Streamlined record-breaking car does 333.48 km/h

Date:
11 November 1936
Description:
Rudolf Caracciola sets five international class records and one world record in a fully streamlined car on the Frankfurt - Darmstadt motorway. Caracciola covers the ten-mile distance at an unprecedented 333.48 km/h from a flying start.

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Record-breaking runs on the Reichsautobahn Frankfurt - Heidelberg, October 11, 1936. Rudolf Caracciola established five international category records and a world record with the Mercedes-Benz W 25 12-cylinder streamlined record-breaking car.