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1508:Drive shaft
1398:René Dreyfus
1332:Rudolf Hasse
1310:Engine Fire
1256:L.F. Connell
1042:Hermann Lang
980:Constructor
959:
757:René Dreyfus
633:Rudolf Hasse
448:Hermann Lang
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245:Hermann Lang
137:Hermann Lang
35:Race details
1727:24 February
1212:W.E. Cotton
817:W.E. Cotton
423:Constructor
357:Brauchitsch
310:driving an
160:Fastest lap
103:Sunny, dry.
1832:Categories
1692:0713432837
1591:References
1569:Auto Union
1337:Auto Union
1115:Auto Union
1013:Auto Union
669:Auto Union
638:Auto Union
576:Auto Union
483:Auto Union
381:Auto Union
330:Auto Union
312:Auto Union
300:motor race
297:Grand Prix
225:Auto Union
182:Auto Union
108:Attendance
1584:Sources:
1576:Accident
1344:Accident
1020:3h06m22s
385:Villoresi
1535:Delahaye
1437:Maserati
1403:Delahaye
1276:+6 Laps
1235:+6 Laps
1190:+6 Laps
944:2m36.4s
940:Delahaye
913:2m32.2s
884:2m30.4s
855:2m29.8s
826:2m28.6s
795:2m27.2s
766:2m25.4s
762:Delahaye
735:2m24.6s
700:Maserati
673:2m18.6s
611:2m13.8s
580:2m12.6s
549:2m12.2s
518:2m11.4s
487:2m11.2s
457:2m11.0s
349:Nuvolari
92:Distance
58:Location
1764:14 July
1649:14 July
1617:14 July
1476:Brakes
1444:Engine
1376:Engine
1156:+1 Lap
1122:+1 Lap
1088:+1 Lap
1054:+1m38s
977:Driver
953:Source:
947:+25.4s
916:+21.2s
887:+19.4s
858:+18.6s
829:+17.6s
798:+16.2s
769:+14.4s
738:+13.6s
707:+10.0s
704:2m21.0
642:2m15.4
100:Weather
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1530:"Raph"
935:"Raph"
676:+7.6s
645:+4.4s
614:+2.8s
583:+1.6s
552:+1.2s
521:+0.4s
490:+0.2s
420:Driver
369:Bäumer
361:Seaman
353:MĂĽller
344:Report
295:was a
231:Second
197:Podium
191:2:14.4
166:Driver
154:2:11.0
123:Driver
111:61,000
76:Course
1501:Riley
989:Grid
983:Laps
880:Riley
392:plugs
377:Kautz
373:Hasse
259:Third
203:First
1820:none
1766:2020
1729:2019
1687:ISBN
1651:2020
1619:2020
1550:DNF
1516:DNF
1484:DNF
1452:DNF
1418:DNF
1384:DNF
1369:Alta
1352:DNF
1318:DNF
1284:DNF
971:Pos
964:Race
909:Alta
429:Gap
426:Time
375:and
365:Lang
328:and
291:The
188:Time
151:Time
40:Date
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1321:14
1307:43
1279:12
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1193:10
1187:74
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1153:79
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806:18
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712:10
684:11
622:14
414:Pos
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