Silver Arrow – 1939 Grossglockner hillclimb

Silver Arrows was the name given by the press to Germany's dominant Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Grand Prix motor racing cars between 1934 and 1939, and also later applied to the Mercedes-Benz Formula One and sports cars in 1954/55. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Großglockner (German for Big Bell), with a height of 3798 m above sea level is Austrias highest mountain. ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... 1936 Auto Union Wanderer Auto Union was a joint venture of four German automobile manufacturers, established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony, during the Great Depression. ... 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. ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... The inaugural Formula One World Championship was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely defeating his Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio. ...

For decades until the introduction of sponsorship liveries, each country had its traditional color in automobile racing. Italian race cars are still famous for their Rosso Corsa red color, English ones are British Racing Green, French blue, etc. British racing green, officially known as deep brunswick green is the international motor racing colour of Great Britain. ...

German cars like the Blitzen-Benz were white. For example, the big supercharged 200hp Mercedes-Benz SSK with which Rudolf Caracciola won the 1931 Mille Miglia was called White Elephant. Rudolf Caracciola Rudolf Caracciola (b. ... The Mille Miglia (Thousand miles) was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957, thirteen before the war and eleven from 1947. ...

The origin of the silver arrows was accidental. The international governing body of motor sport prescribed for 1934 onwards a maximum weight limit of 750 kilograms for Grand Prix racing cars, excluding tyres and fuel. When the Mercedes-Benz team placed its new Mercedes-Benz W25 on the scrutineering scales prior to the first race (the Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring) in spring 1934, it recorded 751 kg. Racing manager Alfred Neubauer and his driver Manfred von Brauchitsch were at first baffled, before hitting on the idea of scraping all the white paint from the bodywork. The next day, the shining silver aluminium beneath was exposed and the scrutineering was passed. After a successful race of the 320 hp cars, the nickname silver arrow was born. The Nürburgring (alternative spelling: Nuerburgring), known as simply the Ring by enthusiasts, is the name of a famous road racing circuit for autos or motorcycles in Germany, of which there are several configurations. ... Alfred Neubauer (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. ...

Until 1937, the supercharged engine of a Mercedes-Benz W125 attained an output of 646 horse power (475 kW), a figure not exceeded in Grand Prix until the early 1980s, with the appearance of turbo-charged engines in Formula One. The Silver Arrows of Mercedes and Auto Union cars reached speeds of well over 300 km/h in 1937, and well over 400 km/h during land speed record runs. The Mercedes-Benz W125 was a Grand Prix racing car that was raced until 1937. ...

The superiority of these vehicles in international motor racing established the term "silver arrow" as a legend, for example by usually winning the first race they were entered. The names Rudolf Caracciola, Bernd Rosemeyer, Hermann Lang, and later Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio, will for ever be associated with the eras of these racing cars. Rudolf Caracciola Rudolf Caracciola (b. ... Bernd Rosemeyer born October 14, 1909 in Lingen, Lower Saxony, Germany – died January 27, 1938 on the Frankfurt/Darmstadt Autobahn. ... Hermann Lang, born April 6, 1909 – died October 19, 1987, was a German champion race car driver. ... Sir Stirling Moss OBE (born September 17, 1929 in London) is a British auto racing driver. ... Juan Manuel Fangio (June 24, 1911 - July 17, 1995) was a legendary Argentinian racing car driver. ...

Mercedes-Benz recalled its great past in the 1970s with rallye cars, and in the 1980s with the Sauber sportscars as well as the DTM touring cars. In 1995 and 1996, the McLaren-Mercedes F1 cars were still painted in the red&white colors of Marlboro but in 1997, West brought silver and black colors. As his predecessors did, the new silver arrow won on his first appearance, in Melbourne with David Coulthard. Sauber, founded and managed by Peter Sauber, is a Formula One team based in Hinwil, Switzerland. ... DTM is an abbreviaton of: Turing machine Demographic transition model Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters German Touring Car Championship Digital terrain model Dortmund Airport (IATA code) Degtyarev DTM Soviet machine gun, a version of the DP-28 Device Type Manager Direct to metal, a type of paint used for application on metal... McLaren, founded in 1963 by Bruce McLaren (1937-1970), is a racing team based in Woking, England, which is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500, Canadian-American Challenge Cup, and 24 Hours of Le Mans. ... Marlboro logo Marlboro is a brand of cigarette made by Philip Morris. ... West is a German tobacco corporation best known for sponsoring the McLaren Formula One team. ... Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... David Marshall Coulthard (born March 27, 1971 in Twynholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland), is a Scottish Formula One racing driver for Red Bull Racing. ...

Other German companies, like Porsche and BMW, still favour mainly the traditional white, while Audi also uses silver in to carry on the tradition of Auto Union. Porsche (), (pronounced porsh-uh) is a German manufacturer of sports cars, founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche, the engineer who created the first Volkswagen. ... BMW AG (an abbreviation for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... Audi is an automobile maker in Germany, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. ... 1936 Auto Union Wanderer Auto Union was a joint venture of four German automobile manufacturers, established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony, during the Great Depression. ...

At the 1999 Le Mans 24 Hours, in total 7 Silver Arrows were entered in the Le Mans Prototype class: 24 hours of Le Mans (24 heures du Mans) is a famous sports car endurance race held at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, near river La Sarthe. ... A Bentley Speed 8, winner of 2003 Le Mans 24 Hours. ...

• three illfated Mercedes-Benz CLR
• two unreliable british-built LM-GT1 Audi R8C
• two Joest Racing LMP Audi R8R that scored 3rd and 4th.

A model of broomstick in the fictional Harry Potter book series is also called Silver Arrow. The Mercedes-Benz CLR was a Le Mans Prototype racing car created for the 1999 race. ... The Audi R8 was introduced in 1999 as a very successful sports car racing car. ... Established in 1978. ... The Audi R8 was introduced in 1999 as a very successful sports car racing car. ... Cover of the original novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... In the fictional universe of the Harry Potter series, created by author J. K. Rowling, magical flying broomsticks are one of the most popular forms of transportation for wizards and witches, as well as used for magical games like Quidditch. ...

Further reading

• Chris Nixon, Racing the Silver Arrows: Mercedes-Benz versus Auto Union 1934-1939 (Osprey, London, 1986) pp. 30-37, 164-168

External link

• Grand Prix History, Die Silberpfeile