1939 Swiss Grand Prix

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  1939 Swiss Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 4 in the 1939 European Championship
Date	August 20, 1939
Official name	VI Großer Preis der Schweiz
Location	Bremgarten Bern, Switzerland
Course	Road course 4.52 mi / 7.28 km
Distance	30 laps, 135.71 mi / 218.40 km
Weather	Rain
Pole position
Driver	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz
Grid positions set by heat results
Fastest lap
Driver	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz
Time	2:38.4
Podium
First	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz
Second	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz
Third	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz

Results from the 1939 Swiss Grand Prix held at Bremgarten on August 20, 1939.

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.

Contents 1 Classification 1.1 Final 1.2 Grand Prix heat 1.3 Voiturette heat

[edit] Classification

[edit] Final

Voiturette cars are denoted by a pink background

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Hermann Lang	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	30	1:24:47.6	1	1
2	14	Rudolf Caracciola	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	30	+3.1	2	2
3	10	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	30	+1:09.9	3	3
4	4	Hermann Paul Müller	Auto Union	Auto Union D	30	+2:13.7	9	4
5	6	Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union	Auto Union D	30	+2:25.0	4	4
6	12	Hans Hartmann	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	29	+1 Lap	5	4
7	64	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 158	29	+1 Lap	6	4
8	28	René Dreyfus	Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell	Maserati 8CTF	28	+2 Laps	13	4
9	66	Clemente Biondetti	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 158	28	+2 Laps	8	4
10	8	Hans Stuck	Auto Union	Auto Union D	28	+2 Laps	7	4
11	32	Kenneth Evans	Private entry	Alfa Romeo Tipo B	27	+3 Laps	16	4
12	54	John Wakefield	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	26	+4 Laps	11	4
13	48	Robert Ansell	Private entry	ERA B	25	+5 Laps	15	4
Ret	72	Toulo de Graffenried	Private entry	Maserati 6C-34	22		17	5
Ret	2	Rudolf Hasse	Auto Union	Auto Union D	20	Lubrication	10	5
Ret	40	Paul Pietsch	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	7		14	7
Ret	60	Giovanni Rocco	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	3		12	7

[edit] Grand Prix heat

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Grid
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	?

[edit] Voiturette heat

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
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

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