Maserati was cleaned off the road from his split oil sump. As Pietsch was unable to complete a repair in time he was asked to withdraw his car from practice and the race, which he did. Friday's best practice times as follows: von Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) 1m50.0s Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) 1m50.5s Stuck (Auto Union) 1m51.4s Rosemeyer (Auto Union) 1m51.6s Kautz (Mercedes-Benz) 1m54.2s Müller (Auto Union) 1m56.0s Hasse (Auto Union) 1m57.2s Rüesch (Alfa Romeo) 1m57.3s Farina (Alfa Romeo) 1m58.6s Sommer (Alfa Romeo) 1m59.6s Zehender (Mercedes-Benz) 2m00.2s Brivio (Alfa Romeo) 2m00.5s Marinoni (Alfa of Pintacuda) 2m01.5s Pietsch (Maserati) 2m02.3s Hartmann (Maserati) 2m04.1s Pintacuda (Alfa Romeo) 2m04.9s Biondetti (Maserati) 2m06.2s Soffietti (Maserati) 2m07.3s Saturday practice for the Grand Prix cars took place from 6:30 to 7:45 a.m. Caracciola drove the fastest practice time in 1m47.5s at 106.493 km/h, assuring pole position. The existing record of Fagioli two years ago was 1m58s. Rosemeier and Stuck were slower at 1m49s. Müller did 1m51.9s with the practice car. Mercedes seemed far more suited for the Monaco circuit than Auto Union who were difficult to drive round hair pin corners. All drivers did their fastest time on Saturday except Biondetti (Maserati) who made his fastest time on Friday. Monkhouse: Motor Racing with Mercedes-Benz, p71 > After Kautz had recorded 1m49.7s, he was flagged in as he passed the back of the pits, but he proceeded on another lap before coming in. He particularly wanted to see what engine revolutions he was getting as he was going round the Casino turn. His momentary glance at the revolution counter had disastrous results as he crashed into the sandbags outside the Hotel de Paris and bent the Mercedes very badly indeed. Kautz received a severe talking from headmaster Neubauer and head prefect Caracciola! The only person who thought it was at all funny was Rosemeyer, who, having crashed many Auto Unions when learning to drive, appreciates how easy it is to crash a modern Grand Prix car during the first season. The Mercedes mechanics worked all day on Kautz's car, which was finished and repainted by Saturday night. The fastest time made by an Alfa Romeo was Farina in 1m53.4s. Saturday's best practice times were: Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) 1m47.5s von Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) 1m48.4s Rosemeyer (Auto Union) 1m49.0s Stuck (Auto Union) 1m49.2s Kautz (Mercedes-Benz) 1m49.7s Hasse (Auto Union) 1m51.6s Müller (Auto Union) 1m51.9s Zehender (Mercedes-Benz) 1m53.3s Farina (Alfa Romeo) 1m53.4s Pintacuda (Alfa Romeo) 1m55.6s Rüesch (Alfa Romeo) 1m55.8s Brivio (Alfa Romeo) 1m56.7s Sommer (Alfa Romeo) 1m57.6s Hartmann (Maserati) 2m03.2s Soffietti (Maserati) 2m04.9s Biondetti (Maserati) 2m10.4s

Race: The start on Sunday was at 3:34 p.m. when it was very hot, 52 degrees Celsius in the sun. The Motor p76 > Then the air was rent with the deafening din of the 15 roaring exhausts, in which the Mercedes, without their high-pitched scream these days when they are using an altered induction system, drowned even the discharges of the 16-cylinder 6-litre 560 b.h.p. Auto Unions. The Alfas, as is well known, were outclassed, and have come to be looked upon as slow racing cars.

