1951 Swiss Grand Prix

**1951 Swiss Grand Prix**
Race details
Race 1 of 8 in the 1951 Formula One season.
Circuit Bremagrten track layout
Date	May 27, 1951
Official name	XI Großer Preis der Schweiz
Location	Bremgarten, Bern, Switzerland
Course	Motorcycle track 4.524 mi / 7.28 km
Distance	42 laps, 190.008 mi / 305.760 km
Weather	Overcast, rain
Pole position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
Time	2:35:9
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
Time	2:51.1
Podium
First	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
Second	Piero Taruffi	Scuderia Ferrari
Third	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	42	2:07:53.64	1	9
2	44	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	42	+ 55.24	6	6
3	22	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	42	+ 1:19.31	2	4
4	28	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	41	+ 1 Lap	4	3
5	26	Toulo de Graffenried	Alfa Romeo	40	+ 2 Laps	5	2
6	20	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	40	+ 2 Laps	7
7	30	Louis Chiron	Maserati	40	+ 2 Laps	19
8	14	Stirling Moss	HWM-Alta	40	+ 2 Laps	14
9	8	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	39	+ 3 Laps	8
10	4	Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	39	+ 3 Laps	12
11	38	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	39	+ 3 Laps	10
12	32	Harry Schell	Maserati	38	+ 4 Laps	17
13	2	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	35	+ 7 Laps	18
14	40	Guy Mairesse	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	31	+ 11 Laps	21
Ret	16	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	36	Accident	9
Ret	10	Henri Louveau	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	30	Accident	11
Ret	12	George Abecassis	HWM-Alta	23	Magneto	20
Ret	6	Yves Giraud Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	14	Ignition	15
Ret	18	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	12	Accident	3
Ret	42	José Froilán González	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	10	Oil pump	13
Ret	52	Peter Hirt	Veritas	0	Fuel System	16

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from The Official Formula 1 website. Retrieved on 2007-06-05.

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