«Hitler came to power in Germany early in 1933,
and he immediately identified Grand Prix racing as a powerful tool in
propagating the image of Aryan superiority. Backed by Nazi subsidies,
Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union entered the competition with revolutionary new
models in 1934 that rendered the various Italian and French machinery
completely obsolete.»
Scene no 67:
The Silberpfeile of Auto Union (Schuco Studio II) and Mercedes-Benz (Schuco
Studio), under the Hakenkreuz Flag and the Reich Eagle (John Player & Sons
cigarette cards, National Flags and Arms, Germany, no 19 from a series of 50). Next
to the racing cars, their legendary drivers Bernd Rosemeyer and Rudolf
Caracciola (Preiser 57108, Racing drivers, 1:24).
The text: From The Complete Unofficial Encyclopedia of FORMULA ONE, by Mark Hughes.
