Swiss Grand Prix

Date
Sun 27th May 1951 (UTC)
Sun 27th May 1951 (Local)

Timestamp
1951-05-27T13:00:00

Time

13:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1951

Round
1

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Location
Circuit Bremgarten

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The 1951 Swiss Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 27 May 1951 in Bern. The race was contested over 42 laps of the Bremgarten Circuit with it also being the opening race of the 1951 World Championship of Drivers. The race was the eleventh time that the Swiss Grand Prix was held with all of the races being held at Bremgarten.

After claiming pole position for the race, Argentine driver, Juan Manuel Fangio would go on win the race by 55 seconds over Italian driver, Piero Taruffi who drove for Ferrari. Fellow Italian driver, Nino Farina rounded out the podium in the second Alfa Romeo car.

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Result List

Result Description
1 Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 2:35.9
2 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 2:37.8
3 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 2:39.3
4 Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 2:40.3
5 Toulo de Graffenried Alfa Romeo 2:41.8
6 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 2:45.2
7 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2:46.0
8 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago-Talbot 2:52.7
9 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 2:52.9
10 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 2:54.1

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