I've shown photographs a few times previously, most recently on 9 December 2017, of the Mercedes-Benz W125 that was sent to Donington Park from the Mercedes-Benz museum in September 2007 to perform demonstration runs at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting. Here are the few remaining ones that I've not previously shown.
The car was designed by Rudolf Uhlenhaut for the 1937 racing season, which was the last year of the 750kg weight limit formula with unlimited engine size. The following season engines were limited to 4½ litres unsupercharged or 3 litres if they had superchargers. The Mercedes-Benz W125 had a 5,663cc straight-8 engine which produced 575bhp.
Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang were the team's drivers in 1937, finishing in that order in the first three places in the European Championship. There were only five races in the Championship, Caracciola winning three and von Brauchitsch one, with a solitary victory for the Auto Union C-Type of Rudolf Hasse.
These last three photographs show Tony Dron at Redgate Corner during one of the demonstration runs.
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