1936 Hungarian Grand Prix

1936 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race details
Date 21 June 1936
Official name I. Magyar Nagydíj
Location Népliget Park
Budapest, Hungary
Course Street circuit
Course length 5.0 km (3.1 miles)
Distance 50 laps, 250 km (155 miles)
Pole position
Driver Auto Union
Time 2:38.15
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo
Time 2:35.68
Podium
First Alfa Romeo
Second Auto Union
Third Auto Union
Caracciola and Rosemeyer in the 1936 Hungarian Grand Prix.

The 1936 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held on 21 June 1936 at Népliget Park in Budapest.

Entries

No Driver Entrant Constructor Car
2 United Kingdom Eileen Ellison Thomas Pitt Cholmondeley-Tapper Maserati
4 United Kingdom Austin Dobson Private Alfa Romeo P3
6 United Kingdom Charlie Martin Private Alfa Romeo P3
8 France "Raph" Private Maserati
10 Hungary László Hartmann Private Maserati
12 Germany Hans Stuck Auto Union Auto Union C
14 Italy Achille Varzi Auto Union Auto Union C
16 Germany Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union Auto Union C
18 Germany Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25K
20 Monaco Louis Chiron Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25K
22 Germany Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25K
24 Italy Tazio Nuvolari Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo 8C-35
26 Italy Antonio Brivio Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo 8C-35
28 Italy Mario Tadini Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo 8C-35
30 Romania Petre Cristea Private Ford V9 special
32 Spain José Maria de Villapadierna Private Alfa Romeo P3
Germany Ernst von Delius Auto Union (reserve)

Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 24 Italy Tazio Nuvolari Alfa Romeo 50 2:14:03.5 4
2 16 Germany Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union 50 +14.2 1
3 14 Italy Achille Varzi Auto Union 48 +2 Laps 6
4 28 Italy Mario Tadini Alfa Romeo 47 +3 Laps 7
5 12 Germany Hans Stuck
Germany Ernst von Delius
Auto Union 46 +4 Laps 2
6 4 United Kingdom Austin Dobson Alfa Romeo 45 +5 Laps 9
7 10 Hungary László Hartmann Maserati 44 +6 Laps 10 †
Ret 22 Germany Manfred von Brauchitsch Mercedes-Benz 40 Accident 3
Ret 6 United Kingdom Charlie Martin Alfa Romeo 32/35 Rear axle 11 †
Ret 18 Germany Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz 26 Engine 5
Ret 20 Monaco Louis Chiron Mercedes-Benz 19 Engine/Supercharger 8
DNS 2 United Kingdom Eileen Ellison Maserati
DNS 8 France "Raph" Maserati
DNS 30 Romania Petre Cristea Ford V9
DNS 32 Spain José Maria de Villapadierna Alfa Romeo

† Martin and Hartmann swapped grid positions for tactical reasons.

Starting grid positions

1st Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos.
Germany
Stuck
Auto Union
2:39.83
Germany
Rosemeyer
Auto Union
2:38.15
2nd Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos.
Italy
Nuvolari
Alfa Romeo
2:40.08
Germany
von Brauchitsch
Mercedes-Benz
2:39.87
3rd Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos.
Italy
Varzi
Auto Union
2:43.12
Germany
Caracciola
Mercedes-Benz
2:40.38
4th Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos.
Monaco
Chiron
Mercedes-Benz
2:49.65
Italy
Tadini
Alfa Romeo
2:47.52
5th Row 2 Pos. 1 Pos.
Hungary
Hartmann
Maserati
3:10.56 †
United Kingdom
Dobson
Alfa Romeo
2:53.21
6th Row 1 Pos.
United Kingdom
Martin
Alfa Romeo
3:02.51 †

† Martin and Hartmann swapped grid positions for tactical reasons.

References

Session results taken from:
  1. "1936 AIACR European Driver Championship and Grands Prix". The GEL Motorsport Information Page. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
  2. "I MAGYAR NAGY DIJ". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  3. "Budapest's secret Grand Prix street circuit". 29 July 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-20.


Grand Prix Race
1936 Grand Prix season
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