1939 Swiss Grand Prix
1939 Swiss Grand Prix | |||
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Race 4 of 4 in the 1939 European Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 20 August 1939 | ||
Official name | VI Großer Preis der Schweiz | ||
Location |
Bremgarten Bern, Switzerland | ||
Course | Road course | ||
Course length | 7.28 km (4.52 miles) | ||
Distance | 30 laps, 218.40 km (135.71 miles) | ||
Weather | Rain | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Mercedes-Benz | ||
Grid positions set by heat results | |||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Hermann Lang | Mercedes-Benz | |
Time | 2:38.4 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Mercedes-Benz | ||
Second | Mercedes-Benz | ||
Third | Mercedes-Benz |
The 1939 Swiss Grand Prix was a motor race held at Bremgarten on 20 August 1939.[1]
The Grand Prix was run as a combined event for Grand Prix cars and Voiturettes. Each class had a heat with the best from each going through to a combined final. This was the last victory for a German driver driving a German car until Nico Rosberg's victory at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix.
Classification
Final
Voiturette cars are denoted by a pink background
Grand Prix heat
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Grid |
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1 | 16 | Hermann Lang | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 1 |
2 | 14 | Rudolf Caracciola | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 3 |
3 | 10 | Manfred von Brauchitsch | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 2 |
4 | 6 | Tazio Nuvolari | Auto Union | Auto Union D | 5 |
5 | 12 | Hans Hartmann | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W154 | 8 |
6 | 8 | Hans Stuck | Auto Union | Auto Union D | 4 |
7 | 4 | Hermann Paul Müller | Auto Union | Auto Union D | 7 |
8 | 2 | Rudolf Hasse | Auto Union | Auto Union D | 6 |
9 | 28 | René Dreyfus | Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell | Maserati 8CTF | 9 |
10 | 32 | Kenneth Evans | Private entry | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 11 |
11 | 72 | Toulo de Graffenried | Private entry | Maserati 6C-34 | 10 |
12 | 18 | Robert Mazaud | Private entry | Delahaye T135CS | 12 |
Ret | 24 | Max Christen | Private entry | Maserati 26B | 13 |
Ret | 30 | "Raph" | Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell | Maserati 6C-34 | ? |
Voiturette heat
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
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1 | 64 | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo 158 | 20 | 56:28.0 | 1 |
2 | 66 | Clemente Biondetti | Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo 158 | 20 | +37.0 | 5 |
3 | 54 | John Wakefield | Private entry | Maserati 4CL | 20 | +1:08.9 | 4 |
4 | 60 | Giovanni Rocco | Private entry | Maserati 4CL | 20 | +1:46.9 | 2 |
5 | 40 | Paul Pietsch | Private entry | Maserati 4CL | 19 | +1 Lap | 3 |
6 | 48 | Robert Ansell | Private entry | ERA B | 19 | +1 Lap | 8 |
7 | 44 | Leonhard Joa | Süddeutsche Renngemeinschaft | Maserati | 7 | ||
8 | 50 | Allen Pollock | Private entry | ERA A | 6 | ||
Ret | 56 | Guido Barbieri | Private entry | Maserati | 10 | ||
Ret | 46 | Marc Horvilleur | Private entry | Maserati 6CM | 9 |
References
- ^ "1939 Swiss Grand Prix". Motor Sport magazine. Retrieved 1 November 2024.