2 Rosemeyer Auto Union 1m49.0s 10 Brauchitsch Mercedes-Benz 1m48.4s 8 Caracciola Mercedes-Benz 1m47.5s 12 Kautz Mercedes-Benz 1m49.7s 4 Stuck Auto Union 1m49.2s 24 Farina Alfa Romeo 1m53.4s 14 Zehender Mercedes-Benz 1m53.3s 6 Hasse Auto Union 1m51.6s 32 Rüesch Alfa Romeo 1m55.8s 26 Pintacuda Alfa Romeo 1m55.6s 20 L Hartmann Maserati 2m03.2s 18 Sommer Alfa Romeo 1m57.6s 22 Brivio Alfa Romeo 1m56.7s 28 Biondetti Maserati 2m06.2s 30 Soffietti Maserati 2m04.9s

Charles Faroux lowered the Monaco flag and with an ear-splitting roar the cars were off. Caracciola leading with Brauchitsch half a length behind, and Rosemeyer and Stuck howling in their wake as they climbed the hill towards the Casino.       When the cars appeared again on the first lap chasing out of the tunnel, after the first seven cars appeared the Auto Union of Hasse, the Belgian Grand Prix winner, who badly exited the tunnel. At the exit Hasse drifted to his left outer edge, hit the curb, the car spun sideways to his right. and touched the cliff wall just beyond. He spun round and round, crashed violently and was thrown out of his car. In the next moment the air was filled with brake-and-tire squealing caused by the following cars, amongst them Brivio, who banged his radiator at the tail of Hartmann's Maserati and was forced to retire later after lap 21. In the meantime, Hasse who was bleeding from a deep wound below the chin and suffered an injured leg, was carried from the scene, and lowered into the famous Monte Carlo ambulance, a motorboat, and taken to the hospital with slight injuries. Charles Faroux in L'AUTO > A model of organization: We have a happy improvement with the signals at the tunnel, that delicate point where an accident is always to be feared. We had planned a red signal to stop in case of misfortune, a signal activated electronically from the exit where the marshal was the former champion, Williams.       When the latter saw Hasse's car coming across, sensing the tumble, he lit up (the red light) and blocked the road. Fortunately, because Hasse, uninjured, was lying across the road, and two Alfa Romeos that were arriving at full speed were able, alerted in time, to brake and thus avoid dreadful consequences.       I have dwelt on this detail only to show the constant concern, or, better, the vigilant thought and attention, the desire to ensure a perfect organization, that portray François Dureste and Antonin Noghès. In fact, the Monaco Grand Prix remains a model of its kind. Le Miroir des sports > Williams, winner of the same race in 1929, and who served as commissioner there. "I saw," Williams explained, "Hasse's car, then in sixth position on the first lap, enter the tunnel squeezing his right very tightly as if to better fit the shape of the corner. Did he not see the pavement that was there? Maybe. The fact remains that the right rear wheel touched the curb: under this impact, the rear of the car was thrown back like a bullet, described a semicircle: this impeccable spin was followed by a movement at full speed towards the exit of the tunnel, with the car in a reverse position: another impact against the other sidewalk, a bounce on the other side of the road, the car in a pitiful state, and the unfortunate Hasse seriously injured.       There was not a fifth of a second to lose, and while this accident was taking place, I was already setting in motion the alarm devices that light a powerful red light at the entrance to the tunnel and sound a particularly loud tone. Instantly, the following cars slowed down, thus alerted, to cross this unforeseen obstacle at only 40 km/h." And Williams praised the organization, which had been full of wise foresight. After ten laps Kautz was up to fourth and Pintacuda was in the pit with brake problems and fell to last place. As Hasse and Soffietti retired the field was down to 13 cars in the following order after 10 laps: 1. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) 18m39.2s 2. Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) 18m43.9s 3. Rosemeyer (Auto Union) 18m46.8s 4. Kautz (Mercedes-Benz) 19m13.4s 5. Stuck (Auto Union) 19m24.1s 6. Zehender (Mercedes-Benz) 19m27.4s 7. Farina (Alfa Romeo) 19m47.7s 8. