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German Grand Prix
Event

A Formula 1 race.

Past Winners

Date	Driver	Team
1951	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
1952	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
1953	Nino Farina	Ferrari
1954	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
1956	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
1957	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
1958	Tony Brooks	Vanwall

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1951 Results

July 29, 1951
Fastest lap:  9:55.800 by Juan Manuel Fangio

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	71	20	3:23:03.3	8
2	3	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	75	20	+0:30.5	7
3	2	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	74	20	+4:39.0	4
4	5	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	72	20	+5:50.2	3
5	6	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	73	20	+7:49.1	2
6	8	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	91	19	+1 Lap
7	9	Robert Manzon	Simca-Gordini	82	19	+1 Lap
8	15	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	84	19	+1 Lap
9	19	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	90	18	+2 Laps
10	22	Jacques Swaters	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	93	18	+2 Laps
11	18	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	94	17	+3 Laps
12	11	Yves Giraud Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	87	17	Accident
13	14	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini	81	13	Engine
14	10	Felice Bonetto	Alfa Romeo	77	12	Magento
15	20	Duncan Hamilton	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	88	12	Oil pressure
16	7	Paul Pietsch	Alfa Romeo	78	11	Accident
17	12	Andre Simon	Simca-Gordini	83	11	Engine
18	4	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	76	8	Overheating
19	21	Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	86	4	Gearbox
20	13	Louis Chiron	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	85	3	Ignition
21	17	Toni Branca	Maserati	92	3	Engine
22	16	Tuolo de Graffenried	Maserati	79	2	Engine

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1952 Results

August 3, 1952
Fastest lap:  10:05.100 by Alberto Ascari

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	101	18	3:06:13.3	9
2	2	Nino Farina	Ferrari	102	18	+14.1	6
3	6	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	117	18	+7:10.1	4
4	5	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	103	17	+1 Lap	3
5	11	Jean Behra	Gordini	108	17	+1 Lap	2
6	17	Roger Laurent	Ferrari	119	16	+2 Laps
7	12	Fritz Riess	Veritas-BMW	121	16	+2 Laps
8	15	Toni Ulmen	Veritas-BMW	125	16	+2 Laps
9	22	Helmut Niedermayr	AFM-BMW	124	15	+3 Laps
10	32	Johnny Claes	HWM-Alta	113	15	+3 Laps
11	8	Hans Klenk	Veritas	128	14	+4 Laps
12	29	Ernst Klodwig	BMW	135	14	+4 Laps
13	4	Robert Manzon	Gordini	107	8	Accident
14	9	Willi Heeks	AFM-BMW	123	7	Retired
15	14	Tony Gaze	HWM-Alta	120	6	Gearbox
16	19	Adolf Brudes	Veritas-BMW	126	5	Engine
17	25	Marcel Balsa	BMW	110	5	Retired
18	30	Bernd Nacke	BMW	130	5	Ignition
19	26	Eitel Cantoni	Maserati	116	4	Axle
20	23	Rudolf Krause	BMW	136	3	Retired
21	24	Rudolf Schoeller	Ferrari	118	3	Suspension
22	21	Bill Aston	Aston-Butterworth	114	2	Oil pressure
23	3	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	109	1	Accident
24	7	Paul Pietsch	Veritas	127	1	Gearbox
25	10	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	105	1	Disqualified
26	13	Paul Frere	HWM-Alta	112	1	Gearbox
27	18	Theo Helfrich	Veritas-BMW	122	1	Retired
28	20	Josef Peters	Veritas-BMW	129	1	Retired
29	27	Piero Carini	Ferrari	104	1	Brakes
30	16	Gino Bianco	Maserati	115	0	Retired

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1953 Results

August 2, 1953
Fastest lap:  9:56.000 by Alberto Ascari

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	3	Nino Farina	Ferrari	2	18	3:02:25.0	8
2	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	5	18	+1:04.0	6
3	4	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	3	18	+1:43.6	4
4	7	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	7	18	+8:48.6	3
5	11	Tuolo de Graffenried	Maserati	17	17	+1 Lap	2
6	12	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta	19	17	+1 Lap
7	19	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	18	17	+1 Lap
8	1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	17	+1 Lap	1
9	14	Hans Hermann	Veritas	31	17	+1 Lap
10	22	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	20	17	+1 Lap
11	20	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper-Bristol	40	16	+2 Laps
12	28	Theo Helfrich	Veritas	24	16	+2 Laps
13	16	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught-Francis	16	16	+2 Laps
14	26	Rudolf Krause	BMW	36	16	+2 Laps
15	32	Ernst Klodwig	BMW	37	15	+3 Laps
16	29	Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas	22	14	+4 Laps
17	6	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	4	15	Engine
18	17	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol	38	15	Engine
19	8	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	8	13	Suspension
20	24	Edgar Barth	EMW	35	12	Retirement
21	25	Johnny Claes	Connaught-Francis	12	12	Retirement
22	34	Oswald Karch	Veritas	26	10	Retirement
23	18	Willi Heeks	Veritas	23	8	Retirement
24	9	Jean Behra	Gordini	9	7	Gearbox
25	10	Harry Schell	Gordini	11	6	Engine
26	15	Prince Bira	Connaught-Francis	14	6	Suspension
27	21	Theo Fitzau	AFM-BMW	28	3	Retirement
28	27	Kurt Adolff	Ferrari	34	3	Retirement
29	30	Guenther Bechem	AFM-BMW	41	2	Retirement
30	5	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	10	1	Differential
31	13	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Francis	15	1	Engine
32	33	Erwin Bauer	Veritas	32	1	Retirement
33	23	Hans Von Stuck	AFM-Bristol	21	0	Retirement
34	31	Ernst Loof	Veritas	30	0	Fuel pump

