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	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz
Grid positions set by heat results
Fastest lap
Driver	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz
Time	2:38.4
Podium
First	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz
Second	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz
Third	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz

The 1939 Swiss Grand Prix was a motor race held at Bremgarten on 20 August 1939. ^[1]

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

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Hermann Lang	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	30	1:24:47.6	1	1
2	14	Rudolf Caracciola	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	30	+3.1	2	2
3	10	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	30	+1:09.9	3	3
4	4	Hermann Paul Müller	Auto Union	Auto Union D	30	+2:13.7	9	4
5	6	Tazio Nuvolari	Auto Union	Auto Union D	30	+2:25.0	4	4
6	12	Hans Hartmann	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W154	29	+1 Lap	5	4
7	64	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 158	29	+1 Lap	6	4
8	28	René Dreyfus	Écurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell	Maserati 8CTF	28	+2 Laps	13	4
9	66	Clemente Biondetti	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 158	28	+2 Laps	8	4
10	8	Hans Stuck	Auto Union	Auto Union D	28	+2 Laps	7	4
11	32	Kenneth Evans	Private entry	Alfa Romeo Tipo B	27	+3 Laps	16	4
12	54	John Wakefield	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	26	+4 Laps	11	4
13	48	Robert Ansell	Private entry	ERA B	25	+5 Laps	15	4
Ret	72	Toulo de Graffenried	Private entry	Maserati 6C-34	22		17	5
Ret	2	Rudolf Hasse	Auto Union	Auto Union D	20	Lubrication	10	5
Ret	40	Paul Pietsch	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	7		14	7
Ret	60	Giovanni Rocco	Private entry	Maserati 4CL	3		12	7

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

Grand Prix Race
Previous race: 1939 German Grand Prix	1939 Grand Prix season Grandes Épreuves	Next race: 1947 Swiss Grand Prix (post-war)
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References

1. "1939 Swiss Grand Prix". Motor Sport magazine. Retrieved 1 November 2024.