The 1938 Mercedes-Benz Racing season was the sixth AIACR European Championship season. The championship was won by Rudolf Caracciola, driving for the Mercedes-Benz team which also featured the likes of legends Manfred von Brauchitsch and Richard Seaman. Caracciola won one of the four events that
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Riverside Records: The Sounds of the Mercedes-Benz W125 and W163 (Audio)
The incredible sounds of the two greatest Grand Prix cars ever built: The sounds (audio) of the Mercedes-Benz W125 and W163, driven in special demonstration at Oulton Park, England (recorded at Oulton Park, England at the meeting of the Vintage Sports Car Club, June 27
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Alfred Neubauer On The Best Driver He Knew (Audio)
Rennleiter Alfred Neubauer, Racing Manager of the Mercedes Grand Prix Team, shares his thoughts on the best driver he knew, Rudolf Caracciola. Mercedes Benz history is chalk full of dynamic characters and domineering personalities. One of the most influential and visible of these people was
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1929 Monaco Grand Prix – The First Ever Monaco Grand Prix (Video)
The 1929 Monaco Grand Prix was the first Grand Prix to be run in the Principality. It was set up by wealthy cigarette manufacturer, Antony Noghès, who had set up the Automobile Club de Monaco with some of his friends. This offer of a Grand
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