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1954 Results

August 1, 1954
Fastest lap:  9:55.100 by Karl Kling

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	18	22	3:45:45.8	8
2	5	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	1	22	+1:36.5	3 (SHR)
3	7	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	2	22	+5:08.6	4
4	4	Karl Kling	Mercedes	19	22	+6:06.5	4
5	13	Sergio Mantovani	Maserati	7	22	+8:50.5	2
6	11	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	4	21	+1 Lap
7	12	Harry Schell	Maserati	15	21	+1 Lap
8	16	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	25	21	+1 Lap
9	10	Robert Manzon	Ferrari	24	20	+2 Laps
10	8	Jean Behra	Gordini	9	20	+2 Laps
11	17	Prince Bira	Maserati	14	17	Steering
12	9	Hermann Lang	Mercedes	21	10	Spun off
13	14	Clemar Bucci	Gordini	11	8	Wheel
14	19	Theo Helfrich	Klenk-Meteor-BMW	22	8	Engine
15	4	Hans Herrmann	Mercedes	20	7	Fuel leak
16	6	Paul Frere	Gordini	10	4	Wheel
17	2	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	3	3	Transmission	3 (SHR)
18	15	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	8	2	Fuel leak
19	3	Stirling Moss	Maserati	16	1	Wheel bearing
20	18	Andre Pilette	Gordini	12	0	Suspension

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1956 Results

August 5, 1956
Fastest lap:  9:41.600 by Juan Manuel Fangio

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1		Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	1	22	3:38:43.7	9
2		Stirling Moss	Maserati	7	22	+0:46.4	6
3		Jean Behra	Maserati	6	22	+7:38.3	4
4		Paco Godia	Maserati	20	20	+2 Laps	3
5		Louis Rosier	Maserati	15	19	+3 Laps	2
6 (DSQ)		Bruce Halford	Maserati	21	20	Disqualified
7 (NC)		Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati	22	16	Not classified
8 (RET)		Andre Milhoux	Gordini	11	15	Engine
9 (RET)		Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	5	14	Accident
10 (RET)		Harry Schell	Maserati	12	13	Overheating
11 (RET)		Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	18	13	Engine
12 (RET)		Luigi Musso	Ferrari	4	11	Accident
13 (RET)		Peter Collins	Ferrari	2	8	Fuel leak
14 (RET)		Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	3	5	Electrical
15 (RET)		Umberto Maglioli	Maserati	8	3	Steering
16 (RET)		Horace Gould	Maserati	19	3	Oil pressure
17 (RET)		Roy Salvadori	Maserati	16	2	Suspension
18 (RET)		Robert Manzon	Gordini	10	0	Suspension
19 (RET)		Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari	14	0	Engine
20 (RET)		Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	8	0	Accident
21 (RET)		Andre Pilette	Gordini	11	0	Accident

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1957 Results

August 4, 1957
Fastest lap:  9:17.400 by Juan Manuel Fangio

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1		Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1	22	3:30:38.3	9
2		Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	8	22	+0:03.6	6
3		Peter Collins	Ferrari	7	22	+0:35.6	4
4		Luigi Musso	Ferrari	6	22	+3:37.6	3
5		Stirling Moss	Vanwall	10	22	+4:37.2	2
6		Jean Behra	Maserati	2	22	+4:38.5
7		Harry Schell	Maserati	3	22	+6:47.5
8		Masten Gregory	Maserati	16	21	+1 Lap
9		Tony Brooks	Vanwall	11	21	+1 Lap
10		Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati	4	21	+1 Lap
11		Bruce Halford	Maserati	15	21	+1 Lap
12 (RET)		Hans Herrmann	Maserati	17	14	Chassis
13 (RET)		Paco Godia	Maserati	18	11	Steering
14 (RET)		Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	12	14	Gearbox
15 (RET)		Horace Gould	Maserati	19	1	Axle

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1958 Results

August 3, 1958
Fastest lap:  9:09.200 by Stirling Moss

Finish	Grid	Driver	Team	#	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	2	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	8	15	2:21:15.0	8
2	6	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	10	15	+3:29.7	6
3	7	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	11	15	+5:11.2	4
4	5	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	4	15	+6:16.3	3
5	12	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax F2	20	15	+6:26.3	2
6	13	Edgar Barth	Porsche F2	21	15	+6:32.4
7	11	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax F2	26	15	+6:59.3
8	14	Tony Marsh	Cooper-Climax F2	30	15	+7:09.9
9	10	Phil Hill	Ferrari F2	23	15	+7:45.5
10	24	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	12	13	+2 Laps
11	16	Ivor Bueb	Lotus-Climax F2	28	13	+2 Laps
12	1	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	3	11	Clutch
13	4	Peter Collins	Ferrari	2	10	Accident
14	8	Harry Schell	BRM	6	9	Brakes
15	17	Wolfgang Seidel	Cooper-Climax	22	9	Suspension
16	9	Jean Behra	BRM	5	4	Suspension
17	22	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax F2	25	4	Oil pipe
18	23	Christian Goethals	Cooper-Climax F2	27	4	Fuel pump
19	3	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	7	3	Magneto
20	15	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche F2	18	3	Engine
21	20	Hans Herrmann	Maserati	17	3	Engine
22	18	Dick Gibson	Cooper-Climax F2	19	2	Engine
23	19	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax F2	24	1	Collision
24	25	Brian Naylor	Cooper-Climax F2	29	1	Fuel pump
25	21	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	16	1	Accident

Peter Collins died later during the day of August 3rd as a result of injuries sustained in his accident.

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Article Index

Date	Source	Article	Author
July 23, 2005	Voice of America	Formula One: Raikkonen Wins Pole for German Grand Prix	VOA Sports

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Last edited March 30, 2008

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