- 1939 Belgian Grand Prix
Infobox Grand Prix race report
Type = EC
Grand Prix = Belgian
Date = June 25
Year = 1939
Official name = VIII Grand Prix de Belgique
Country = Belgium
Race_No = 1
Season_No = 4
Location =Spa-Francorchamps
Spa,Belgium
Course = Road course
Course_mi = 9.01
Course_km = 14.50
Distance_laps = 35
Distance_mi = 315.35
Distance_km = 507.50
Weather = Heavy rain, intermittent
Pole_Driver =Hermann Paul Müller
Pole_Team =Auto Union
Pole_Country = Germany
Pole_flag_suffix = Nazi
Grid_from_ballot = True
Fast_Driver =Hermann Lang
Fast_Team =Mercedes-Benz
Fast_Time = 5:19.9
Fast_Country = Germany
Fast_flag_suffix = Nazi
First_Driver =Hermann Lang
First_Team =Mercedes-Benz
First_Country = Germany
First_flag_suffix = Nazi
Second_Driver =Rudolf Hasse
Second_Team =Auto Union
Second_Country = Germany
Second_flag_suffix = Nazi
Third_Driver =Manfred von Brauchitsch
Third_Team =Mercedes-Benz
Third_Country = Germany
Third_flag_suffix = NaziThe 1939
Belgian Grand Prix was a race held onJune 25 ,1939 atSpa-Francorchamps .Richard Seaman crashed at the La Source hairpin into a tree, 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.Classification
Grand Prix race report
Name_of_race =Belgian Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1939
Previous_race_in_season =1938 Italian Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season =1939 French Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race =1937 Belgian Grand Prix
Next_year's_race =1946 Belgian Grand Prix
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