More Aunt Mia (Update: W125 not W25)

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We promised you more of Aunt Mia and that’s what you’re gonna get! Is it possible to fall in love with a girl on a seventy year old photograph? Yes! And why? Because here we find her standing next to Rudolf Caracciola’s Mercedes W25 at the circuit of Francorchamps in 1935 (click picture for enlargement). Rudolf Caracciola (ddavid.com) is a childhood hero (not only that, he still is!) and of course it was Caracciola who won this Grand Prix of Belgium. The car in front is number 4, the W25 driven by Manfred von Brauchitsch who had to retire with engine problems. But where is Rudolf on this photo? Probably receiving the winners’ cup from the hands of the King of Belgium. (text RB, photo’s courtesy Wilson Numan, Aunt Mia’s grand-nephew)
UPDATE: We received comments from Steve Lines and David Pryke both saying that the car is in fact a Mercedes W125, not a W25, which puts the date of the picture two years forward.

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