Season 1951 · Round 1

Swiss Grand Prix

1951 Season R2 →
1951-05-27 · Circuit Bremgarten · Switzerland · Swiss Grand Prix · 42Lap · 305.760km
22 Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo 2:07:53.640
Team win 18pt P1 · P3 · P4 · P5 1-3
8 Piero Taruffi
Ferrari +55.240
20 Nino Farina
Alfa Romeo +1:19.310
Fastest Lap
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DNF
7
Peter Whitehead L36 Henri Louveau L30 George Abecassis L23 Yves Cabantous L14 Luigi Villoresi L12 José Froilán González L10 Peter Hirt L0
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Closest finish · all-time P31
Circuit Info
Circuit Bremgarten Bern, Switzerland
42Lap 305.760km 5 races held (1950–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Juan Fangio 2 wins · GP #1
P2 Alberto Ascari 1 wins · → Juan Fangio -1
P2 Nino Farina 1 wins · → Juan Fangio -1
Podiums
P1 Nino Farina 3 · GP #1
P2 Juan Fangio 2 · → Nino Farina -1
P2 Piero Taruffi 2 · → Nino Farina -1
Starts
P1 Juan Fangio 4 starts · GP #1
P1 Nino Farina 4 starts · GP #1
P1 Louis Rosier 4 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L42 Fangio · P1 → P1 1 Fangio FAN 1 Fangio FAN Taruffi · P6 → P2 · +4 6 Taruffi TAR 2 Taruffi TAR Farina · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Farina FAR 3 Farina FAR Sanesi · P4 → P4 4 Sanesi SAN 4 Sanesi SAN de Graffenried · P5 → P5 5 de Graffenried DE 5 de Graffenried DE Ascari · P7 → P6 · +1 7 Ascari ASC 6 Ascari ASC Chiron · P19 → P7 · +12 19 Chiron CHI 7 Chiron CHI Moss · P14 → P8 · +6 14 Moss MOS 8 Moss MOS Rosier · P8 → P9 · -1 8 Rosier ROS 9 Rosier ROS Étancelin · P12 → P10 · +2 12 Étancelin ÉTA 10 Étancelin ÉTA Fischer · P10 → P11 · -1 10 Fischer FIS 11 Fischer FIS Schell · P17 → P12 · +5 17 Schell SCH 12 Schell SCH Claes · P18 → P13 · +5 18 Claes CLA 13 Claes CLA Mairesse · P21 → P14 · +7 21 Mairesse MAI 14 Mairesse MAI Whitehead · P9 → retired L36 Whitehead · retired L36 9 Whitehead WHI R Whitehead WHI Louveau · P11 → retired L30 Louveau · retired L30 11 Louveau LOU R Louveau LOU Abecassis · P20 → retired L23 Abecassis · retired L23 20 Abecassis ABE R Abecassis ABE Cabantous · P15 → retired L14 Cabantous · retired L14 15 Cabantous CAB R Cabantous CAB Villoresi · P3 → retired L12 Villoresi · retired L12 3 Villoresi VIL R Villoresi VIL González · P13 → retired L10 González · retired L10 13 González GON R González GON Hirt · P16 → retired L0 Hirt · retired L0 16 Hirt HIR R Hirt HIR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 22 Juan Fangio Alfa Romeo 1 42 2:07:53.640 9
2 8 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 6 42 +55.240 6
3 20 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 2 42 +1:19.310 4
4 3 Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 4 41 +1 Lap 3
5 26 Toulo de Graffenried Alfa Romeo 5 40 +2 Laps 2
6 2 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 7 40 +2 Laps
7 30 Louis Chiron Maserati 19 40 +2 Laps
8 14 Stirling Moss HWM 14 40 +2 Laps
9 28 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 8 39 +3 Laps
10 34 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago 12 39 +3 Laps
11 91 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 10 39 +3 Laps
12 20 Harry Schell Maserati 17 38 +4 Laps
13 36 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago 18 35 +7 Laps
14 48 Guy Mairesse Talbot-Lago 21 31 +11 Laps
R 16 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 9 36 Accident
R 10 Henri Louveau Talbot-Lago 11 30 Accident
R 12 George Abecassis HWM 20 23 Magneto
R 32 Yves Cabantous Talbot-Lago 15 14 Ignition
R 4 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 3 12 Accident
R 6 José Froilán González Talbot-Lago 13 10 Oil pump
R 52 Peter Hirt Veritas 16 0 Fuel system
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
22 Juan Fangio
2
20 Nino Farina
3
4 Luigi Villoresi
4
3 Consalvo Sanesi
5
26 Toulo de Graffenried
6
8 Piero Taruffi
7
2 Alberto Ascari
8
28 Louis Rosier
9
16 Peter Whitehead
10
91 Rudi Fischer
11
10 Henri Louveau
12
34 Philippe Étancelin
13
6 José Froilán González
14
14 Stirling Moss
15
32 Yves Cabantous
16
52 Peter Hirt
17
20 Harry Schell
18
36 Johnny Claes
19
30 Louis Chiron
20
12 George Abecassis
21
48 Guy Mairesse
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15