1948 Swiss Grand Prix

1948 Swiss Grand Prix
1948 Swiss Grand Prix
Race details
Date	4 July 1948
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	Jean-Pierre Wimille;
Time	2:54.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Jean-Pierre Wimille
Time	2:51.0
Podium
First	Carlo Felice Trossi;
Second	Jean-Pierre Wimille;
Third	Luigi Villoresi;

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.

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	38	+ 2 laps	8
7	8	Charles Pozzi	Talbot-Lago	37	+ 3 laps	10
8	54	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago	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	23	Drive shaft	9
Ret	52	B. Bira	Maserati 4CL	10	Gearbox	16
Ret	18	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	10	Oil leak	14
Ret	48	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati 4CL	10	Collision	13
Ret	36	Gianfranco Comotti	Talbot-Lago	7	Oil leak	19
Ret	10	Raymond Sommer	Gordini	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
DNS	28	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo 158		Fatal accident

References[]

^ "1948 Grands Prix". GEL Motorsport Information. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
^ "04-07-1948 • Grosser Preis der Schweiz • Bern". F1-Images.de. Retrieved 2010-08-02. (German)
^ "VIII Grand Prix de Suisse • STATS F1".

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[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] "VIII Grand Prix de Suisse • STATS F1".

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