The first auto race 1926 German Grand Prix

German Grand Prix

The German Grand Prix is an annual automobile race.Because Germany was banned from taking part in international events after World War II, the German GP only became part of the Formula One World Championship in 1951...

, held at the AVUS

AVUS

The Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungs-Straße, better known as AVUS, is a public road that was also used as a motor racing circuit. It is located in the south-western districts of Berlin, Germany, between Charlottenburg and Nikolassee, and is nowadays an important part of the public highway system, as...

 track on July 11, 1926, in heavy rain, was won by native son, Rudolf Caracciola

Rudolf Caracciola

Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola , more commonly Rudolf Caracciola , was a racing driver from Remagen, Germany. He won the European Drivers' Championship, the pre-1950 equivalent of the modern Formula One World Championship, an unsurpassed three times...

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After the 1936 win of Bernd Rosemeyer

Bernd Rosemeyer

Bernd Rosemeyer was a German racing driver.- Career :...

 and two more wins by "Carratsch", no other German driver would accomplish a German GP win until Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher is a German Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes GP team. Famous for his eleven-year spell with Ferrari, Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as the greatest F1 driver of all time...

 in 1995

1995 German Grand Prix

The 1995 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on July 30, 1995 at the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim. It was the ninth race of the 1995 Formula One season...

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The 1926 race was marred by an accident involving driver Adolf Rosenberger

Adolf Rosenberger

Adolf Rosenberger was a successful businessman who mainly raced Mercedes and Benz cars in the 1920s. His successes and records included wins at Avus, Stuttgart Solitude in 1924 and 1925, the Kasseler Herkules Hillclimb and the Klausenpassrennen...

, whose car crashed into one of the marshals' huts, killing three people.

The German Grand Prix would not return to the AVUS track until 1959

1959 German Grand Prix

The 1959 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungs-Straße in West Berlin on August 2, 1959. It was the 21st German Grand Prix and was only the second time the race was not held at the Nürburgring. AVUS had previously held the original German Grand...

