1937 Belgian Grand Prix
Motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 11 July 1937
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The 1937 Belgian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 11 July 1937. It was the last Grand Prix to be held at the circuit's original configuration[2] with the slow corner at the former Belgian-German border. This was bypassed by the fast Raidillon uphill shortcut after the bridge over Eau Rouge river.
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Spa, Belgium
| 1937 Belgian Grand Prix | ||||
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Race 1 of 5 in the 1937 European Championship
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| Race details | ||||
| Date | 11 July 1937 | |||
| Official name | VII Grand Prix de Belgique | |||
| Location |
Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium | |||
| Course | Road course | |||
| Course length | 14.95 km (9.29[1] miles) | |||
| Distance | 34 laps, 508.30 km (315.86 miles) | |||
| Pole position | ||||
| Driver | Alfa Romeo | |||
| Grid positions set by ballot | ||||
| Fastest lap | ||||
| Driver |
 Hermann Lang | Mercedes-Benz | ||
| Time | 5:04.7 | |||
| Podium | ||||
| First | Auto Union | |||
| Second | Auto Union | |||
| Third | Mercedes-Benz | |||
A week prior, the Vanderbilt Cup race [3] was held in the USA, and the German teams and Alfa Romeo's Scuderia Ferrari preferred to race in the US with their main drivers, sending only B-teams to Spa. Some German pilots were supposed to take the LZ 129 Hindenburg to return in time to Europe, but this Zeppelin was destroyed to months earlier and the German airship flights were cancelled.
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 12 | Rudolf Hasse |
Auto Union | Auto Union C | 34 | 3:01:22 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | Hans Stuck |
Auto Union | Auto Union C | 34 | +0:42 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Hermann Lang |
Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W125 | 34 | +2:45 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 |  Christian Kautz |
Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W125 | 34 | +3:03 | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | 16 |  Raymond Sommer |
Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo 12C-36 | 33 | +1 Lap | 1 | 4 |
| Ret | 4 | Manfred von Brauchitsch |
Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W125 | 31 | Supercharger | 2 | 4 |
| Ret | 14 | Hermann Paul Müller |
Auto Union | Auto Union C | 13 | Oil pipe | 8 | 6 |
| Ret | 18 |  Carlo Felice Trossi |
Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo 12C-36 | 5 | Engine | 6 | 7 |
| DNS | 10 | Luigi Fagioli |
Auto Union | Auto Union C | 8 | |||
| DNS | 20 |  Franz Gouvion |
F. Gouvion | Maserati 8CM | Engine | 8 |