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The European Championship was the top honour in auto racing prior to the establishment of the World Championship for Drivers after World War II. It was awarded from 1935 through 1939, based on the results of selected Grand Prix races, the Grandes Epreuves, one for each country, each the most important Grand Prix race in that country. Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Georges Boillot winning the 1912 French Grand Prix in Dieppe, France Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. ...

It started out in 1935 with five races, the original participants being the Belgian, German, Italian, Spanish and Swiss Grands Prix. (The French Grand Prix, at that time the most important motor race of all, was left out to begin with because of French pique - it was the Germans who had suggested the Championship!) In 1936, the Belgian and Spanish races were dropped, and the Monaco Grand Prix added. For 1937, Belgium was added back. In 1938, the Monaco race was cancelled, and the Belgian race turned into a sports car race, but the French Grand Prix was finally added. Finally, in 1939 the Italian race was dropped after it was run for cars of 1.5 litre engine displacement, but the Belgian race returned. The Swiss Grand Prix was an automobile race. ... The French Grand Prix is a Formula One race held as part of Fédération Internationale de lAutomobiles annual Formula One automobile racing championship season. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The principality of Monaco holds one of the oldest races on the Formula One automobile racing circuit. ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit racing, with purpose-built cars that nevertheless have enclosed wheel wells and often have closed cockpits. ... Engine displacement is defined as the total volume of air/fuel mixture an engine can draw in during one complete engine cycle; it is normally stated in cubic inches, cubic centimeters, or litres. ...

Unlike the later Formula One championship system, the European Championship used a system where drivers got more points for poorer finishes, and at the end of the year the driver with the least points was the Champion. In 1938, the points awarded for each race were: Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel formula auto racing. ...

• Win - 1 point
• 2nd place - 2 points
• 3rd place - 3 points
• 4th place through all drivers who complete at least 3/4 of the race distance - 4 points
• All drivers who complete at least 1/2 of the race distance - 5 points
• All drivers who complete at least 1/4 of the race distance - 6 points
• All drivers who complete less than 1/4 of the race distance - 7 points
• All drivers who did not start in the race - 8 points

A driver could only score points in the car in which he started (an important consideration in those days, when drivers often swapped cars during a race).

Note ¹: There is something of a mystery here, as the published numbers in contemporary reports do not match the numbers calculated using the points scheme given above; e.g. the published reports for 1935 show Caracciola with 16 points. Rudolf Caracciola Rudolf Caracciola (b. ... Luigi Fagioli Luigi Fagioli (June 9, 1898 - June 20, 1952) was a Italian champion race car driver. ... Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (November 16, 1892 - August 11, 1953) was an Italian racing motorcycle and car driver. ... Hans Stuck (December 27, 1900 - February 9, 1978) was a German race driver. ... Manfred von Brauchitsch (15 August, 1905 - February 5, 2003) was a German auto racing driver who drove for Mercedes-Benz in the famous Silver Arrows of Grand Prix motor racing in the 1930s. ... Bernd Rosemeyer born October 14, 1909 in Lingen, Lower Saxony, Germany – died January 27, 1938 on the Frankfurt/Darmstadt Autobahn. ... Bernd Rosemeyer born October 14, 1909 in Lingen, Lower Saxony, Germany – died January 27, 1938 on the Frankfurt/Darmstadt Autobahn. ... Hans Stuck (December 27, 1900 - February 9, 1978) was a German race driver. ... Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (November 16, 1892 - August 11, 1953) was an Italian racing motorcycle and car driver. ... Achille Varzi, born August 8, 1904 – died July 1, 1948, was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing champion. ... Rudolf Caracciola Rudolf Caracciola (b. ... Rudolf Caracciola Rudolf Caracciola (b. ... Manfred von Brauchitsch (15 August, 1905 - February 5, 2003) was a German auto racing driver who drove for Mercedes-Benz in the famous Silver Arrows of Grand Prix motor racing in the 1930s. ... Hermann Lang, born April 6, 1909 – died October 19, 1987, was a German champion race car driver. ... Rudolf Caracciola Rudolf Caracciola (b. ... Manfred von Brauchitsch (15 August, 1905 - February 5, 2003) was a German auto racing driver who drove for Mercedes-Benz in the famous Silver Arrows of Grand Prix motor racing in the 1930s. ... Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (November 16, 1892 - August 11, 1953) was an Italian racing motorcycle and car driver. ... Hans Stuck (December 27, 1900 - February 9, 1978) was a German race driver. ... Hermann Lang, born April 6, 1909 – died October 19, 1987, was a German champion race car driver. ... Rudolf Caracciola Rudolf Caracciola (b. ... Manfred von Brauchitsch (15 August, 1905 - February 5, 2003) was a German auto racing driver who drove for Mercedes-Benz in the famous Silver Arrows of Grand Prix motor racing in the 1930s. ... Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (November 16, 1892 - August 11, 1953) was an Italian racing motorcycle and car driver. ...

Further reading

• Chris Nixon, Racing the Silver Arrows: Mercedes-Benz versus Auto Union 1934-1939 (Osprey, London, 1986)