1939 Belgian Grand Prix

1939 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 1 of 4 in the 1939 European Championship
Race details
Date 25 June 1939
Official name VIII Grand Prix de Belgique
Location Spa-Francorchamps
Spa, Belgium
Course Road course
Course length 14.58 km (9.06[1] miles)
Distance 35 laps, 510.30 km (317.08 miles)
Weather Heavy rain, intermittent
Pole position
Driver Auto Union
Grid positions set by ballot
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Hermann Lang Mercedes-Benz
Time 5:19.9
Podium
First Mercedes-Benz
Second Auto Union
Third Mercedes-Benz

The 1939 Belgian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held on 25 June 1939 at Spa-Francorchamps.

Richard Seaman crashed into a tree between Clubhouse and La Source hairpin, causing the fuel line to break. Fuel rushed over the car and the car caught fire. Seaman couldn't move because his right hand was broken and he was also trapped by his steering wheel. After a minute of futile rescue attempts, a Belgian soldier walked into the blaze and freed Seaman. However, he had suffered burns on sixty percent of the body and Britain's most successful pre-war driver died before midnight.

  1. ^ "1939 Belgian Grand Prix | Motorsport Database".