Saturday 22 December 2018

1938 Unglonian Grand Prix

I'm Billy Rhodes broadcasting live for the Unglonian Broadcasting Corporation from Strathcona Park in Grahamshire for the 11th annual Unglonian Grand Prix. 28 cars from around the world are lined up for this international showdown.

The flag drops and we are racing! The Auto Union silver arrows lead the pack!

George O'Connor drops oil on lap 15, causing 2 drivers to spin out over the next 2 laps.

Manfred von Brauchitsch crashes into James Kingsley on lap 21, neither are seriously hurt.

Clemente Biondetti has a radiator failure on lap 29.

Tazio Nuvolari loses his supercharger on lap 37.

Herbert Hepburn gets a magneto failure on lap 53.

Hans Stuck breaks his brakes (geddit?) on lap 58.

Pat Elway-Derrick suffers a conrod failure on lap 71.

Dick Seaman loses oil on lap 87, causing 2 drivers to spin out over the next 2 laps.

John Foss breaks his crankshaft on lap 92.

Joseph Bruce McMahon has a puncture on lap 95.

Christian Kautz wins the 1938 Unglonian Grand Prix by 7 seconds!


  1. Christian Kautz (Auto Union D) 2:59:23.417
  2. Carlo Felice Trossi (Maserati 8CTF) 2:59:30.569
  3. Rudolf Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz W154) 2:59:34.800
  4. Hermann Paul Müller (Auto Union D) 2:59:35.603
  5. Eric Hopper-Knut (Bugatti Type 35B) 2:59:35.832
  6. Goffredo Zehender (Maserati 8CTF) 2:59:36.393
  7. Simon Kramer (Bugatti Type 51) 2:59:38.224
  8. Alfred Abbey-Coleman (Bugatti Type 51) 2:59:41.508
  9. Peter Darragh-Kavanaugh (Bugatti Type 35B) 2:59:42.992
  10. Gerald Murphy (Bugatti Type 35C) 2:59:44.308
  11. Harmann Lang (Mercedes-Benz W154) 2:59:47.240
  12. Jack Glockner (Bugatti Type 35C) 2:59:56.604
  13. David Dunstan (Bugatti Type 35C) 2:59:56.888
  14. Joseph Bruce McMahon (Bugatti Type 59) DNF lap 95
  15. John Foss (Bugatti Type 51) DNF lap 92
  16. Luigi Villoresi (Maserati 8CTF) DNF lap 89
  17. Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo Tipo 316) DNF lap 88
  18. Dick Seaman (Mercedes-Benz W154) DNF lap 87
  19. Pat Elway-Derrick (Bugatti Type 59) DNF lap 71
  20. Hans Stuck (Auto Union D) DNF lap 58
  21. Herbert Hepburn (Bugatti Type 35C) DNF lap 53
  22. Tazio Nuvolari (Auto Union D) DNF lap 37
  23. Clemente Biondetti (Alfa Romeo Tipo 316) DNF lap 29
  24. Manfred von Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz W154) DNF lap 21
  25. James Kingsley (Bugatti Type 51) DNF lap 21
  26. Charles Mason (Maserati 6CM) DNF lap 17
  27. Thomas Lanford (Bugatti Type 35B) DNF lap 16
  28. George O'Connor (Bugatti Type 59) DNF lap 15

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