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Race · Round 1 of 8 ·

1951 Swiss Grand Prix

Juan Manuel Fangio won for Alfa Romeo from pole at Bremgarten. 7 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Piero Taruffi. With this win, Juan Manuel Fangio set a new record of 4 championship Grand Prix wins.

Circuit
BremgartenBern, Switzerland
Winner
Juan Manuel FangioAlfa Romeo
Entries
2114 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Juan Manuel FangioAlfa Romeo159142Finished9fastest lap
2Piero TaruffiFerrari375642Finished6
3Giuseppe 'Nino' FarinaAlfa Romeo159242Finished4
4Consalvo SanesiAlfa Romeo159441Finished3
5Emmanuel de GraffenriedAlfa Romeo159540Finished2
6Alberto AscariFerrari375740Finished0
7Louis ChironMaserati4CLT/481940Finished0
8Sir Stirling MossHWM511440Finished0
9Louis RosierTalbot-LagoT26C839Finished0
10Philippe ÉtancelinTalbot-LagoT26C1239Finished0
11Rudi FischerFerrari2121039Finished0
12Harry SchellMaserati4CLT/481738Finished0
13Johnny ClaesTalbot-LagoT26C1835Finished0
14Guy MairesseTalbot-LagoT26C2131Finished0
DNFPeter WhiteheadFerrari125936Accident0
DNFHenri LouveauTalbot-LagoT26C1130Accident0
DNFGeorge AbecassisHWM512023Magneto0
DNFYves Giraud-CabantousTalbot-LagoT26C1514Ignition0
DNFLuigi VilloresiFerrari375312Accident0
DNFJose Froilan GonzalezTalbot-LagoT26C1310Oil pump0
DNFPeter HirtVeritasMeteor160Fuel system0
F1DB layout bremgarten-1 · 7.28 km · 13 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

0510152025303540Laps completedGridResult11Juan Manuel Fangio62Piero Taruffi23Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina44Consalvo Sanesi55Emmanuel de Graffenried76Alberto Ascari197Louis Chiron148Sir Stirling Moss89Louis Rosier1210Philippe Étancelin1011Rudi Fischer1712Harry Schell1813Johnny Claes2114Guy Mairesse9DNFPeter Whitehead11DNFHenri Louveau20DNFGeorge Abecassis15DNFYves Giraud-Cabantous3DNFLuigi Villoresi13DNFJose Froilan Gonzalez16DNFPeter Hirt

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
DriverGridResultLaps
Juan Manuel Fangio1142
Piero Taruffi6242
Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina2342
Consalvo Sanesi4441
Emmanuel de Graffenried5540
Alberto Ascari7640
Louis Chiron19740
Sir Stirling Moss14840
Louis Rosier8939
Philippe Étancelin121039
Rudi Fischer101139
Harry Schell171238
Johnny Claes181335
Guy Mairesse211431
Peter Whitehead9DNF36
Henri Louveau11DNF30
George Abecassis20DNF23
Yves Giraud-Cabantous15DNF14
Luigi Villoresi3DNF12
Jose Froilan Gonzalez13DNF10
Peter Hirt16DNF0

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGapInterval
1Juan Manuel FangioAlfa Romeo242:35.900——
2Giuseppe 'Nino' FarinaAlfa Romeo222:37.800+1.900+1.900
3Luigi VilloresiFerrari182:39.300+3.400+1.500
4Consalvo SanesiAlfa Romeo282:40.300+4.400+1.000
5Emmanuel de GraffenriedAlfa Romeo262:41.800+5.900+1.500
6Piero TaruffiFerrari442:45.200+9.300+3.400
7Alberto AscariFerrari202:46.000+10.100+0.800
8Louis RosierTalbot-Lago82:52.700+16.800+6.700
9Peter WhiteheadFerrari162:52.900+17.000+0.200
10Rudi FischerFerrari382:54.100+18.200+1.200
11Henri LouveauTalbot-Lago102:56.200+20.300+2.100
12Philippe ÉtancelinTalbot-Lago42:57.300+21.400+1.100
13Jose Froilan GonzalezTalbot-Lago422:57.300+21.400+0.000
14Sir Stirling MossHWM142:58.400+22.500+1.100
15Yves Giraud-CabantousTalbot-Lago63:00.300+24.400+1.900
16Peter HirtVeritas523:01.600+25.700+1.300
17Harry SchellMaserati323:02.400+26.500+0.800
18Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago23:02.500+26.600+0.100
19Louis ChironMaserati303:03.100+27.200+0.600
20George AbecassisHWM123:03.800+27.900+0.700
21Guy MairesseTalbot-Lago403:12.000+36.100+8.200
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta
Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta
Alfa-Romeo-159-(1951) · Lennart Coopmans · CC BY-SA 2.5
Ferrari 375 F1
Ferrari 375 F1
Ferrari 375 F1 noBG · János Korom Dr. >11 Million views from Wien, Austria · CC BY-SA 4.0

Where this comes from

Round
1 of 1951
Grand Prix
Swiss Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
—
Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
Alfa Romeo
Entrant
Alfa Romeo
Confidence
reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.