Swiss Grand Prix 1935

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The Bremgarten circuit in its most traveled version
Location in the city area

The 2nd Swiss Grand Prix took place on August 25, 1935 on the Bremgarten circuit in Bremgarten near Bern . This year, the race once again only belonged to the Épreuves a priority category , but was still counted as a race for the 1935 European Grand Prix Championship and according to the provisions of the International Grand Prix racing formula (racing cars up to a maximum of 750 kg empty weight; 85 cm minimum width ; Race distance at least 500 km) over 70 laps of 7.280 km, which corresponded to a total distance of 509.60 km.

The winner was Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes-Benz W 25

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Although it was still not granted the privileges of a Grande Épreuve , the Swiss Grand Prix had already developed into one of the most important events in the annual Grand Prix calendar in its second year of existence. This may also be due to the up to then unique combination of the actual Grand Prix with an independent voiturette race, the Prix ​​de Berne , in the supporting program, which was won this year by the British youngster Richard Seaman on ERA . In addition, despite the increasingly tense international situation, there was still a generally friendly atmosphere in neutral Switzerland, in which the participants from all countries, whether works teams or private drivers, could feel equally welcome.

After the recent surprising defeat against Tazio Nuvolari in his Alfa Romeo Tipo B at the home race at the Nürburgring , the Mercedes-Benz team did not want to afford any further loss of face, and in order to avoid any doubts about the seriousness of the undertaking, the team was with them again a large contingent of no less than five of his impressive Silver Arrows for the three regular drivers Rudolf Caracciola , Luigi Fagioli and Manfred von Brauchitsch , who now also held the first three positions in the championship standings, as well as the reserve drivers Hanns Geier and Hermann Lang . Geier suffered serious injuries in an accident during training, which he barely survived and which meant the end of his career as a Grand Prix driver.

The two other works teams from Alfa Romeo  - as always represented by Scuderia Ferrari  - with Tazio Nuvolari , Louis Chiron and René Dreyfus and Auto Union with Hans Stuck , Achille Varzi and Bernd Rosemeyer each competed with the best line-up. The Bugatti team was against nothing to see far and wide, as well as for Maserati , the use of the new Grand Prix type Maserati V8 RI allowed to continue in coming.

Already based on the training times, which were used to determine the starting grid for the first time at the Swiss Grand Prix, it became clear that the Alfa Romeo could not play the role by far, as it did last on the twisty and technically demanding Nürburgring. Nuvolari couldn't get past a position on the third row of the grid, while the Auto Union team was able to really demonstrate the potential of their cars for the first time this season, placing all three cars in the top five.

However, Caracciola had the best start from the middle of the front row, who took the lead in his Mercedes-Benz ahead of the two Auto Union from Varzi and Stuck. While he continued to increase the gap to the pursuers in the following, Varzi already damaged his car in an evasive maneuver on the second lap, so that he could not keep up with the pace of the front but drove the race bravely to the end. The new runner-up was Stuck, who fought for this position with Caracciola's team mate Fagioli until he too was thrown back by a puncture on his Auto Union. Already in the eighth lap, Chiron had strayed off the track with his Alfa Romeo and was thrown out of the car on impact into the lane. His injuries later turned out to be not too severe under the circumstances, but he had to skip the following Italian Grand Prix because of it.

In the 13th lap it started to rain and after the German participants had switched to rain tires - so-called summer tires, i.e. tires with hand-cut transverse grooves, were not available to Alfa Romeo - the new order remained with Caracciola (Mercedes) before Rosemeyer (Auto Union), Fagioli (Mercedes) and Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo) unchanged for a long time. However, due to his tire advantage, Varzi eventually managed to overtake Nuvolari despite his battered car. When the scheduled refueling stops came about in the middle of the race, the better pit work at Mercedes was the decisive factor, so that Fagioli came back on the track just before Rosemeyer. Although the two were only a few seconds apart and the rain subsided after about 45 laps, there were no further changes of position, so that Caracciola ended the race with a never-endangered start-and-finish victory.

Results

Registration list

team No. driver chassis engine tires
Nazi stateNazi state Auto Union AG 02 Nazi stateNazi state Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union B Auto Union 5.0L V16 compressor C.
04th Nazi stateNazi state Hans Stuck
06th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Achille Varzi
Nazi stateNazi state Paul Pietsch
Nazi stateNazi state Daimler-Benz AG 08th Nazi stateNazi state Manfred von Brauchitsch Mercedes-Benz W 25B Mercedes-Benz M 25 B 4.0L I8 compressor C.
10 Nazi stateNazi state Rudolf Caracciola
12 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Luigi Fagioli
42 Nazi stateNazi state Hermann Lang
Nazi stateNazi state Hanns Geier
Third French RepublicThird French Republic Benoît Falchetto 14th Third French RepublicThird French Republic Benoît Falchetto Maserati 8CM Maserati 3.3L I8 compressor
Third French RepublicThird French Republic Raymond Summers 16 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Raymond Summers Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3 Alfa Romeo 3.2L I8 compressor
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Earl Howe 18th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Earl Howe Bugatti T59 Bugatti 3.3L I8 compressor D.
20th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brian Lewis Maserati 8CM Maserati 3.3L I8 compressor
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Gino Rovere 22nd Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Giuseppe Farina Maserati 6C-34 Maserati 3.7L I6 compressor P
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Franco Sardi 24 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Nando Barbieri Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3 Alfa Romeo 2.9L I8 compressor P
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Gruppo Genovese San Giorgio 26th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Renato Balestrero Maserati 26M Maserati 2.5L I8 compressor
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Scuderia Ferrari 28 MonacoMonaco Louis Chiron Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3 Alfa Romeo 3.2L I8 compressor E.
30th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) René Dreyfus
32 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Tazio Nuvolari
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Scuderia Subalpina 34 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Philippe Étancelin Maserati 6C-34 Maserati 3.7L I6 compressor
36 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Eugenio Siena Maserati 8CM Maserati 3.0L I8 compressor
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hans Ruesch 38 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hans Ruesch Maserati 6C-34 Maserati 3.7L I6 compressor
Hungary 1918Hungary László Hartmann 40 Hungary 1918Hungary László Hartmann Maserati 8CM Maserati 3.0L I8 compressor

