Swiss Grand Prix 1935
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 |
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Auto Union AG | 2 | Bernd Rosemeyer | Auto Union B | Auto Union 5.0L V16 compressor | C. |
4th | Hans Stuck | ||||
6th | Achille Varzi | ||||
Paul Pietsch | |||||
Daimler-Benz AG | 8th | Manfred von Brauchitsch | Mercedes-Benz W 25B | Mercedes-Benz M 25 B 4.0L I8 compressor | C. |
10 | Rudolf Caracciola | ||||
12 | Luigi Fagioli | ||||
42 | Hermann Lang | ||||
Hanns Geier | |||||
Benoît Falchetto | 14th | Benoît Falchetto | Maserati 8CM | Maserati 3.3L I8 compressor | |
Raymond Summers | 16 | Raymond Summers | Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3 | Alfa Romeo 3.2L I8 compressor | |
Earl Howe | 18th | Earl Howe | Bugatti T59 | Bugatti 3.3L I8 compressor | D. |
20th | Brian Lewis | Maserati 8CM | Maserati 3.3L I8 compressor | ||
Gino Rovere | 22nd | Giuseppe Farina | Maserati 6C-34 | Maserati 3.7L I6 compressor | P |
Franco Sardi | 24 | Nando Barbieri | Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3 | Alfa Romeo 2.9L I8 compressor | P |
Gruppo Genovese San Giorgio | 26th | Renato Balestrero | Maserati 26M | Maserati 2.5L I8 compressor | |
Scuderia Ferrari | 28 | Louis Chiron | Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3 | Alfa Romeo 3.2L I8 compressor | E. |
30th | René Dreyfus | ||||
32 | Tazio Nuvolari | ||||
Scuderia Subalpina | 34 | Philippe Étancelin | Maserati 6C-34 | Maserati 3.7L I6 compressor | |
36 | Eugenio Siena | Maserati 8CM | Maserati 3.0L I8 compressor | ||
Hans Ruesch | 38 | Hans Ruesch | Maserati 6C-34 | Maserati 3.7L I6 compressor | |
László Hartmann | 40 | László Hartmann | Maserati 8CM | Maserati 3.0L I8 compressor |
Qualifying
Item | driver | constructor | Qualification training | begin | |
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time | Ø speed | ||||
1 | Achille Varzi | Auto Union | 2: 41.8 min | 161.780 km / h | 1 |
2 | Rudolf Caracciola | Mercedes Benz | 2: 42.8 min | 160.980 km / h | 2 |
3 | Hans Stuck | Auto Union | 2: 43.6 min | 160,200 km / h | 3 |
4th | Luigi Fagioli | Mercedes Benz | 2: 44.2 min | 159.610 km / h | 4th |
5 | Bernd Rosemeyer | Auto Union | 2: 45.3 min | 158.550 km / h | 5 |
6th | Hermann Lang | Mercedes Benz | 2: 48.2 min | 155.810 km / h | 6th |
7th | Tazio Nuvolari | Alfa Romeo | 2: 49.1 min | 154.990 km / h | 7th |
8th | René Dreyfus | Alfa Romeo | 2: 50.2 min | 153.980 km / h | 8th |
9 | Manfred von Brauchitsch | Mercedes Benz | 2: 50.8 min | 153.440 km / h | 9 |
10 | Louis Chiron | Alfa Romeo | 2: 51.8 min | 152.550 km / h | 10 |
11 | Giuseppe Farina | Maserati | 3: 06.0 min | 140.900 km / h | 11 |
12 | Earl Howe | Bugatti | 3: 07.0 min | 140.150 km / h | 12 |
13 | Philippe Étancelin | Maserati | 3: 07.1 min | 140.070 km / h | 13 |
14th | László Hartmann | Maserati | 3: 25.6 min | 127.470 km / h | 13 |
15th | Brian Lewis | Maserati | 3: 28.8 min | 126.0 min km / h | 15th |
16 | Raymond Summers | Alfa Romeo | 3: 31.8 min | 123.740 km / h | 16 |
17th | Renato Balestrero | Maserati | 3: 37.3 min | 120.610 km / h | 17th |
18th | Nando Barbieri | Alfa Romeo | 3: 45.2 min | 116.380 km / h | 18th |
Race result
Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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1 | Rudolf Caracciola | Mercedes Benz | 70 | 1 | 3: 31: 12.2 h | 2 | 2: 44.4 min | |
2 | Luigi Fagioli | Mercedes Benz | 70 | 1 | + 35.9 s | 4th | ||
3 | Bernd Rosemeyer | Auto Union | 70 | 1 | +1: 07.8 min | 5 | ||
4th | Achille Varzi | Auto Union | 69 | 1 | + 1 lap | 1 | ||
5 | Tazio Nuvolari | Alfa Romeo | 68 | + 2 rounds | 7th | |||
6th | Hermann Lang | Mercedes Benz | 67 | + 3 rounds | 6th | |||
7th | René Dreyfus | Alfa Romeo | 66 | + 4 rounds | 8th | |||
8th | Giuseppe Farina | Maserati | 64 | + 6 rounds | 11 | |||
9 | Raymond Summers | Alfa Romeo | 63 | + 7 rounds | 16 | |||
10 | Earl Howe | Bugatti | 60 | + 10 rounds | 12 | |||
11 |
Hans Stuck Paul Pietsch |
Auto Union | 57 | + 13 rounds | 3 | |||
12 | Renato Balestrero | Maserati | 53 | + 17 rounds | 17th | |||
- | László Hartmann | Maserati | 25th | DNF | 14th | Gearbox damage | ||
- | Manfred von Brauchitsch | Mercedes Benz | 13 | DNF | 9 | Engine failure | ||
- | Louis Chiron | Alfa Romeo | 7th | DNF | 10 | accident | ||
- | Brian Lewis | Maserati | 3 | DNF | 15th | Failure after turning | ||
- | Nando Barbieri | Alfa Romeo | 2 | DNF | 18th | defective spark plugs | ||
- | Philippe Étancelin | Maserati | 1 | DNF | 13 | accident |
Web links
- II Swiss Grand Prix. www.teamdan.com, accessed September 3, 2014 .
- Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: II SWISS GRAND PRICE. www.kolumbus.fi, May 6, 2014, accessed September 3, 2014 .