CMC Mercedes-Benz W25, 1934 - 1/18

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CMC Mercedes-Benz W25, 1934

After the many successes of the racing touring cars, which became famous as the “White Elephants”, Daimler-Benz decided to enter formula racing in 1933. The W 25 was the first Mercedes-Benz racing car for the new Grand Prix formula, which came into force in 1934. It stipulated a maximum weight of 750 kilograms for the vehicle (excluding fuel and tyres) - the organisers wanted to limit the performance of the racing cars and thus the speeds, which had continued to increase in the preceding years.

The Mercedes-Benz W25 was the first Mercedes-Benz racing car for the new Grand Prix formula that came into force in 1934. It stipulated a maximum weight of 750 kilograms for the vehicle (excluding fuel and tyres) - the organisers wanted to limit the performance of the racing cars and thus the speeds, which had continued to increase in the preceding years.

The designers at Mercedes-Benz opted for a classic vehicle architecture: the front-mounted engine transferred its power to the rear wheels via a gearbox mounted on the rear axle. The eight-cylinder in-line engine initially had a displacement of 3.4 litres and was supercharged by a compressor. This technology proved its worth in the „white elephants“ of the 1920s.

It has become a legend how the cars, which should have been painted in the German racing colour white, came to be painted this colour: The white-painted W 25 was one kilogram too heavy when it was weighed the day before the first race at the International Eifel Race at the Nürburgring. So the mechanics sanded off the paint to reveal the silver colour of its light alloy body.

This legend can neither be proven nor disproven. The fact is that in the Grand Prix races of this era, both Mercedes-Benz and the Auto Union duelled in cars that were silver in colour.

Manfred von Brauchitsch wins the Eifel race in the brand new Mercedes-Benz W25 and lays the foundation for the unprecedented success story of the Silver Arrows. The car was used from 1934 to 1936 and was continuously developed further. In the eight Grand Prix races of the first racing season, the Mercedes drivers in the W25 took four first and three second places. In 1935, Rudolf Caracciola won the European Championship title, and in 1936, the Grand Prix car also achieved victories in Tunis and Monaco.
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