1-2-3 wins in new W 154 racing car

Date:
15 May 1938
Description:
Mercedes-Benz scores a triple victory at the Tripoli Grand Prix with the new W 154 3-litre formula racing cars: Hermann Lang wins the race, with Manfred von Brauchitsch and Rudolf Caracciola placing second and third. The French Grand Prix in Reims on 3 July and the Swiss Grand Prix at the Bremgarten circuit near Bern on 21 August also end in triple triumphs for Mercedes-Benz.

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Tripoli Grand Prix, May 15, 1938. Rudolf Caracciola and engineers during the start preparations on the Mercedes-Benz W 154 formula racing car. Rudolf Caracciola took third place.

Tripoli Grand Prix 1938:
Winner Hermann Lang on Mercedes-Benz racing car W 154 start number 46 in full swing