{"product_id":"cmc-m-220-alfa-romeo-p3-caracciola-winner-gp-germany-1932-2-1-18-le-1-000","title":"CMC M-220 Alfa Romeo P3 Caracciola, winner GP Germany 1932, #2, 1:18. 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Alfa Romeo built and raced it between 1932\nand 1936. Initially as a factory race car for Alfa Romeo, then later under the\nScuderia Ferrari label after having taken over Alfa Romeos racing activities.\nThe car, designed by the legendary engineer Vittorio Jano, was based on the\nequally legendary Alfa Romeo 8C models. The P3 was Alfa Romeos second\nsingle-seater after the Tipo-A monoposto of 1931.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eProduct\nDescription\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Automobilclub von Deutschland hosted the 1932 Grand Prix\nGermany on the 22.81 km-long North Loop of the Nürburgring; which was\nconsidered the most difficult race circuit after the Targa Florio. Racecars\nwere divided into three groups. Group I consisted of the cars that were\ncontesting the European Championship without limitation of engine displacement\n(unlimited class). They had to drive 25 laps for a total distance of 570.25 km.\nCars that did not have to drive 25 laps, did not qualify for overall victory or\nthe European Championship. Equipped with engines ranging from 800 cc up to 1500\ncc, Group II cars had to drive 23 laps. The smaller cars of Group III with engines\nranging from 350 cc up to 800 cc had to drive 19 laps. There were no\nlimitations in terms of engine design, car weight, or fuel type.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003eContestants came from Austria, Belgium, Britain,\nCzechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg and Switzerland.\nThe first entry of Group I was placed by Rudolf Caracciola, 1931 winner with\nMercedes, who would start this year with Alfa Romeo. Due to the economic\nrecession, Daimler-Benz had withdrawn from racing. Among the prominent teams\nthat joined Group 1 was the Alfa Romeo works with a fearsome line-up of\nNuvolari, Caracciola, Borzacchini and Campari. Bugatti entered Chiron, Varzi\nand Divo with Bouriat as reserve. The third works team was Maserati in Bologna,\nwhich came with only one 3.0-liter car for Ruggeri.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003eAnother Maserati entry was Count di Cerami’s entirely new\n1.1-liter 4-cylinder monoposto with Ernesto Maserati as its driver. There were\nquite a few independent entries, including Bugatti drivers, such as Dreyfus and\nLehoux from France, Longueville from Belgium, Hartmann from Hungary and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003eDuring practice prior to the race, most drivers observed\nthat tires would last about seven to nine laps in the hot weather of the\nNürburgring. This would become a big problem unless the weather cooled down for\nthe race day. People like Ettore Bugatti, however, had a different concern.\nAware that the P3 monoposti were the quickest in practice and that Alfa Romeo\nhad been victorious in nearly all major events that year, they could not but\nwonder which of the three Alfa drivers had the best chance of being the victor\nthis time. A native of Germany and a triple winner with Mercedes-Benz,\nCaracciola was at home with the Nürburgring circuit and appeared to have the\nbest odds to be a favored hero except that the daredevil Nuvolari could ignore\nteam orders and pose a threat to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJuly 17 was a Sunday that broke with a foggy, cold, and\nwindy morning, but it did not rain. A total of 31 cars assembled on the\nstarting grid in numerical order. Nine of the sixteen Group 1 entries showed up\nand lined up in the front, because they were both more important and presumably\nfaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eUpon the start-off, Caracciola’s (#2) immediately went into\nthe lead, followed by Nuvolari (#10), Borzacchini (#12), and Chiron, Dreyfus,\nand Lehoux – a gathering of three Alfa monoposti and three Bugattis at the very\nfront. Caracciola finished the first lap seven seconds ahead of Nuvolari and\ncontinued to maintain an early advantage ahead of his teammates. On lap four\nCaracciola was drawing further away from Nuvolari, and the gap widened to 54\nseconds after five laps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003eCaracciola had been in the lead since the beginning, and on\nlap seven, he started to ease up a little, probably by 20 seconds. This was\nenough for Nuvolari to catch up. He was faster than the German on lap eight\nwith a time of 11m10s, gaining on Caracciola visibly on lap nine, and drove his\nfastest lap on lap ten in 10m49.8s. Caracciola was quite surprised to be\novertaken by Nuvolari, who arrived at the grandstand ahead of him and, then,\nmade a pit stop for fuel, oil, water, and tires. The stop cost him 2m40s, and\nCount Lurani described it as a deliberate delay, “… the directors of Alfa who\nwanted to avoid internal strife likely to prejudice the final results of the\nrace, arranged matters to delay the little man unduly.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003eNuvolari was briefly in first place after ten laps.\nCaracciola, however, managed to regain the lead after having talked with\nGiovannini, the team manager during his pit stop, which took 1m35s. W.F.\nBradley reported in The Autocar: “From this time on there was no more\ncompetition, and with the exception of a stop of 20 seconds on the part of\nNuvolari to verify his oil level, the three Alfa Romeos went through without\ninterruption and without at any time being seriously threatened by their\nrivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003eThe final result after 25 laps put Alfa Romeo in the first\nthree places, with Caracciola as popular and deserving victor, followed by\nNuvolari and then Borzacchini. They all finished the race under five hours\ndespite the international five-hour rule. Caracciola had won the 1931 German\nGrand Prix with an average speed of 67.3 mph on the Nordschleife. This time, in\nthe face of Nuvolari’s challenge, Caracciola had to drive faster than was\nnecessary to win the victory, so his resultant average was a new record of 74.2\nmph, which enabled him to cross the finish line in 4h47m22.8s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003eWith this triple win, Alfa Romeo was victorious in the\nEuropean Championship of Makes while Nuvolari became European Champion of\nDrivers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"CMC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45784683053139,"sku":"CMC M-220","price":1140.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/2412\/0659\/files\/57_1238a697-e21b-4d29-9c22-b77d55801df1.png?v=1783199545","url":"https:\/\/strawhatjim.com.au\/products\/cmc-m-220-alfa-romeo-p3-caracciola-winner-gp-germany-1932-2-1-18-le-1-000","provider":"Straw Hat Jim","version":"1.0","type":"link"}