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- Rudolf_Caracciola abstract "Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola (30 January 1901 – 28 September 1959), more commonly Rudolf Caracciola (pronounced [ʁuːdɔlf kaʁaːtʃiːɔlɑ]), was a racing driver from Remagen, Germany. He won the European Drivers' Championship, the pre-1950 equivalent of the modern Formula One World Championship, an unsurpassed three times. He also won the European Hillclimbing Championship three times – twice in sports cars, and once in Grand Prix cars. Caracciola raced for Mercedes-Benz during their original dominating Silver Arrows period, named after the silver colour of the cars, and set speed records for the firm. He was affectionately dubbed Caratsch by the German public, and was known by the title of Regenmeister, or "Rainmaster", for his prowess in wet conditions.Caracciola began racing while he was working as apprentice at the Fafnir automobile factory in Aachen during the early 1920s, first on motorcycles and then in cars. Racing for Mercedes-Benz, he won his first two Hillclimbing Championships in 1930 and 1931, and moved to Alfa Romeo for 1932, where he won the Hillclimbing Championship for the third time. In 1933, he established the privateer team Scuderia C.C. with his fellow driver Louis Chiron, but a crash in practice for the Monaco Grand Prix left him with multiple fractures of his right thigh, which ruled him out of racing for more than a year. He returned to the newly reformed Mercedes-Benz racing team in 1934, with whom he won three European Championships, in 1935, 1937 and 1938. Like most German racing drivers in the 1930s, Caracciola was a member of the Nazi paramilitary group National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK), but never a member of the Nazi Party. He returned to racing after the Second World War, but crashed in qualifying for the 1946 Indianapolis 500. A second comeback in 1952 was halted by another crash, in a sports car race in Switzerland.After he retired Caracciola worked as a Mercedes-Benz salesman targeting North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops stationed in Europe. He died in the German city of Kassel, after suffering liver failure. He was buried in Switzerland, where he had lived since the early 1930s. He is remembered as one of the greatest pre-1939 Grand Prix drivers, a perfectionist who excelled in all conditions. His record of six German Grand Prix wins remains unbeaten.".
- Rudolf_Caracciola birthDate "1901-01-30".
- Rudolf_Caracciola birthPlace Germany.
- Rudolf_Caracciola birthPlace Remagen.
- Rudolf_Caracciola birthYear "1901".
- Rudolf_Caracciola deathDate "1959-09-28".
- Rudolf_Caracciola deathPlace Germany.
- Rudolf_Caracciola deathPlace Kassel.
- Rudolf_Caracciola deathYear "1959".
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- Rudolf_Caracciola nationality 1935_German_Grand_Prix.
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- Rudolf_Caracciola after Bernd_Rosemeyer.
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- Rudolf_Caracciola alt "Caracciola sits on what appears to be the back of a vehicle. A young woman sits in front of him.".
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- Rudolf_Caracciola birthDate "1901-01-30".
- Rudolf_Caracciola birthPlace "Remagen, Germany".
- Rudolf_Caracciola caption "Caracciola with his first wife Charlotte at a race in 1931.".
- Rudolf_Caracciola dateOfBirth "1901-01-30".
- Rudolf_Caracciola dateOfDeath "1959-09-28".
- Rudolf_Caracciola deathDate "1959-09-28".
- Rudolf_Caracciola deathPlace "Kassel, Germany".
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- Rudolf_Caracciola lastSeries European_Championship_(auto_racing).
- Rudolf_Caracciola lastSeries European_Hill_Climb_Championship.
- Rudolf_Caracciola lccn "n/2003/77011".
- Rudolf_Caracciola name "Caracciola, Rudolf".
- Rudolf_Caracciola name "Rudolf Caracciola".
- Rudolf_Caracciola nationality "German".
- Rudolf_Caracciola placeOfBirth Germany.
- Rudolf_Caracciola placeOfBirth Remagen.
- Rudolf_Caracciola placeOfDeath Germany.
- Rudolf_Caracciola placeOfDeath Kassel.
- Rudolf_Caracciola retired "1952".
- Rudolf_Caracciola shortDescription "German Racing driver".
- Rudolf_Caracciola starts "24".
- Rudolf_Caracciola teams Alfa_Romeo_in_motorsport.
- Rudolf_Caracciola teams Mercedes-Benz_in_motorsport.
- Rudolf_Caracciola title European_Championship_(auto_racing).
- Rudolf_Caracciola title European_Hill_Climb_Championship.
- Rudolf_Caracciola titleYears "19301931".
- Rudolf_Caracciola titleYears "1932".
- Rudolf_Caracciola titleYears "193519371938".
- Rudolf_Caracciola titles Sports_car_racing.
- Rudolf_Caracciola titles "Drivers' Championship".
- Rudolf_Caracciola titles "Grand Prix cars".
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- Rudolf_Caracciola wins "10".
- Rudolf_Caracciola years "1930".
- Rudolf_Caracciola years "1932".
- Rudolf_Caracciola years "1935".
- Rudolf_Caracciola years "1937".
- Rudolf_Caracciola yearsActive "1930".
- Rudolf_Caracciola yearsActive "1931".
- Rudolf_Caracciola description "German Racing driver".
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