1949 Swiss Grand Prix

1949 Swiss Grand Prix
Race details
Date 3 July 1949
Official name IX Grand Prix de Suisse
Location Circuit Bremgarten, Bern
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 7,280 km (4.523 miles)
Distance 40 laps, 291,200 km (180.951 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Maserati
Time 2:50.4
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Giuseppe Farina Maserati
Time 2:52.2
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
Ferrari
Third
Talbot-Lago-Talbot

The 1949 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Bremgarten on 3 July 1949. The race was won by Alberto Ascari driving a Ferrari 125. Ascari's team mate Luigi Villoresi was second and Raymond Sommer was third in a Talbot-Lago T26C. Giuseppe Farina set pole and fastest lap in his Maserati 4CLT/48 but retired with mechanical problems.[1][2][3]

Entries

No Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine
2 Belgium Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6
8 France Philippe Étancelin Private Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6
12 France Georges Grignard Private Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6
14 France Pierre Levegh Private Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6
16 France Louis Rosier Private Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6
18 France Raymond Sommer Private Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6
20 Italy Giuseppe Farina Private Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s
22 Thailand B. Bira Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s
24 Switzerland Frank Séchehaye Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s
26 Italy Clemente Biondetti Luigi Platé Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago 700 Talbot L8s
28 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s
30 Italy Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari V12s
34 Italy Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari V12s
36 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Private Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari V12s
38 Switzerland Antonio Branca Private Maserati Maserati 4CL Maserati L4s
42 Switzerland Alfred Dattner Private Simca Gordini Simca Gordini T11 Gordini L4
44 Switzerland Rudi Fischer Private Simca Gordini Simca Gordini T11 Gordini L4
46 Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Private Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s
48 United States Harry Schell Horschell Racing Corp Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6
50 United Kingdom Fred Ashmore Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s19

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 20 Italy Giuseppe Farina Maserati 2:50.4 –
2 22 Thailand B. Bira Maserati 2:53.2 + 2.8
3 30 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2:54.7 + 4.3
4 18 France Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago 2:55.7 + 5.3
5 46 Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 2:57.5 + 7.1
6 8 France Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago 2:59.6 + 9.2
7 16 France Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 2:59.6 + 9.2
8 28 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Maserati 3:00.2 + 9.8
9 34 Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 3:00.8 + 10.4
10 38 Switzerland Antonio Branca Maserati 3:06.9 + 16.5
11 12 France Georges Grignard Talbot-Lago 3:08.0 + 17.6
12 36 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Ferrari 3:10.1 + 19.7
13 2 Belgium Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago 3:11.0 + 20.6
14 50 United Kingdom Fred Ashmore Maserati 3:11.0 + 20.6
15 14 France Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 3:12.7 + 22.3
16 44 Switzerland Rudi Fischer Simca Gordini 3:16.6 + 26.2
17 48 United States Harry Schell Talbot-Lago 3:30.6 + 40.2
18 24 Switzerland Frank Séchehaye Maserati 3:33.2 + 42.8
19 26 Italy Clemente Biondetti Talbot-Lago 3:41.4 + 51.0
20 42 Switzerland Alfred Dattner Simca Gordini 3:52.8 + 1:02.4

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired
1 30 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 40 1:59:24.6
2 34 Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 40 + 56.6
3 18 France Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago-Talbot 40 + 1:06.7
4 8 France Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago-Talbot 40 + 1:43.3
5 22 Thailand B. Bira Maserati 40 + 2:06.7
6 16 France Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago-Talbot 40 + 2:28.3
7 46 Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 39 + 1 Lap
8 28 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Maserati 39 + 1 Lap
9 36 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Ferrari 39 + 1 Lap
10 14 France Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago-Talbot 38 + 2 Laps
11 50 United Kingdom Fred Ashmore Maserati 38 + 2 Laps
12 12 France Georges Grignard Talbot-Lago-Talbot 38 + 2 Laps
13 2 Belgium Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago-Talbot 38 + 2 Laps
14 38 Switzerland Antonio Branca Maserati 37 + 3 Laps
15 44 Switzerland Rudi Fischer Simca Gordini 36 + 4 Laps
16 48 United States Harry Schell Talbot-Lago-Talbot 34 + 6 Laps
17 42 Switzerland Alfred Dattner Simca Gordini 31 + 9 Laps
Ret 20 Italy Giuseppe Farina Maserati 13 Oil pressure
Ret 24 Switzerland Frank Séchehaye Maserati 10 Gearbox
Ret 26 Italy Clemente Biondetti Talbot-Lago-Talbot 2 Brakes

References

  1. ^ "IX Grand Prix de Suisse • STATS F1".
  2. ^ "1949 Grand Prix de Suisse".
  3. ^ "1949 Swiss Grand Prix". Retrieved 2022-12-02.


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