1935 Swiss Grand Prix | |||
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Race 5 of 7 in the 1935 European Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 25 August 1935 | ||
Official name | II Großer Preis der Schweiz | ||
Location | Bremgarten Bern, Switzerland | ||
Course | Road course | ||
Course length | 7.28 km (4.52 miles) | ||
Distance | 70 laps, 509.60 km (316.65 miles) | ||
Weather | Heavy rain | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Auto Union | ||
Time | 2:41.8 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Rudolf Caracciola | Mercedes-Benz | |
Time | 2:44.4 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Mercedes-Benz | ||
Second | Mercedes-Benz | ||
Third | Auto Union |
The 1935 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Bremgarten on 25 August 1935.
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 10 | Rudolf Caracciola | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25 | 70 | 3:31:12.2 | 2 | 1 |
2 | 12 | Luigi Fagioli | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25 | 70 | +35.9 | 4 | 2 |
3 | 2 | Bernd Rosemeyer | Auto Union | Auto Union B | 70 | +1:07.8 | 5 | 3 |
4 | 6 | Achille Varzi | Auto Union | Auto Union B | 69 | +1 Lap | 1 | 4 |
5 | 32 | Tazio Nuvolari | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 68 | +2 Laps | 7 | 4 |
6 | 42 | Hermann Lang | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25 | 67 | +3 Laps | 6 | 4 |
7 | 30 | René Dreyfus | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 66 | +4 Laps | 8 | 4 |
8 | 22 | Giuseppe Farina | Gino Rovere | Maserati 6C-34 | 64 | +6 Laps | 11 | 4 |
9 | 16 | Raymond Sommer | Private entry | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 63 | +7 Laps | 16 | 4 |
10 | 18 | Earl Howe | Earl Howe | Bugatti T59 | 60 | +10 Laps | 12 | 4 |
11 | 4 | Hans Stuck | Auto Union | Auto Union B | 57 | +13 Laps | 3 | 4 |
Paul Pietsch | n/a | |||||||
12 | 26 | Renato Balestrero | Gruppo San Giorgio | Maserati 26M | 53 | +17 Laps | 17 | 4 |
Ret | 40 | László Hartmann | Private entry | Maserati 8CM | 24 | Accident | 14 | 6 |
Ret | 24 | Ferdinando Barbieri | Franco Sardi | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 15 | Spark plugs | 18 | 7 |
Ret | 8 | Manfred von Brauchitsch | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25 | 14 | Engine | 9 | 7 |
Ret | 28 | Louis Chiron | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 7 | Accident | 10 | 7 |
Ret | 20 | Brian Lewis | Earl Howe | Maserati 8CM | 3 | Mechanical | 15 | 7 |
Ret | 34 | Philippe Étancelin | Scuderia Subalpina | Maserati 6C-34 | 0 | Accident | 13 | 7 |
DNS | Hanns Geier | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25 | Practice accident | 8 |
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