Grand Prix de Bruxelles
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The Grand Prix de Bruxelles (German: Grand Prix of Brussels ) was an automobile racing event that was held five times in the Belgian capital after the Second World War . Alternative names were Grand Prix de Vitesse de Bruxelles and Grand Prix Automobile de Bruxelles .
history
The Brussels Grand Prix has been advertised for different motor sport classes over the years, including Formula 1 in 1961 and 1962 . The Formula 1 races did not have world championship status . The racetracks were changing temporary courses in the wider city of Brussels, some of which were public roads. This included the multi-lane Avenue Leopold III in Schaerbeek . The world exhibition site at Heyselpark was included in the route three times .
The counting of the races is inconsistent. A sports car race that took place on June 16, 1946 is sometimes referred to as the first Brussels Grand Prix; according to other sources, this race was an edition of the Belgian Grand Prix for automobiles .
Not all of the Brussels Grand Prix took place as planned. The races advertised for Formula 3 in 1951 and 1963 were canceled at short notice.
Results
| Edition | date | class | route | winner | Second | Third | Pole position | Fastest race lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 21, 1949 | Formula 2 | Avenue Léopold III |
 Luigi Villoresi ( Ferrari )
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 Alexander Todd ( Veritas )
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 Émile Cornet ( Veritas )
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Luigi Villoresi ( Ferrari )
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 Bill Aston ( Cooper )
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| 1950 and 1951 | No Grand Prix de Bruxelles | |||||||
| 2 | May 11, 1952 | Formula 3 | Circuit de Bois de la Cambre | |||||
| 1953 to 1959 | No Grand Prix de Bruxelles | |||||||
| 3 | April 10, 1960 | Formula 2 | Circuit du Heysel |
 Jack Brabham ( Cooper )
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Stirling Moss ( Porsche )
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 Maurice Trintignant ( Cooper )
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 Joakim Bonnier ( Porsche )
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Stirling Moss ( Porsche )
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| 4th | April 9, 1961 | formula 1 |
Jack Brabham ( Cooper )
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 Bruce McLaren ( Cooper )
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Tony Marsh ( Lotus )
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Joakim Bonnier ( Porsche )
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John Surtees ( Cooper )
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| 5 | April 1, 1962 |
Willy Mairesse ( Ferrari )
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Joakim Bonnier ( Porsche )
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Innes Ireland ( Lotus )
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Jim Clark ( Lotus )
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Stirling Moss ( Lotus )
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literature
- Jean-Paul Delsaux: Grands Prix de Bruxelles et autres compétitions automobiles capitales
Web links
- Statistics from Formula 1 races without World Championship status on the website www.silhouet.com
- Statistics of the Formula 2 races from 1946 to 1984 on the website www.formula2.netwww.formula2.net
References and comments
- ↑ Historical overview on the website www.brusselsgrandprix.com ( Memento from December 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on November 26, 2015).
- ↑ www.ultimateracinghistory.com (accessed November 26, 2015).
- ↑ The 3rd Grand Prix de Bruxelles, scheduled for May 6, 1951, was announced for Formula 3. The race was canceled at short notice.