The first auto race
1926 , held at the
AVUS track on
July 11 1926, in heavy rain, was won by native son,
Rudolf Caracciola .
After the 1936 win of
Bernd Rosemeyer and two more wins by "Carratsch", no other German driver would accomplish a German GP win until
Michael Schumacher in
1995 .
The 1926 race was marred by an accident involving driver
Adolf Rosenberger , whose car crashed into one of the marshals' huts, killing three people.
The German Grand Prix would not return to the AVUS track until
1959 .
- Fastest lap: Ferdinando Minoia 7'17.0
