Swiss Grand Prix 1950

 Swiss Grand Prix 1950

Racing data
4th of 7 races of the Automobile World Championship 1950
Surname:	X. Swiss Grand Prix
Date:	June 4th 1950
Place:	Bern
Course:	Bremgarten
Length:	305.76 km in 42 laps of 7.28 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 83,900
Pole position
Driver:	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
Time:	2: 42.1 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
Time:	2: 41.6 min (lap 8)
Podium
First:	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
Second:	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo
Third:	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago

The Swiss Grand Prix took place on the Bremgarten racetrack in 1950 and was the fourth race of the 1950 World Cup .

training

Ferrari used a vehicle with an improved rear axle in practice, but could not break the total dominance of the Alfa Romeo . Juan Manuel Fangio secured pole position with 2: 42.1 minutes.

Race course

Fangio used his pole position and came back as the leader from the first lap, which for Yves Giraud-Cabantous already meant the end of an accident. Alberto Ascari also had to park his Ferrari early with a damaged oil line. After that, Ferrari's hopes of being able to keep up with the Alfa Romeo rested with Luigi Villoresi , who also managed to overtake Luigi Fagioli , but had to park his car shortly afterwards with a defective engine.

Bira and Étancelin fought for fourth place until he had to give up on lap 25 with transmission problems. Before that, Eugène Martin had a serious accident on the 19th lap. When trying to wipe oil from his visor, he braked too late and went off the track. He was thrown out of the car and seriously injured his leg. It was not until 1952 that he was able to compete again.

In the pits, the pressurized tank system exploded when Bonetto's refueling , but nobody was injured. Bonetto could go on.

The three Alfa Romeo were still in the lead when Fangio came to the pits on lap 33 and had to retire with defective electrical systems. So Rosier inherited third place, which together with the Belgian Grand Prix of the same year should remain his best Formula 1 result.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Achille Varzi	2	Nello Pagani	Maserati 4CLT / 48	Maserati 4CLT L4 c.1,5	P
	40	Antonio Branca	Maserati 4CL
Ecurie Belge	4th	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 23CV L6 4.5	D.
Automobiles Talbot-Darracq	6th	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 23CV L6 4.5	D.
	8th	Eugène Martin
	10	Louis Rosier
SA Alfa Romeo	12	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo 158 L8 c 1.5	P
	14th	Juan Manuel Fangio
	36	Giuseppe Farina
Scuderia Ferrari	18th	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 125F1	Ferrari 125 V12 c 1.5	P
	20th	Raymond Summers	Ferrari 166F2
	22nd	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari 125F1
Officine Alfieri Maserati	26th	Louis Chiron	Maserati 4CLT / 48	Maserati 4CLT L4 c 1.5	P
Enrico Platé	30th	B.Bira	Maserati 4CLT / 48	Maserati 4CLT L4 c 1.5	P
	32	Emmanuel de Graffenried
Scuderia Milano	34	Felice Bonetto	Maserati 4CLT / 50	Maserati 4CLT L4 c 1.5	P
Team Philippe Etancelin	42	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 23CV L6 4.5	D.
Ecurie Bleue	44	Harry Schell	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 23CV L6 4.5	D.

classification

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Starting row
1.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	2: 42.1	1
2.	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	2: 42.8	1
3.	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	2: 45.2	1
4th	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	2: 46.1	2
5.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	2: 46.8	2
6th	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago	2: 51.1	3
7th	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago	2: 52.7	3
8th.	B. Bira	Maserati	2: 53.2	3
9.	Eugène Martin	Talbot-Lago	2: 53.7	4th
10.	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	2: 54.0	4th
11.	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	2: 54.2	5
12.	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	2: 54.6	5
13.	Raymond Summers	Ferrari	2: 54.6	5
14th	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago	2: 59.0	6th
15th	Nello Pagani	Maserati	3: 06.9	6th
16.	Louis Chiron	Maserati	3: 06.9	7th
17th	Antonio Branca	Maserati	3: 10.0	7th
18th	Harry Schell	Talbot-Lago	3: 11.5	7th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	km / h	s. Rd.	guide
01.	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	42	2: 02: 53.7	149.28	2: 41.6	33
02.	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	42	2: 02: 54.1	149.27		1
03.	Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago	41	2: 05: 17.9	142.93
04th	B. Bira	Maserati	40	2: 04: 37.1	140.20
05.	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	40	2: 05: 18.1	139.44
06th	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	40	2: 05: 45.3	138.94
07th	Nello Pagani	Maserati	39	2: 04: 28.8	136.85
08th.	Harry Schell	Talbot-Lago	39	2: 05: 01.6	136.25
09.	Louis Chiron	Maserati	39	2: 05: 16.9	135.98
10.	Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago	38	2: 03: 20.4	134.57
11.	Antonio Branca	Maserati	35	2: 05: 02.0	122.27
DNF	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	33	Electrics			8th
DNF	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago	25th	transmission
DNF	Eugène Martin	Talbot-Lago	18th	accident
DNF	Raymond Summers	Ferrari	18th	suspension
DNF	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	9	transmission
DNF	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	2	Oil pipe
DNF	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago	0	accident

World Cup stand after the race

The first five got 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2 points respectively; there was a point for the fastest lap. Only the four best results from seven races count. *) contains the point for the fastest lap, fields marked in the same color represent pick-up of the vehicle (divided points) and values ​​in brackets are deleted results.

Item	driver	constructor								Points
01.	Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	*9 *			*9 *				18th
02.	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo	6th			6th				12
03.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo		*9 *						09
	Johnnie Parsons	Kurti's power			*9 *					09
05.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari		6th						06th
	Bill Holland	Deidt			6th					06th
	Louis Rosier	Talbot	2			4th				06th
08th.	B. Bira	Maserati		2		3				05
09.	Reg Parnell	Alfa Romeo	4th							04th
	Louis Chiron	Maserati		4th						04th
	Mauri Rose	Deidt			4th					04th
12.	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot	3							03
	Raymond Summers	Ferrari		3						03
	Cecil Green	Kurti's power			3					03
15th	Felice Bonetto	Maserati				2				02
16.	Joie Chitwood	Kurti's power			1					01
	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurti's power			1					01

Individual evidence

• Mike Lang: Grand Prix 1950–1965 . Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981 (Eng.)

Web links

• Swiss Grand Prix 1950 on motorsportarchiv.de