1935 Swiss Grand Prix

1935 Swiss Grand Prix
Race 5 of 7 in the 1935 European Championship
Race details
Date 25 August 1935
Official name II Großer Preis der Schweiz
Location Bremgarten
Bern, Switzerland
Course Road course
Course length 7.28 km (4.52 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 509.60 km (316.65 miles)
Weather Heavy rain
Pole position
Driver Auto Union
Time 2:41.8
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz
Time 2:44.4
Podium
First Mercedes-Benz
Second Mercedes-Benz
Third Auto Union

The 1935 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Bremgarten on 25 August 1935.

Classification

Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10 Germany Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25 70 3:31:12.2 2 1
2 12 Italy Luigi Fagioli Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25 70 +35.9 4 2
3 2 Germany Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union Auto Union B 70 +1:07.8 5 3
4 6 Italy Achille Varzi Auto Union Auto Union B 69 +1 Lap 1 4
5 32 Italy Tazio Nuvolari Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Tipo B 68 +2 Laps 7 4
6 42 Germany Hermann Lang Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25 67 +3 Laps 6 4
7 30 France René Dreyfus Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Tipo B 66 +4 Laps 8 4
8 22 Italy Giuseppe Farina Gino Rovere Maserati 6C-34 64 +6 Laps 11 4
9 16 France Raymond Sommer Private entry Alfa Romeo Tipo B 63 +7 Laps 16 4
10 18 United Kingdom Earl Howe Earl Howe Bugatti T59 60 +10 Laps 12 4
11 4 Germany Hans Stuck Auto Union Auto Union B 57 +13 Laps 3 4
Germany Paul Pietsch n/a
12 26 Italy Renato Balestrero Gruppo San Giorgio Maserati 26M 53 +17 Laps 17 4
Ret 40 Hungary László Hartmann Private entry Maserati 8CM 24 Accident 14 6
Ret 24 Italy Ferdinando Barbieri Franco Sardi Alfa Romeo Tipo B 15 Spark plugs 18 7
Ret 8 Germany Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25 14 Engine 9 7
Ret 28 Monaco Louis Chiron Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Tipo B 7 Accident 10 7
Ret 20 United Kingdom Brian Lewis Earl Howe Maserati 8CM 3 Mechanical 15 7
Ret 34 France Philippe Étancelin Scuderia Subalpina Maserati 6C-34 0 Accident 13 7
DNS Germany Hanns Geier Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W25 Practice accident 8

Notes

  • Hanns Geier crashed in practice, ending his driving career.
  • Paul Pietsch took over Hans Stuck's car after it developed a mechanical problem.


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