1938 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date	10 April 1938
Official name	Grand Prix de Pau[1]
Location	Pau, France
Course	Temporary Street Circuit
Course length	2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance	100 laps, 276.960 km (172.100 miles)
Pole position
Driver	René Dreyfus	Delahaye 145
Time	1:48.0
Fastest lap
Driver	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz W154
Time	1:47.0
Podium
First	René Dreyfus	Delahaye 145
Second	Rudolf Caracciola Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz W154
Third	Gianfranco Comotti	Delahaye 145

René Dreyfus in the Delahaye and Caracciola in the Mercedes on the starting grid

The 1938 Pau Grand Prix was a motor race held on 10 April 1938 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by René Dreyfus, driving the Delahaye 145. Rudolf Caracciola and Hermann Lang combined to finish second and Gianfranco Comotti finished third.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Vehicle	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	René Dreyfus	Delahaye 145	100	3hr 08min 59.0sec	1
2	6	Rudolf Caracciola Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz W154	100	+ 1:51.0 s	2
3	4	Gianfranco Comotti	Delahaye 145	94	+ 6 laps	3
4	20	"Raph"	Maserati 6CM	85	+ 15 laps	8
5	28	Maurice Trintignant	Bugatti T35C	83	+ 17 laps	6
6	24	Dioscoride Lanza	Maserati 6CM	81	+ 19 laps	5
Ret	30	Yves Matra	Bugatti T51	40	Retired	7
Ret	22	Antonio Negro	Maserati 6CM	9	Steering	9
DNS	8	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz W154		Did Not Start
DNS	12	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo Tipo 308		Did Not Start
DNS	14	Emilio Villoresi	Alfa Romeo Tipo 308		Did Not Start
Sources: [1]

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