1939 season begins with double victory for Mercedes-Benz

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.