Faster, page 40
Liemann, Charlotte “Charly.” See Caracciola, Charlotte “Charly” Liemann
Lobkowicz, Prince Georg Christian of, 3, 22–23
Louis, Joe, 138
Louis II, Prince (Monaco), 19
Lurani, Giovanni, 113
M
Mann, Sam, 272–73
Marne Grand Prix, 19, 111, 128, 130, 168–69
Marsillac, Jacques, 42–45, 48–53
Masaryk circuit, 135
Maserati, Alfieri, 20, 67, 76
Maserati, Ernesto, 22, 67, 76
Maserati cars
Cork Grand Prix, 260
Écurie Bleue, 263
French Grand Prix, 95
Indianapolis 500, 263
Monaco Grand Prix, 17
Monza Grand Prix, 7
Pau Grand Prix, 232, 235, 249–51, 253
Swiss Grand Prix, 263
Tripoli Grand Prix, 160–61
voiturettes, 160–61, 208, 232, 235, 249–51
Maserati team, 20–22, 67, 208–9
Mathis (car), 9, 9–10
Matra, Yves, 250–51
Maybach, Wilhelm, 31
Mayer, Helene, 137
Mays, Rex, 163
Mercedes. See also Daimler-Benz; W25 Mercedes Silver Arrow; W125 Mercedes; W154 Mercedes
abandoning racing (1930), 35–38, 41
AVUS, 32–35, 162
Berlin Motor Show, 222
Caracciola as salesman for, 27–29
engines, 122, 208
French Grand Prix, 93–96
German Grand Prix, 32–35, 113, 262–63
Hitler, support for, 237–38, 242
Hitler’s personal car, 39–41, 70, 286 n39
La Turbie hill climb, 31
manufacturer, 27
Million Franc prize observations, 181–82, 187
Monza training, 223–25
namesake, 31
Nazi policies, support for, 225–26
noise of cars, 95
NSKK and, 97–98
Pau Grand Prix, 230–31, 234–39, 242–57, 249, 260
pit stops, 106–7, 150
postwar team, 267
production growth (1930s), 171
Reich Rekordwoche, 205
return to racing, 70–71
speed records, 203–4, 206, 209–17, 211, 212, 215, 216, 222
state sponsorship of racing program, 71, 97–98
Swiss Grand Prix, 101, 147–48, 263
Tripoli Grand Prix, 261, 265
Vanderbilt Cup, 162–64
World War II, 265
Mercedes 300 SL, 267
Mercedes SSK, 17
Mercedes SSKL, 21, 22, 38–39, 41
Merz, Otto, 29
Merz, Werner, 29
Michelin, André, 6
Mile Record, 209–13
Mille Miglia, 38–39, 158, 226, 267
Million Franc prize
announcement, 151
Bugatti efforts, 177–80, 183, 187, 195–99
competition, 159
contests, 151–52
Écurie Bleue efforts, 173–77, 179, 182–200, 189, 194, 201
fiftieth anniversary, 271–72
goal, 151
government approval, 123
promotional ad, 201
Miramas autodrome, 128–29
Miraton, Gilbert, 102–3
Miraton, Gilberte “Chou-Chou.” See Dreyfus, Gilberte “Chou-Chou” Miraton
Momberger, August, 101–2
Monaco Grand Prix, 16, 268
Monaco Grand Prix (1929), 12, 17
Monaco Grand Prix (1930), 12–19, 20
Monaco Grand Prix (1932), 21
Monaco Grand Prix (1933), 72–76
Monaco Grand Prix (1934), 91
Monaco Grand Prix (1935), 109
Monaco Grand Prix (1980), 270
Monkhouse, George, 106
Montbressieux, George Raphaël “Raph” Béthenod de, 177–78, 250
Monte Carlo, 12. See also Monaco Grand Prix
Monte Carlo Rally (1929), 47–48
Monte Carlo Rally (1931), 44
Monte Carlo Rally (1932), 42–45, 48–52, 52
Monte Carlo Rally (1934), 84
Monte Carlo Rally (1935), 115
Monte Carlo Rally (1936), 115, 119–21
Monte Carlo Rally (1937), 115, 153
Monte Carlo Rally (1938), 218–20
Montlhéry
circuit map, 176
Delahaye testing, 57–58, 164–67
design, 94, 175, 176
French Grand Prix, 93–96, 122, 167–68
Journée Féminine de L’Automobile, 47
Million Franc prize, 151, 173–79, 182–200, 189, 194
world records, 88–90, 93
Monza
1932 season, 41
Italian Grand Prix, 78–79, 99–100, 116
W125 Mercedes testing, 156–57
winter testing, 223–25
Morane, Georges, 54, 55, 90
Morel, André, 128–29
Morris, Violette, 47
Moto Club de Nice, 9–10, 11
Mullin, Peter, 271, 272–73
Mussolini, Benito
