European Championship for Drivers

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Prix championship
motor racing championship
pre-World War II sports competition
alsoKnownAs AIACR European Championship NERFINISHED
basedOn results in selected Grand Prix races
champion Achille Varzi NERFINISHED
Bernd Rosemeyer NERFINISHED
Luigi Fagioli NERFINISHED
Rudolf Caracciola NERFINISHED
classification drivers’ championship
competitionFormat points-based championship
competitionType circuit racing
continent Europe
eligibility Grand Prix drivers
endTime 1939
era pre-World War II
firstSeason 1931 European Championship for Drivers NERFINISHED
followedBy Formula One World Drivers’ Championship NERFINISHED
follows European Grand Prix motor racing season structure without formal drivers’ title
governingBody AIACR NERFINISHED
Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus NERFINISHED
hasPart 1935 European Championship for Drivers
1937 European Championship for Drivers
1938 European Championship for Drivers NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance direct forerunner of Formula One drivers’ championship
inception 1931
interruptedBy World War II NERFINISHED
languageOfName English
lastSeason 1939 European Championship for Drivers NERFINISHED
level top-tier European motor racing series
notableConstructor Alfa Romeo NERFINISHED
Auto Union NERFINISHED
Mercedes-Benz NERFINISHED
notableDriver Achille Varzi NERFINISHED
Bernd Rosemeyer NERFINISHED
Luigi Fagioli NERFINISHED
Rudolf Caracciola NERFINISHED
Tazio Nuvolari NERFINISHED
organisedBy AIACR sporting commission
precededBy individual Grand Prix events without unified drivers’ title
primaryLocation European Grand Prix circuits NERFINISHED
regionServed Europe
regulationBody AIACR NERFINISHED
relatedTo Grand Prix motor racing
scope drivers
sport motor racing
status defunct
succeededBy Formula One World Championship NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1930s

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Rudolf Caracciola participatedIn European Championship for Drivers