# @motorsport.images on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMptM-uo8tl
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32752556-motorsportimages-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-28T12:35:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Motorsport Images (@motorsport.images) — https://gondola.cc/motorsport.images

## Caption

The greatest Grand Prix victory of all time? 🤯 On This Day 90 years ago, Tazio Nuvolari made up for an early spin and a bad pit stop to beat the entire fleet of NINE silver arrows in their own backyard. 😤

On lap two of the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, while chasing down leader Rudolf Caracciola in wet conditions, Nuzolari spun his Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3 and fell back to sixth - it took him well over an hour and some misfortune for the runners ahead to regain second place, but some blistering pace put him in the lead by lap ten; after two hours of racing, ten seconds covered the top four.
 
Disaster struck Nuvolari in the pit stop phase on the next lap - as Brauchitsch, Rosemeyer and Caracciola all powered away, his Alfa Romeo mechanics had to refuel manually with fuel churns and a funnel; by the time he rejoined, he was back in sixth. 😫 Brauchitsch was now P1 and was pushing relentlessly...but so was Nuvolari! The flying Mantuan drove with wild abandon, back into second by lap 15 and devouring Brauchitsch's lead. 🚅
 
Mercedes boss Neubauer repeatedly signalled for Brauchitsch to slow down, knowing from pre-race that he was too hard on his tyres; Brauchitsch acknowledged the problem, pointing to the exposed breaker strip on his left rear - but staggeringly, he stayed out! 😧 An estimated quarter million spectators held their breaths during the final lap - and Nuvolari's Alfa appeared first to snatch a remarkable win. 🏆 Brauchitsch's left rear had failed at the Karussell, and his right rear failed in sight of the finish line; he limped to the pits in fifth, and in tears. 😭

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