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) 20m23.6s 9. Brivio (Alfa Romeo) 20m27.3s 10. Rüesch (Alfa Romeo) 20m33.9s 1 lap behind 11. Biondetti (Maserati) 20m46.1s     --- " --- 12. Hartmann (Maserati) 21m12.7s     --- " --- 13. Pintacuda (Alfa Romeo) 24m01.0s 2 laps behind After 13 laps Pintacuda and Hartmann had already been lapped twice. The Mercedes duo had at one time opened a 15 second gap to Rosemeyer, but the latter soon started to close the gap again and was right up with von Brauchitsch on lap 19. When Rosemeyer tried to pass the Mercedes at Gasometer hairpin, he was too fast, hit the sandbags and retired. Reports stated a broken steering, others referred to a seized engine. The Motor p76 > Rosemeyer was catching Brauchitsch until he was only a length behind. He was taking the corners with a front wheel rubbing the curb and the back wheels 2 ft. out of line across the road, sliding viciously but perfectly held. It is difficult to convey in words the terrific spectacle of these cars racing . . . the deafening noise, the tyres smoking under acceleration, the cars shuddering and jerking under the brake, whilst the tyres sent up a howl of protest on the corners.       On the 18th lap Rosemeyer leapt along catching Brauchitsch going into the corners, with his car dancing madly but he lacked the speed up the long hill to the Casino and seemed under-geared. On the 19th lap his steering refused to work at the Gas-work's hairpin, Rosemeyer twirled the wheel, but he ran straight ahead into the sandbags and his car was out of the race. Pintacuda (Alfa Romeo) after lap 20 was not listed by the timekeepers. After Rosemeyer's withdrawal, the field was down to 12 cars, with the following order after 20 laps: 1. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) 37m03.9s 2. Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) 37m12.5s 3. Kautz (Mercedes-Benz) 38m12.3s 4. Stuck (Auto Union) 38m43.8s 5. Zehender (Mercedes-Benz) 39m07.9s 1 lap behind 6. Farina (Alfa Romeo) 39m16.4s     --- " --- 7. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) 40m12.9s     --- " --- 8. Brivio (Alfa Romeo) 40m13.3s     --- " --- 9. Rüesch (Alfa Romeo) 40m49.5s 2 laps behind 10. Biondetti (Maserati) 41m06.2s     --- " --- 11. Hartmann (Maserati) 42m04.6s     --- " --- 12. Pintacuda (Alfa Romeo) no time listed. Kautz was now third, one minute behind Brauchitsch, who was throwing the car around Monaco in huge power slides setting a new lap record on lap 21 and catching Caracciola. L'Automobile sur la Côte d'azur > Chiron, his neck wrapped in his eternal sky-blue scarf with white polka dots, gives mysterious directions to von Brauchitsch every time he passes by his height, on the Albert-I quay where he has taken shelter behind the shrubs. Le Miroir des sports > Louis Chiron was present at the Monaco Grand Prix: it was not as driver, but as a spectator. Some were surprised to see the winner of the Grand Prix de l'A.C.F., who a few months earlier was still part of the Mercedes team.       But Chiron, in a delicate relationship with Caracciola, had to give up on handling a German car; on the other hand, there is a joy in guiding and helping the German von Brauchitsch with his advice; The latter's victory seemed to him to be a little bit his own and, at the same time, it was a bit of a feeling of revenge that he felt. The fact remains that von Brauchitsch found himself very well advised by Chiron, who was vastly familiar with all the requirements of the course, as he himself was Monegasque and knew the route bump by climb. Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, Wien > There, suddenly a slim suntanned man with a blue neck-scarf jumped onto the parapet and "directed in his own way" Brauchitsch up to his honestly achieved victory. The name of this helpful man with the blue neck-scarf you should never know; it was Louis Chiron. On lap 21 Brivio had to retire his Ferrari entered Alfa after he had burst his radiator on Hartman's tail on the first lap. On lap 23 Kautz stopped the Mercedes-Benz to have spark plugs replaced and refueled in two minutes. On the same lap Stuck stopped for 1m30s to have his brakes adjusted and refueled as well, falling back from 5th to 8th place and was lapped by the leaders. When Stuck caught Pintacuda before the Sainte-Dévote turn, Stuck raised his left arm, a gesture that Pintacuda saw in his rear-view mirror and which he immediately responded to with another gesture allowing Stuck to pass him in the middle of a corner. Biondetti (Maserati) retired on lap 28 with engine problems. Brauchitsch drove a lap in 1m49.1s. After Brivio and Biondetti retired, the field was down to ten cars with the following order after 30 laps: 1. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz)     55m36.2s 2. Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz)     55m46.6s 3. Zehender (Mercedes-Benz)     58m21.4s 1 lap behind 4. Farina (Alfa Romeo)     58m43.9s     --- " --- 5. Kautz (Mercedes-Benz)     59m07.9s     --- " --- 6. Sommer (Alfa Romeo)     59m54.8s 2 laps behind 7. Stuck (Auto Union) 1h00m21.9s     --- " --- 8. Rüesch (Alfa Romeo) 1h01m01.7s     --- " --- 9. Hartmann (Maserati) 1h02m47.8s 3 laps behind 10. Pintacuda (Alfa Romeo) 1h04m15.7s 4 laps behind The battle between Caracciola and Brauchitsch continued ahead of Zehender in third place one lap behind and Farina who was two laps back. Kautz stopped for new plugs on lap 36 and remained fifth. On lap 35 Pintacuda stopped and was exchanged at the wheel by Trossi. Three laps later, Stuck stopped for new plugs, Rosemeyer relieved him at the wheel, when in seventh place. There was the following order after 40 laps: 1. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) 1h14m03.2s 2. Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) 1h14m30.5s 3. Zehender (Mercedes-Benz) 1h17m38.5s 1 lap behind 4. Farina (Alfa Romeo) 1h18m02.6s 2 laps behind 5. Kautz (Mercedes-Benz) 1h19m12.0s     --- " --- 6. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) 1h19m35.8s     --- " --- 7. Rosemeyer/Stuck (Auto Union) 1h20m39.5s 3 laps behind 8. Rüesch (Alfa Romeo) 1h21m16.4s     --- " --- 9. Hartmann (Maserati) 1h23m56.4s 5 laps behind 10. Pintacuda/Trossi (Alfa Romeo) 1h28m59.0s 7 laps behind Caracciola remained in the lead ahead of Brauchitsch with Zehender third, followed by Farina and Kautz.       Rosemeyer in Stuck's car soon passed Sommer and started to catch Kautz. On lap 47 Caracciola came rolling into the pit with an enormous noise from the engine. A mechanic found a screw that had dropped out of the induction pipe, which was duly replaced. They also changed plugs and refueled which all took 3m15s so that on the 50th lap Brauchitsch led by two minutes, with Caracciola now one lap behind. At halfway point was the following order after 50 laps: 1. Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) 1h33m27.1s 2. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) 1h35m26.7s 1 lap behind 3. Zehender (Mercedes-Benz) 1h36m21.9s     --- " --- 4. Farina (Alfa Romeo) 1h37m27.2s 2 laps behind 5. Kautz (Mercedes-Benz) 1h38m03.3s     --- " --- 6. Rosemeyer/Stuck (Auto Union) 1h39m06.5s 3 laps behind 7. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) 1h39m12.0s     --- " --- 8. Rüesch (Alfa Romeo) 1h41m31.5s 4 laps behind 9. Hartmann (Maserati) 1h46m18.2s 6 laps behind 10. Pintacuda/Trossi (Alfa Romeo) 1h49m18.9s 8 laps behind Four Mercedes were in the top positions after Kautz passed Farina on lap 51. The Scuderia Ferrari driver had done a tremendous job in the Alfa, and was going like a flash, sliding his car around the circuit in the most exciting fashion. At the halfway point, Pintacuda took over the steering wheel, which he had left to Trossi, while Stuck regained his own car on lap 52, which he had left for Rosemeyer. On lap 55 Caracciola unlapped himself as Brauchitsch waved him by on the Promenade, so that they were both on the same lap, but Brauchitsch was nearly a lap ahead of his teammate. The order was the following after 60 laps. 1. Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) 1h52m02.3s 2. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) 1h53m36.6s 3. Zehender (Mercedes-Benz) 1h55m25.3s 1 lap behind 4. Kautz (Mercedes-Benz) 1h56m50.4s 2 laps behind 5. Farina (Alfa Romeo) 1h57m45.7s 3 laps behind 6. Stuck/Rosemeyer (Auto Union) 1h58m29.3s     --- " --- 7. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) 2h00m02.7s 4 laps behind 8. Rüesch (Alfa Romeo) 2h02m24.0s 5 laps behind 9. Hartmann (Maserati) 2h06m07.5s 7 laps behind 10. Pintacuda/Trossi (Alfa Romeo) 2h11m07.8s 10 laps behind For the next ten laps Caracciola steadily gained on Brauchitsch and on lap 64 he did a lap in 1m47.9s. On lap 68 Stuck handed the car back to Rosemeyer while Brauchitsch stopped on lap 69 for fuel and tires, amongst great cheering from the crowd. He could not leave as a front brake had locked on and only after heavy banging the brake finally freed itself. Brauchitsch lost 1m30s and restarted just in front of Caracciola. Hartmann (Maserati) retired on the 69th lap; as he was seven laps behind, he completed only 61 laps. After Hartmann withdrew, the field was down to nine cars, with the following order after 70 laps: 1. Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) 2h11m46.8s 2. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) 2h11m47.8s 3. Kautz (Mercedes-Benz) 2h15m30.5s 1 lap behind 4. Zehender (Mercedes-Benz) 2h16m51.8s 2 laps behind 5. Farina (Alfa Romeo) 2h17m01.0s     --- " --- 6. Rosemeyer/Stuck (Auto Union) 2h18m26.6s 3 laps behind 7. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) 2h19m50.1s 4 laps behind 8. Rüesch (Alfa Romeo) 2h23m46.8s 6 laps behind 9. Pintacuda/Trossi (Alfa Romeo) 2h32m40.5s over 10 laps Now a new fight started between the two Mercedes drivers. Neubauer was furiously giving signals to Brauchitsch to let Caracciola pass, and the driver replied by sticking his tong out to the team manager as he passed the pits. Mercedes pit staff signaled to Brauchitsch to cede his place to the number one driver, first over the counter and then from the back of the pits. The Motor p77 > on the 69th Brauchitsch changed wheels and refueled. Caracciola roared down the Promenade as Brauchitsch restarted, and now they were only a few lengths apart and there began a fine piece of motor racing as I have ever seen. Caracciola closed to within one second on Brauchitsch, which means that the two cars were howling round a length apart. The crowd was on tiptoe with excitement. On the 75th lap Brauchitsch was flagged again from the pit and again made rude gestures.       Then Caracciola did a record lap in 1m46.5secs. (66.79 m.p.h.) and drew level with Brauchitsch as they flew along the curve past the start. Caracciola slid sideways, held the car, and then had to fall back as they swung through Sante Devoté corner, and Brauchitsch drew away again up the hill. The next lap exactly the same happened.       This was the only bit of circuit where two such fast and evenly matched cars could hope to pass. The third time Caracciola slid more wildly than ever, and falling in behind again waved his hand in despair. Two laps later he tried again. Brauchitsch drew right over into the camber and Caracciola was past, leader once more. Caracciola broke the lap record several times, and on the 74th lap he clocked with 1m46.5s at 107.5 km/h average speed the fastest lap of the race. On lap 80 von Brauchitsch finally let Caracciola through, as he knew the latter had destroyed his tires and had to make a pit stop on the next lap. On lap 80, Rosemeyer did a last charge lapping in 1m48.8s with Stuck's car, catching Farina who made his fastest lap in1m52.7s on lap 81. The order after 80 laps was as follows: 1. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) 2h29m55.3s 2. Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) 2h29m55.6s 3. Kautz (Mercedes-Benz) 2h34m11.1s 2 laps behind 4. Zehender (Mercedes-Benz) 2h35m55.5s 3 laps behind 5. Farina (Alfa Romeo) 2h36m21.1s     --- " --- 6. Rosemeyer/Stuck (Auto Union) 2h36m57.4s     --- " --- 7. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) 2h39m25.5s 5 laps behind 8. Rüesch (Alfa Romeo) 2h43m51.3s 7 laps behind 9. Pintacuda/Trossi (Alfa Romeo) 2h59m26.9s over 10 laps Caracciola stopped on lap 82 for fuel, tires and plugs and left after 1m25s. Brauchitsch took the lead again with Caracciola now nearly a lap behind. In the meantime, Rosemeyer was closing on Farina. They were half a length apart on lap 86. On the following lap Rosemeyer shot past Farina's Alfa Romeo on the climb to the Casino, going now after Zehender. Pintacuda/Trossi (Alfa Romeo) was no longer listed on the time sheets. The situation after 90 laps: 1. Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) 2h48m29.6s 2. Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) 2h50m02.4s 3. Kautz (Mercedes-Benz) 2h52m40.8s 2 laps behind 4. Zehender (Mercedes-Benz) 2h55m00.0s 3 laps behind 5. Rosemeyer/Stuck (Auto Union) 2h55m21.0s     --- " --- 6. Farina (Alfa Romeo) 2h55m46.8s     --- " --- 7. Sommer (Alfa Romeo) 2h58m57.7s 5 laps behind 8. Rüesch (Alfa Romeo) 3h03m55.0s 7 laps behind 9. Pintacuda/Trossi (Alfa Romeo) over 10 laps Brauchitsch now drove steadily over half a lap ahead of Caracciola, followed by Kautz and Zehender who both were three laps behind. Rosemeyer chased after the fourth Mercedes of Zehender and passed him on lap 96 to gain fourth place. Farina in the much slower Alfa Romeo displayed expert driving, finishing sixth.       Brauchitsch began the last lap to the ovations of the crowd and, successively, the opponents came to stop in front of the stands, while the German anthem was played, in homage to the winner. Brauchitsch had driven a fine race, but there was no doubt that he was terribly tired at the end of it and had to be supported by Neubauer. Although Brauchitsch had disobeyed the team orders, there were no complaints from Caracciola and the drivers remained, if not friends, then at least allies in the international Mercedes fight against Lang.