European Drivers’ Championship

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Grand Prix motor racing series auto racing championship pre-World War II sporting competition

The European Drivers’ Championship was a pre-World War II Grand Prix motor racing series that served as the principal drivers’ title in Europe before the establishment of the Formula One World Championship.

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European Drivers' Championship 1935 1
European Drivers' Championship 1938 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Prix motor racing series ⓘ
auto racing championship ⓘ
pre-World War II sporting competition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Championnat d’Europe des Pilotes NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn points scored in designated Grand Prix races ⓘ
competitionClass Grand Prix racing ⓘ
competitionLevel top-level drivers’ championship in Europe ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
eligibleParticipants Grand Prix racing drivers ⓘ
endTime 1939 ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
governingBodyPredecessorOf Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile GENERATED ⓘ
historicalRole principal European drivers’ title before Formula One ⓘ
historicalSignificance direct forerunner of modern Formula One drivers’ titles ⓘ
inception 1931 ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName French ⓘ
notableChampion Bernd Rosemeyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rudolf Caracciola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tazio Nuvolari NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableConstructorInvolved Alfa Romeo GENERATED ⓘ
Auto Union GENERATED ⓘ
Mercedes-Benz GENERATED ⓘ
notableSeason 1935 European Drivers’ Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
1937 European Drivers’ Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
1938 European Drivers’ Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
1939 European Drivers’ Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizer AIACR NERFINISHED ⓘ
Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy individual European Grand Prix events without an overall drivers’ title ⓘ
principalDriversTitleBefore Formula One World Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForEnd outbreak of World War II ⓘ
regionServed European motor racing circuits ⓘ
scope international ⓘ
sport Grand Prix motor racing ⓘ
successor Formula One World Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfPointsSystem championship decided by cumulative results over a season GENERATED ⓘ

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1950 Formula One World Championship → precededBy → European Drivers’ Championship ⓘ
European Championship (pre-war Grand Prix) → alsoKnownAs → European Drivers’ Championship ⓘ
Rudolf Caracciola → winnerOf → European Drivers’ Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Drivers' Championship 1935
Rudolf Caracciola → winnerOf → European Drivers’ Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Drivers' Championship 1938