1939 season begins with double victory for Mercedes-Benz

Date:
2 April 1939
Description:
At the Pau Grand Prix in France, the first outing for the 3-litre formula racing car revised and equipped for the 1939 season with the new M 163 engine, Mercedes-Benz posts a double victory with Hermann Lang and Manfred von Brauchitsch. Hermann Lang also wins the International Eifel Race on the Nürburgring on 21 May and the Belgian Grand Prix on 25 June.

Double victory in the Pau Grand Prix, April 2, 1939. The winner Hermann Lang in a Mercedes-Benz W 154 racing car. Manfred von Brauchitsch took second place.