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Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Rudolf Caracciola Rudolf Caracciola Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola , more commonly Rudolf Caracciola , was a racing driver from Remagen, Germany. He won the European Drivers' Championship, the pre-1950 equivalent of the modern Formula One World Championship, an unsurpassed three times...	Mercedes Monza Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...	20	2:54'12.8
2	5	Christian Riecken	NAG Neue Automobil Gesellschaft Neue Automobil-Gesellschaft was a German automobile manufacturer in Berlin.In 1902, German electrical company AEG purchased the coachbuilding side of Kühlstein under engineer Joseph Vollmer, renaming it NAG...	20	2:57'33.2
3	-	Willy Cleer	Alfa Romeo RLSS Alfa Romeo RL The Alfa Romeo RL was produced between 1922-1927. It was Alfa's first sport model after World War I. The car was designed in 1921 by Giuseppe Merosi. It had a straight-6 engine with overhead valves...	20	3:00'16.8
4	-	Pierre Clause	Bignan	20	3:02'07.4
5	32	Georg Klöbe	NSU NSU Motorenwerke AG NSU Motorenwerke AG, normally just NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. It was acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969...	20	3:07'27.0
6	-	Max zu Schaumburg Lippe	OM Officine Meccaniche Officine Meccaniche or OM was an Italian car and truck manufacturing company, founded in 1899 in Milan as Societa Anonima Officine Meccaniche...  665	20	3:10'57.4
7	-	Jakob Scholl	NSU NSU Motorenwerke AG NSU Motorenwerke AG, normally just NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. It was acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969...	20	3:11'54.2
8	-	Franz Islinger	NSU NSU Motorenwerke AG NSU Motorenwerke AG, normally just NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. It was acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969...	20	3:13'58.8
9	-	Hans Santner	OM Officine Meccaniche Officine Meccaniche or OM was an Italian car and truck manufacturing company, founded in 1899 in Milan as Societa Anonima Officine Meccaniche...  665	20	3:16'54.2
10	-	Josef Müller	NSU NSU Motorenwerke AG NSU Motorenwerke AG, normally just NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. It was acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969...	20	3:18'25.4
11	-	Hans Bakatsch	Brennabor	19	+ 1 Lap
12	-	Reichstein	Brennabor	19	+ 1 Lap
13	-	Fritz Feldmann	Hansa Hansa (car) Hansa was a German car brand, which was part of the Borgward group. Hansa was based in Bremen.The Hansa-Lloyd company, in the Bremen suburb as Hastedt, had been established as a car and truck makers since 1905....	19	+ 1 Lap
14	-	Orska	NAG Neue Automobil Gesellschaft Neue Automobil-Gesellschaft was a German automobile manufacturer in Berlin.In 1902, German electrical company AEG purchased the coachbuilding side of Kühlstein under engineer Joseph Vollmer, renaming it NAG...	19	+ 1 Lap
15	-	Fritz Mitzlaff	Brennabor	20	+ 1 Lap
16	-	Hugo Urban Emmerich	Talbot Talbot Talbot was an automobile marque that existed from 1903 to 1986, with a hiatus from 1960 to 1978, under a number of different owners, latterly under Peugeot...  70	19	+ 1 Lap
17	-	Max Wälti	Bugatti T22	19	+ 1 Lap
Ret	-	Adolf Rosenberger Adolf Rosenberger Adolf Rosenberger was a successful businessman who mainly raced Mercedes and Benz cars in the 1920s. His successes and records included wins at Avus, Stuttgart Solitude in 1924 and 1925, the Kasseler Herkules Hillclimb and the Klausenpassrennen...	Mercedes Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...	7	Accident
Ret	-	Hans Berthold	NAG Neue Automobil Gesellschaft Neue Automobil-Gesellschaft was a German automobile manufacturer in Berlin.In 1902, German electrical company AEG purchased the coachbuilding side of Kühlstein under engineer Joseph Vollmer, renaming it NAG...
Ret	-	Carl Deimann	Austro-Daimler Austro-Daimler Austro-Daimler was an Austrian automaker company, from 1899 until 1934. It was subsidiary of the German Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft .-Early history:...
Ret	-	Ernst Hofer Ernst Hofer -Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Steiger Steiger (automobile company) The Steiger company was founded in 1914 as Maschinenfabrik Walther Steiger & Co. by the Swiss engineer Walther Steiger in Burgrieden near Ulm, Germany. In 1921 it became a limited company...
Ret	-	Hans Kolb	Bugatti T22
Ret	-	Josef Ludwig	Bugatti T22
Ret	-	Rudolf Breier	Bugatti T22
Ret	-	Ferdinando Minoia Ferdinando Minoia Ferdinando "Nando" Minoia was an Italian racing driver with an exceptionally long, distinguished and varied career. In 1907, he won the Coppa Florio driving an Isotta-Fraschini. In 1923, he drove the world’s first mid-engine Grand Prix car, the Benz Tropfenwagen. In 1927, he won the inaugural...	OM Officine Meccaniche Officine Meccaniche or OM was an Italian car and truck manufacturing company, founded in 1899 in Milan as Societa Anonima Officine Meccaniche...  665
Ret	-	Jean Chassagne Jean Chassagne Jean Chassagne was a French racecar driver active in the years surrounding World War I. Chassagne finished third in the 1913 French Grand Prix on a Sunbeam...	Talbot Talbot Talbot was an automobile marque that existed from 1903 to 1986, with a hiatus from 1960 to 1978, under a number of different owners, latterly under Peugeot...  70		Accident
Ret	-	August Momberger	NSU NSU Motorenwerke AG NSU Motorenwerke AG, normally just NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. It was acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969...
Ret	-	Georg Kimpel	Bugatti T22
Ret	-	Willy Loge	AGA AGA (automobile) AGA was a German automobile company, once quite large, which manufactured its wares in Berlin from 1919 to 1929, and which by 1922 was manufacturing 1000 cars a month. It was part of the Stinnes group of companies. AGA stood for Autogen Gasaccumulator AG, a company originally founded in 1914.The...
Ret	-	Hans Friedrich	Pluto-Amilcar Amilcar The Amilcar was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 to 1940.The first offering was a small cyclecar; designed by Jules Salomon and Edmond Moyet, it bore a striking resemblance to the pre-war Le Zèbre. Next was the 903cc CC, which was available in two further versions; the CS was a sport...
Ret	-	Adolf Mederer	Pluto-Amilcar Amilcar The Amilcar was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 to 1940.The first offering was a small cyclecar; designed by Jules Salomon and Edmond Moyet, it bore a striking resemblance to the pre-war Le Zèbre. Next was the 903cc CC, which was available in two further versions; the CS was a sport...		Accident
Ret	-	Georg Fielder	BF