The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 1

Swiss Grand Prix

1951  ·  Circuit Bremgarten  ·  27 May 1951  ·  42 laps

  1. 1st Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo · 02:07:53.64
  2. 2nd Piero Taruffi Ferrari · +55.24
  3. 3rd Nino Farina Alfa Romeo · +1:19.310

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Juan Fangio

Alfa Romeo  —  Pole position

02 Lap 12

Luigi Villoresi

Retirement Ferrari  —  Accident

03 Lap 30

Henri Louveau

Retirement Talbot-Lago  —  Accident

04 Lap 36

Peter Whitehead

Retirement Ferrari  —  Accident

05 On the Charge

Louis Chiron

Maserati  —  P19 → P7

06 Victory

Juan Fangio

Alfa Romeo  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo 1 42 02:07:53.64 9
2 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 6 42 +55.24 6
3 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 2 42 +1:19.310 4
4 Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 4 41 +1 Lap 3
5 Toulo de Graffenried Alfa Romeo 5 40 +2 Laps 2
6 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 7 40 +2 Laps
7 Louis Chiron Maserati 19 40 +2 Laps
8 Stirling Moss HWM 14 40 +2 Laps
9 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 8 39 +3 Laps
10 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago 12 39 +3 Laps
11 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 10 39 +3 Laps
12 Harry Schell Maserati 17 38 +4 Laps
13 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago 18 35 +7 Laps
14 Guy Mairesse Talbot-Lago 21 31 +11 Laps
15 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 9 36 Accident
16 Henri Louveau Talbot-Lago 11 30 Accident
17 George Abecassis HWM 20 23 Magneto
18 Yves Cabantous Talbot-Lago 15 14 Ignition
19 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 3 12 Accident
20 José Froilán González Talbot-Lago 13 10 Oil pump
21 Peter Hirt Veritas 16 0 Fuel system

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