Abyssinia, invasion of, 117, 128
Alfa Romeo, control of, 78–79, 111
Italian motor racing, control of, 128
Monza Grand Prix, 78
from people’s fighter to dictator, 127
Scuderia Ferrari and, 117–18
Tripoli Grand Prix, 106
My Two Lives (R. Dreyfus), 270
N
National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK)
ACF dinner, 119
Berlin Motor Show, 220
Caracciola’s enlistment, 92–93, 98
German Grand Prix, 97
Hühnlein as commander of, 69, 97–98
number of drivers trained, 221, 266
purpose, 69
Reich Rekordwoche, 205
rise in membership, 171
World War II, 266
Nazi Party
Der Angriff, 137
Brown House headquarters, 40
gathering strength, 4, 39
Kristallnacht, 262
parade for Hitler, 68
persecution of Jews, 4, 163
Summer Olympic Games, 137–38
Negro, Antonio, 250, 251
Nenot, Madame, 84
Neubauer, Alfred “Fredl”
1938 race schedule, 208–9
Caracciola and, 29, 36–38, 41, 72, 80–82, 92, 98
Dreyfus and, 118
German Grand Prix, 98
Italian Grand Prix, 99
Mercedes abandoning racing, 36–38, 41
Mercedes pit stops, 106–7, 150
Mercedes speed records and, 209–10, 212–13, 214
Mille Miglia, 38
Million Franc prize observations, 181–82
Monza training, 223–26
Pau Grand Prix, 230, 234–36, 238, 243–44, 253, 254, 256, 260
postwar life, 267
racing career, 37
retirement, 267
as tactician, 37, 38
Tripoli Grand Prix, 106–7, 132
World War II, 265
Newton, Isaac, 29
Nibel, Hans, 81–82, 91
Nice, Hellé, 47
“The Night of the Long Knives,” 95
NSKK. See National Socialist Motor Corps
Nürburgring (the “Ring”)
Eifel race, 24–25, 108–9, 133–34, 134
German Grand Prix, 96–99, 112–14, 114, 169–71, 262–63
Nuvolari, Carolina, 267
Nuvolari, Tazio
as Alfa Corse driver, 208
on Alfa Romeo team, 41
as Auto Union driver, 261
competitiveness, 38, 111, 112, 113
deaths of his children, 267, 268
Dreyfus on, 305 n161
driving skills, 135, 305 n161
Eifel race, 134
European Championship, 41, 117
French Grand Prix, 41
German Grand Prix, 112–14, 114, 170
Italian Grand Prix, 116
Mille Miglia, 38–39
Monaco Grand Prix, 73, 75, 91
nicknames, 38
Pau Grand Prix (1935), 111, 232
Pau Grand Prix (1938), 232–34, 233, 236, 241, 243
physical appearance, 112
postwar life, 261, 267–68
relationship with other drivers, 66
rituals, 242
Scuderia Ferrari, 104, 111–12, 118, 208
Swiss Grand Prix, 101
Tripoli Grand Prix, 104
Vanderbilt Cup, 162
Varzi rivalry, 111
O
Olympic Games, 136–38
O’Reilly, Francis Patrick, 45
Otto, Nikolaus, 29
P
Paris, Michel (Henri Toulouse), 129, 130
Paris–Marseille–Paris race (1896), 54–55
Paris Motor Show, 58–59, 150, 202, 262
Paris–Nice Rally, 86–88, 121
Paris–Saint-Raphaël Rally, 84, 121, 293 n84
Paris to Madrid race, 31
Pau, France, 229–30
Pau Grand Prix, circuit map, 240
Pau Grand Prix (1933), 67, 230
Pau Grand Prix (1935), 111, 232
Pau Grand Prix (1936), 128
Pau Grand Prix (1937), 157–58
Pau Grand Prix (1938), 227–57
date, 223
driver rituals, 242–43
fortune-teller’s prediction, 235–36, 238, 244, 252
practice sessions, 230–35, 233
prize, 232
as season opener, 209
spectators, 241–42
start, 244–46, 246
victory, 256–57, 259–60
Paul, Joseph, 121, 141
Peigney, Pierre, 288 n54
Perrot, Albert, 57–58, 59, 84, 89, 130
Pescara, Italy, 147
Pétain, Philippe, xxii
Petit, Émile, 173
Petit, Hector, 44–45
Peugeot, 53, 54
Picasso, Pablo, 47, 229
Pintacuda, Carlo, 158
Piroli, Enrico, 32, 33
Platé, Luigi, 32
Poincaré, Raymond, 53
Poland, Nazi invasion, 263
Porsche, Ferdinand, 29, 32, 34, 71, 171, 181. See also P-Wagen
Posthumus, Cyril, 56
Pozzoli, Serge, 272
