RIVIERA EVENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 115, 16 May 1936, Page 30

RIVIERA EVENTS

MONACO GRAND PRIX

CARACCIOLA'S PROWESS

(From "The Post's1' Representative.)

.-■••. LONDON, .April 18. . Torrential rain and a record number of spectacular smashes characterised the Grand Prix de Monaco, the classic race of a thousand corners, which took place at Monte CarTo on Easter Monday. . " The Monaco representative of "Sporting Life" wrote:— \ By winning, Rudolf Caracciola, champion driver of Germany and idol of so many international crowds, scored a triumph of which any man might be proud, for no-race with such inherent terrors could have been made so trying or arduous. Monte Carlo presented a dismal scene. Rain fell in torrents, and practically all the race was run in an incessant downpour. Yet Caracciola drove without.a

stop, steering .his immensely power-1 ful ■ car. with ; supernatural precision over the 100. twisting laps' of the famous \ "rqurid-the-houses" course. .At the start at 1.30. p.rri. 19. cars roarecL off like a tornado, let loose. There were-1 four. Mercedes-Benz and three Auto-Union : cars representing Germany, arid two Bugattis representing France. Italy's quota comprised five Alfa-Homeos, v three Maseratis, and one S.T., a hybrid, the initials standing for Scuderia Torino. The radial-engined Trossi Special did not run; :■ '.:.■ •;'•■■. ..;.•;■.- . ■■■ ;.■ '•.■ ,- :'' -j The anticipated battle between Mercedes, Auto-Union, and Alfa-Romeo, which. a^quarterVof a million people had~cpme:to; see, took-an-unexpected turn on the'secondlap. Approaching the difflcult^turri on to the: Quay five cars got into difficulties owing to a quan^ tity- of' oil.from Brivio's Alfa-Romeo having, 'escaped, ".'on-..' to ■ the ..road as' he cpmpleted.ia slow ; first ;lap. ;Chirbh's Mercedes-Benz, which had;'p,ut up the' fastest, lap.'in practice,-"got. out of control, and era.shed through a.wooden ;barrier. r'Trossils; 11 Mase'rati; and" "thevAlf aRorheo driven -by Farina" andrTaclini spun jroiind and; demolished' a! barrier of sandbags.' Von;Brauchitsch's Mercedps.pr^shedyntb: the debris. rTrossi. and Tadinf managed' to;get'clear after a 'time,;but ;the;'two Mercedes and the Alfa-Romea were : too" badly damaged to■' continue. ' ■ ■ • .| TOn) the third lap Rose'mayer's Auto-Unipn-spun^rpund like a top, but the driver regained control,'arid-three-laps later Fagibli.got;into,'an'■appallinglskid arid:rcra§hed head-on;ihto'a;:stone wall.' Caraccioia, was'thu'sj early fin the-race the only •reminihg'"-representative 'of; the^ Mercedes-team.vand/fpuhd himself unsupported' ':mia. desperatef struggle against'the; rest of the 'entry. ■:-■ The,finishers'were: — , ... fcaracciola (Mercedes-Benz), 100 laps, : 3hr 49min ■■; 20.4 sec (51.6 a miles per hour)'.. ■■-■■.■•■■: , . Varzi (Auto-Union), 100 laps, 3hr 51 mm 9.ssec. ..{■■ ~' . ... " : Stouck (Auto-Union),-99.laps, 3hr 49 mm . 2l:2sec. t '■.:'.,'.'■.■ ■■-■ ■", \ -: Nuyolari .(Alfa-Romeo), 99.laps, 3hr 49min ; i54.6sec. •;. , . Farina (driving Tadini's: AlfaRomeo),: 97 laps, 3hr 49rhiri 56.95 ec/ : Wimille (Buggatti),. 97 laps,,3hr 51 mm 4.95ec.; • : Sommer ; (Alfa-Romeo),. 94 laps,' 3hr 51min 17.4se'c. , (Maserati),. 87; laps, 3hr 50 mm 6.Bsec. : Williams (Bugatti),. 54 laps, 3hr 50 mm 46.8 sec. ■■'-.'.' The fastest lap was by yon Stuck, 2mih 7.4 sec. ■ On the Saturday/ Prince Birabongse of Siam, who drives under the name of "B. Bira," won the Prince Rainier Cup race on the, "round-the-houses" course at an average speed of 53 miles per hour! He drove a li-litre E.R.A. Marcel Lehoux,; also in an E.R.A., was second at 52.19 miles per hour, and N. S. Embiricos (E.R.A.) third at 51.96 ■miles per hour. The event is for racing cars up to 1J litres engine capacity. British cars thus gained the first three places, but the British drivers were not so lucky. Raymond Mays, who led the official E.R.A. team, and P. G. Fairfield were disqualified because of a technical offence, their cars, it is stated, being pushed after stopping at the pits; to fill up with petrol. Driving a 16-cyUnder, rear-engined Auto-Union, Hans Stuck recently broke three international class B records and five world's records on the new German road between Frankfort and Heidelburg. He covered .five kilometres at 194.12 rn.p.h.i. (class B record) and,established a new 100 miles, world's .record at. i66'.04 m.p.h.- This, is the first' time.that, a German ..road has been "used for record breaking. For many years the postmen of North Dakota have delivered their mails on horseback. To : speed up deliveries cars were supplied, but un: fortunately many of the roads leave so much to be desired that instead of saving time there was . considerable delay, as many of the cars stuck in the'mud and ruts. Now, it is reported, some of the motor postmen tow a trailer carrying a horse for use in emergencies, .