here are some average speeds for the auto union 1937
Spa : Hasse 104.07 mph/ 167.5 kph
Donington : Rosemeyer 82.85 mph/133.3 kph
Nurburgring : Rosemeyer 81.80 mph/131.6 kph "1936"
Monza : Rosemeyer 84.1 mph/135.3 kph "1936"
here are some comments about the Au
at Donington 1937 : the cars were mainly driven by shorts stabs at the gas not using full power most of the time, the throttle response was so good that the short blips of power will make the cars constantly slide from the rear, the acceleration was most of the time hard, making the rear wheels getting big rings of smoke.
the AU team brought to England ten tons of tires and some 2 1/2 tons of inner tubes, they were eating tires at a big rate , most of the practice times, the tyres will only last 12 laps before they will show the white warning lines on the canvas, the race was for 80 laps.
Stuck on driving the AU
Most of the time , I will restrain to use four gears of the five available, the throttle response is very direct and the car responds almost instantly in a very aggressive manner, the gearbox was very good , don't need to double declutch, but you need to be always aware that can get lost finding a gear.
the car doesn't feel heavy at all, but the problem is to keep the car straight, it slides a lot and the power is far more than the tires can handle, as for a driving position, the car doesn't have power steering and the races were long, so you have to be almost on top of it , otherwise you can't turn them, the steering is very heavy, on tight corners , you have to throw the car on oversteer and slide it to get around, by turning, you will never make it
