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In its second season the W25 was fully proven and raced as part of a team that was at last operating as a team, driven by two absolute aces in Rudy Caracciola and Luigi Fagioli.<\/p>\n<p>Caught napping by the Germans, who had been quicker to see the potential of the new rules, Alfa Romeo and Maserati introduced new and faster cars in 1935 that threatened to be sterner rivals in 1936. And the meteoric Bernd Rosemeyer was displaying uncommon skill at the wheel of his Auto Union. 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