1948 Swiss Grand Prix

The 1948 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Circuit Bremgarten, near Bern, on 4 July 1948.[1][2] Despite racing for nearly two hours, at the finishing line Frenchman Jean-Pierre Wimille was only 0.2 seconds behind the race winner, the Italian driver Carlo Felice Trossi.[3] Trossi's compatriot Luigi Villoresi finished over two and a half minutes behind the pair, in third place. Pre-World War II star driver Achille Varzi was killed when he crashed during practice, and the wealthy Swiss privateer Christian Kautz died in an accident during the race.

1948 Swiss Grand Prix
Race details
Date 4 June 1948 (1948-06-04)
Official name Grand Prix d'Europe
Location Bern
Course Circuit Bremgarten
Course length 7.262 km (4.512 mi)
Distance 40 laps, 290.48 km (180.50 mi)
Pole position
Driver Alfa Romeo
Time 2:54.2
Fastest lap
Driver Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Romeo
Time 2:51.0
Podium
First Alfa Romeo
Second Alfa Romeo
Third Maserati

Classification

Pos. No. Driver Car Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 26 Carlo Felice Trossi Alfa Romeo 158 40 1:59:17.3 4
2 30 Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Romeo 158 40 + 0.2 s 1
3 34 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CLT/48 40 + 2:37.3 3
4 56 Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 158 39 + 1 lap 6
5 32 Alberto Ascari Maserati 4CLT/48 39 + 1 lap 5
6 4 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago T26 38 + 2 laps 8
7 8 Charles Pozzi Talbot-Lago T26SS 37 + 3 laps 10
8 54 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago T150C 36 + 4 laps 20
9 42 Igor Troubetzkoy Ferrari 166SC 35 + 5 laps 18
Ret 40 Clemente Biondetti Ferrari 166C 31 Overheating 15
Ret 46 Luigi Fagioli Maserati 4CL 28 Engine 17
Ret 38 Giuseppe Farina Maserati 4CLT 28 Engine 2
Ret 24 Raymond Mays ERA B-Type 23 Drive shaft 9
Ret 52 B. Bira Maserati 4CL 10 Gearbox 16
Ret 18 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C 10 Oil leak 14
Ret 48 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CL 10 Collision 13
Ret 36 Gianfranco Comotti Talbot-Lago T26C 7 Oil leak 19
Ret 10 Raymond Sommer Gordini T15 5 Engine 7
Ret 20 George Abecassis Alta GP 4 Accident 12
Ret 50 Christian Kautz Maserati 4CL 2 Fatal accident 11
DNQ 44 Clemar Bucci Maserati 4CL
DNQ 22 Bob Gerard ERA B-Type
DNS 28 Achille Varzi Alfa Romeo 158 Fatal accident

References

  1. "1948 Grands Prix". GEL Motorsport Information. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  2. "04-07-1948 • Grosser Preis der Schweiz • Bern". F1-Images.de. Retrieved 2010-08-02. (German)
  3. http://www.statsf1.com/en/1948-hc/grand-prix-32.aspx
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