1939 Swiss Grand Prix

The 1939 Swiss Grand Prix was a motor race held at Bremgarten on 20 August 1939.

1939 Swiss Grand Prix
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 mi)
Distance 30 laps, 218.40 km (135.71 mi)
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 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

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 Écurie 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

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 ?

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
Grand Prix Race
Previous race:
1939 German Grand Prix		 1939 Grand Prix season
Grandes Épreuves		 Next race:
1946 René le Bègue Cup
(post-war)
Previous race:
1938 Swiss Grand Prix		 Swiss Grand Prix Next race:
1947 Swiss Grand Prix
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