Qualifying

Item driver constructor Qualification training begin
time Ø speed
01 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Achille Varzi Nazi stateNazi state Auto Union 2: 41.8 min 161.780 km / h 01
02 Nazi stateNazi state Rudolf Caracciola Nazi stateNazi state Mercedes Benz 2: 42.8 min 160.980 km / h 02
03 Nazi stateNazi state Hans Stuck Nazi stateNazi state Auto Union 2: 43.6 min 160,200 km / h 03
04th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Luigi Fagioli Nazi stateNazi state Mercedes Benz 2: 44.2 min 159.610 km / h 04th
05 Nazi stateNazi state Bernd Rosemeyer Nazi stateNazi state Auto Union 2: 45.3 min 158.550 km / h 05
06th Nazi stateNazi state Hermann Lang Nazi stateNazi state Mercedes Benz 2: 48.2 min 155.810 km / h 06th
07th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Tazio Nuvolari Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 2: 49.1 min 154.990 km / h 07th
08th Third French RepublicThird French Republic René Dreyfus Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 2: 50.2 min 153.980 km / h 08th
09 Nazi stateNazi state Manfred von Brauchitsch Nazi stateNazi state Mercedes Benz 2: 50.8 min 153.440 km / h 09
10 MonacoMonaco Louis Chiron Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 2: 51.8 min 152.550 km / h 10
11 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Giuseppe Farina Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Maserati 3: 06.0 min 140.900 km / h 11
12 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Earl Howe Third French RepublicThird French Republic Bugatti 3: 07.0 min 140.150 km / h 12
13 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Philippe Étancelin Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Maserati 3: 07.1 min 140.070 km / h 13
14th Hungary 1918Hungary László Hartmann Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Maserati 3: 25.6 min 127.470 km / h 13
15th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brian Lewis Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Maserati 3: 28.8 min 126.0 min km / h 15th
16 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Raymond Summers Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 3: 31.8 min 123.740 km / h 16
17th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Renato Balestrero Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Maserati 3: 37.3 min 120.610 km / h 17th
18th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Nando Barbieri Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 3: 45.2 min 116.380 km / h 18th

Race result

Item driver constructor Round Stops time begin Fastest lap Failure reason
01 Nazi stateNazi state Rudolf Caracciola Nazi stateNazi state Mercedes Benz 70 1 3: 31: 12.2 h 2 2: 44.4 min
02 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Luigi Fagioli Nazi stateNazi state Mercedes Benz 70 1 + 35.9 s 4th
03 Nazi stateNazi state Bernd Rosemeyer Nazi stateNazi state Auto Union 70 1 +1: 07.8 min 5
04th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Achille Varzi Nazi stateNazi state Auto Union 69 1 + 1 lap 1
05 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Tazio Nuvolari Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 68 + 2 rounds 7th
06th Nazi stateNazi state Hermann Lang Nazi stateNazi state Mercedes Benz 67 + 3 rounds 6th
07th Third French RepublicThird French Republic René Dreyfus Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 66 + 4 rounds 8th
08th Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Giuseppe Farina Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Maserati 64 + 6 rounds 11
09 Third French RepublicThird French Republic Raymond Summers Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 63 + 7 rounds 16
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Earl Howe Third French RepublicThird French Republic Bugatti 60 + 10 rounds 12
11 Nazi stateNazi state Hans Stuck Paul Pietsch
Nazi stateNazi state 
Nazi stateNazi state Auto Union 57 + 13 rounds 3
12 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Renato Balestrero Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Maserati 53 + 17 rounds 17th
- Hungary 1918Hungary László Hartmann Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Maserati 25th DNF 14th Gearbox damage
- Nazi stateNazi state Manfred von Brauchitsch Nazi stateNazi state Mercedes Benz 13 DNF 9 Engine failure
- MonacoMonaco Louis Chiron Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 7th DNF 10 accident
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brian Lewis Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Maserati 3 DNF 15th Failure after turning
- Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Nando Barbieri Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Alfa Romeo 2 DNF 18th defective spark plugs
- Third French RepublicThird French Republic Philippe Étancelin Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Maserati 1 DNF 13 accident

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