2:20 those historic grand prix cars sliding Piff-Paff after Kallenhard is hard to fathom, having raced the circuit myself but by much more modern track standards. Absolute legends. Thans for uploading.
Did you know that Auto Union is now Audi? That means that the greatest racing teams of the pre-Formula 1 era are still to this day the kings. Audi are the unstoppable rulers of Endurance Racing, namely the World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Mercedes-Benz do what both Audi and they used to do, vanquish all foreign contenders on the Grand Prix circuit.
Johannes LaCroix The official name of Audi is still Auto Union. It just happens that they use the Auto Union logo (the four rings) with the Audi name. The registration papers of my Audi A3 says: Make: Auto Union, Type: Audi-A3. Thought you might wanted to know. For example (look in the middle column beneath 'Voertuig Informatie'): opel-kentekens.nl/kenteken-check/FZND19
Drank Bak Oh cool! THEY'RE STILL ALIVE! YAY! But they're losing their dominance to one of their current sisters, Porsche. But, at least they are German at heart. Mercedes-Benz isn't German at heart anymore because their headquarters are in Britain, just like any other F1 team that exists, they don't use their full name (Mercedes-Benz, you've always gotta include the BENZ, because it was Karl Benz who invented "the car") like they did in the '30s, they supply engines that are made by a company that disgraces Mercedes-Benz (AMG), and they don't have Neubauer. But Audi/Auto Union still has everything required to be a German team. Oh, by the way, Auto Union in the day was made up of DKW, Horch, and Wanderer along with Audi. Do any of those companies exist today?
Great history/racing heritage lesson! I don't know if DKW and the other Union brands still actively make cars/bikes. I haven't seen such thing on the roads. I know that there are several classic DKW/Horch owner clubs here in The Netherlands, but I guess they dropped the brands to become one with the Audi brand. Which in their turn became a part of the Volkswagen Group.
Extrodinary to Think About This-- at the speed these specialized German Auto's were racing--200 mph, with other makes, British, Italian, French perhaps as well--on those early race tracks--if you look closely, you'll notice no real racing helmets (as we know of today's racing events), very little fence's as such, for protection on the part of the spectators on the sides of the tracks ! Wonderful, Simply, Wonderful videos being presented. I likes these short programs on RU-vid ! Keep--em--coming ! Thank you...
this is the only video i have found in which we see W125s on the nurburgring. amazing. jaw-dropping. my ultimate search for footage of the original W25 on the nurburgring continues.
I thought that Rudolf Caracciola's name was pronounced Caratchiola, and his nickname was Karratsch. His ancestors had emigrated form Naples in during the Hundred Years War. Great video, thank you very much.
Magnífico ver la fórmula 1 con coches de 900 kilos, en el circuito en Mónaco en el año 1937 comparando la F1 de hoy que se maneja todo desde el volante
The race cars in '37 could hit 180mph? I don't know much about historical racing (pre-70's) but I always imagined something along the lines of 130-140mph in the 30's. With bicycle tires you'd think they'd fly right off at that kind of speed (especially with of course less technology in terms of durability added in with the generally much bumpier courses). I must say if this is true; it's quite impressive.
Jon Lenin The streamlined cars, used on the oval tracks, went over 250 mph on the autobahn. Unfortunately one crashed trying to beat the speed record, resulting in the death of the driver.
Not peace, but fortune (Hinduism) or wealth, abundance, prosperity and long life in Buddhism. So actually some Asian visitors to Germany get trouble at the airport if they have a usual swastika lucky charm around their neck.
"I bet Mercedes doesn't use that clip in their racing heritage commercials" Yes, Mercedes is very happy to be sucessfull in F1 today. So they dont need to show their old Nazi-stuff anymore. I remember a documentary about the Mercedes-Benz company from the late 1990s. The Nazi-era and the war was described as "Mercedes-Benz was always sceptical to the regime". Yes, very sceptical when you build not only cars but also all stuff of war-technology for them...and used forced labor-workers during the war.
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@@payneinthebutt3098 before the war the Nazi regime was already starting to be seen as totalitarian.
@@payneinthebutt3098 This has been a a symbol of fortune for hundreds of years.... in hindusism. It was also used in the flag of the nazi's. And they may not have done a world war but nazi germany wasn't doing nice back then.
Small anekdote: the origins of the Mercedes silver arrows can be traced back to this rule: during development they found out that the car was a few kgs over the weight limit, they got around it by stripping it from it white paintjob and only left the silver skin of the aluminium body exposed, thus starting the 'silver arrows' era.
People didn't know how to make footage real-time back in the 1930s. Video was a brand-new thing, and they were playing with it at this stage. It isn't fast forward, that's as slow as the footage can get. You know, pit--stops back then took as long as a minute, and that was considered quick.
sg FEOPCAD Fun fact: Bernd Rosemeyer's wedding gift for his wife was to win to German Grand Prix in 1936, and he actually won it! Rudolf Caracciola, the Nurburg master who remembered every square foot of the Nordschleife, was out early in the race.
If you weren't aware. During the 1st German Grand Prix at the Nurbergring ( I can usually spell better than this), Nazi Storm Troopers were part of that event, before the race began. Crazy Huh? Thank you. Bye...
180 on wide bends 100 on corners, 200 on straights they were doing 100 by 1908 so thirty years later...no surprise.Many Auto Union Mercedes lap records stood till 1954-1955.
