1939 Swiss Grand Prix
| 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 miles) | ||
| Distance | 30 laps, 218.40 km (135.71 miles) | ||
| 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 1939 Swiss Grand Prix was a motor race held at Bremgarten on 20 August 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. 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
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 |