Pritchard, Anthony, 135
Purdy, Ken, 5
Putti, Vittorio, 79–80
P-Wagen (Porsche-car)
Eifel race, 134
French Grand Prix, 93, 95
funding, 118
Reich Rekordwoche, 205, 207
speed records, 214–15, 215
Swiss Grand Prix, 101
Tripoli Grand Prix, 131–33
Vanderbilt Cup, 164
R
Rathmann, S. T. (Theodor), 26–27
Reich Citizenship Law, 116
Reich Record Week, 203–6
Reims-Gueux. See Marne Grand Prix
Renault, xxi, 32, 53, 88–89
Rennen–Sieg–Rekorde! (Caracciola), 172
Reuss, Eberhard, 70
Reznicek, Paula von, 118
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 220
Ricart, Wifredo, 208
Roederer, Louis, 208
Röhm, Ernst, 95
Romeo, Nicola, 78
Rosemeyer, Bernd
as Auto Union driver, 135, 208
background, 134–35
Caracciola rivalry, 109, 135–36, 148, 157, 162, 204
Coppa Acerbo, 147
Czechoslovakian Grand Prix, 135
death, 214–16, 221
driving skills, 135, 149
Eifel race, 108–9, 134, 134, 135, 162
European Championship, 133, 148
Freiburg hill climb, 147
German Grand Prix, 113, 136, 170–71
in Hitler’s “Cavalry of the Future,” 69
Italian Grand Prix, 148
marriage, 135, 136, 149, 162–63
as Nazi ideal, 135–36
nickname, 134
physical appearance, 108
Reich Rekordwoche, 205
son, 206, 209
speed records, 204–7, 209, 211–17, 215
in SS, 135, 164
Swiss Grand Prix, 147–48
Vanderbilt Cup, 162–64
Rosemeyer, Bernd, Jr., 206, 209
Rosenberger, Adolf, 32, 33, 34, 118
Rouault, Germaine, 121
Roudet, Henriette Celestine, 45
Roxy bar, Berlin, 3–5, 21, 22–23
Ruggeri, Amedeo, 191
S
Sailer, Max, 32
Saint-Raphaël Rally. See Paris–Saint-Raphaël Rally
Salon de l’Automobile. See Paris Motor Show
Salzer, Eugen, 33, 33–35
Schell, Harry, 47, 115, 263
Schell, Lucy Marie Jeanne O’Reilly. See also Blue Buzz; Écurie Bleue
accident, 263
bulldogs, 157
Concours d’Élegance, 227
Delahaye 134, 59–60, 84, 293 n84
Delahaye 135, 114–15
Delahaye 138 Special, 86–88
Delahaye 145, 159, 164–67
Delahaye 155, 260
at Delahaye’s record-breaking celebration, 90
Dreyfus and, 87–88, 141–43, 150, 156, 227
Écurie Bleue, running of, 140–41, 150
Écurie Bleue drivers, 141–43, 150
Écurie Bleue goals, 169
Écurie Bleue press announcement, 151
family background, 45–46
Fonds de Course, 158, 235–36, 261, 263
Grand Prix team plans, 115–16
Grand Tour, 46
Indianapolis 500, 263
Journée Féminine de L’Automobile, 47
lack of recognition, 48, 158, 197, 200, 235–36, 261
“La Rairie” (Brunoy home), 114–15
Laury’s accident and paralysis, 262
Laury’s death, 263
marriage to Laury, 46
Million Franc prize, 159, 173–74, 177, 182, 184–87, 192–98, 200
Monte Carlo Rally, determination to win, 53
Monte Carlo Rally (1929), 47–48
Monte Carlo Rally (1930), 48
Monte Carlo Rally (1931), 48
Monte Carlo Rally (1932), 42–45, 48–52, 52
Monte Carlo Rally (1935), 115
Monte Carlo Rally (1936), 115, 119–21
Monte Carlo Rally (1937), 152
Monte Carlo Rally (1938), 218
Paris–Nice Rally, 86–88, 121
Paris–Saint-Raphaël Rally, 84, 121, 293 n84
Pau Grand Prix, 200–201, 227–28, 235–36, 238, 244, 252
personal character, 42, 47, 53, 86
physical appearance, 42, 47, 86
Talbot cars, 59–60
Tourist Trophy, Belfast, 140
Vanderbilt Cup, 207
Weiffenbach and, 59–60, 84, 86, 115, 124–26
World War I, 46, 123
World War II, 269
Schell, Philippe, 47, 115, 263, 269
Schell, Selim Lawrence “Laury”
accident and paralysis, 262
Blue Buzz team, 121
death, 263
family background, 46
French Grand Prix, 141
“La Rairie” (Brunoy home), 115
marriage to Lucy, 46
Mille Miglia, 158
Million Franc prize, 192
Monte Carlo Rally (1930), 48
