Caracciola out for world records in Hungary

Date:
28 - 30 October 1934
Description:
Rudolf Caracciola sets a series of new standards in the W 25 record-breaking car at the Gyon track near Budapest, including a world best 317.5 km/h for the one kilometre with flying start and a record 188.6 km/h for the one mile from a standing start.

Records on the high-speed track at Gyon near Budapest, October 28 and 30, 1934. Rudolf Caracciola with the Mercedes-Benz W 25 record-breaking car (""racing sedan”), 1934.