1951 Swiss Grand Prix

  1951 Swiss Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 8 in the 1951 Formula One season
Circuit Bremgarten track layout
Date	May 27, 1951
Official name	XI Großer Preis der Schweiz
Location	Bremgarten, Bern, Switzerland
Course	Motorcycle track 7.28 km (4.524 mi)
Distance	42 laps, 305.760 km (190.008 mi)
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	Ferrari
Third	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo

The 1951 Swiss Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Bremgarten on May 27, 1951. It was the first round of the 1951 World Drivers' Championship. The race saw the Formula One debut of British driver Stirling Moss.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	24	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2:35.9	-
2	22	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	2:37.8	+ 1.9
3	18	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	2:39.3	+ 3.4
4	28	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	2:40.3	+ 4.4
5	26	Toulo de Graffenried	Alfa Romeo	2:41.8	+ 5.9
6	44	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	2:45.2	+ 9.3
7	20	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	2:46.0	+ 10.1
8	8	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	2:52.7	+ 16.8
9	16	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	2:52.9	+ 17.0
10	38	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	2:54.1	+ 18.2
11	10	Henri Louveau	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	2:56.2	+ 20.3
12	4	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	2:57.3	+ 21.4
13	42	José Froilán González	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	2:57.3	+ 21.4
14	14	Stirling Moss	HWM-Alta	2:58.4	+ 22.5
15	6	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	3:00.3	+ 24.4
16	52	Peter Hirt	Veritas	3:01.6	+ 25.7
17	32	Harry Schell	Maserati	3:02.4	+ 26.5
18	2	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	3:02.5	+ 26.6
19	30	Louis Chiron	Maserati	3:03.8	+ 27.9
20	12	George Abecassis	HWM-Alta	3:05.1	+ 29.2
21	40	Guy Mairesse	Talbot-Lago-Talbot	3:12.0	+ 36.1

Race

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 Étancelin	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

Drivers' Championship standings after the race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	9
2	Piero Taruffi	6
3	Nino Farina	4
4	Consalvo Sanesi	3
5	Toulo de Graffenried	2

• Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 4 results counted toward the Championship.

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1951/572/. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 

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