1951 Swiss Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 27 May 1951
Winner	Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo
Pole position	Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo
Fastest lap	Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo
Circuit	Bremgarten, 42 laps
Round	1 of 8
Race numbers	The 1951 Swiss Grand Prix was the: 8th World Championship race 2nd World Championship Swiss Grand Prix 2nd World Championship race at Bremgarten
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Previous race	1950 Italian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	42	2hr 07m 53.640s	9 FL
2	+4	(ITA) Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	42	+55.240s	6
3	-1	(ITA) Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo	42	+1m 19.310s	4
4		(ITA) Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo	41	+1 lap	3
5		(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried	Alfa Romeo	40	+2 laps	2
6	+1	(ITA) Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	40	+2 laps
7	+12	(MCO) Louis Chiron	Maserati (privateer)	40	+2 laps
8	+6	(GBR) Stirling Moss	HWM-Alta	40	+2 laps
9	-1	(FRA) Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)	39	+3 laps
10	+2	(FRA) Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)	39	+3 laps
11	-1	(CHE) Rudi Fischer	Ferrari (privateer)	39	+3 laps
12	+5	(USA) Harry Schell	Maserati (privateer)	38	+4 laps
R		(GBR) Peter Whitehead	Ferrari (privateer)	36	DNF
13	+5	(BEL) Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)	35	+7 laps
14	+7	(FRA) Guy Mairesse	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)	31	+11 laps
R		(FRA) Henri Louveau	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)	30	DNF
R		(GBR) George Abecassis	HWM-Alta	23	DNF
R		(FRA) Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)	14	DNF
R		(ITA) Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	12	DNF
R		(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)	10	DNF
R		(CHE) Peter Hirt	Veritas (privateer)	0	DNF

Pole time: 2:35.900

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
2	(ITA) Giuseppe Farina	Alfa Romeo
3	(ITA) Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari
4	(ITA) Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo
5	(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried	Alfa Romeo
6	(ITA) Piero Taruffi	Ferrari
7	(ITA) Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
8	(FRA) Louis Rosier	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
9	(GBR) Peter Whitehead	Ferrari (privateer)
10	(CHE) Rudi Fischer	Ferrari (privateer)
11	(FRA) Henri Louveau	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
12	(FRA) Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
13	(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
14	(GBR) Stirling Moss	HWM-Alta
15	(FRA) Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
16	(CHE) Peter Hirt	Veritas (privateer)
17	(USA) Harry Schell	Maserati (privateer)
18	(BEL) Johnny Claes	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
19	(MCO) Louis Chiron	Maserati (privateer)
20	(GBR) George Abecassis	HWM-Alta
21	(FRA) Guy Mairesse	Talbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)

How the championship standings stood post-race.

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Race debut: George Abecassis; Rudi Fischer; Peter Hirt; Stirling Moss; HWM; Veritas
Last start: Henri Louveau
Wins: 4th for Juan Manuel Fangio NEW RECORD; 7th for Alfa Romeo
Podiums: 4th for Juan Manuel Fangio & Giuseppe Farina; 1st for Piero Taruffi (13th different podium finisher, 5th Italian driver); 13th & 14th for Alfa Romeo; 4th for Ferrari
Poles: 5th for Juan Manuel Fangio; 7th for Alfa Romeo
1-2 start: 6th for Alfa Romeo
Fastest laps: 4th for Juan Manuel Fangio NEW RECORD; 7th for Alfa Romeo
Front row starts: 7th for Juan Manuel Fangio & Giuseppe Farina; 1st for Luigi Villoresi (11th different front row starter, 5th Italian driver)
Points finishes: 1st for Piero Taruffi (23rd different point scorer, 6th Italian driver); 1st and only for Consalvo Sanesi (24th different point scorer, 7th Italian driver); 1st for Emmanuel de Graffenried (25th different point scorer, 1st Swiss driver)
Pole & win: 3rd for Juan Manuel Fangio
Win & fastest lap: 3rd for Juan Manuel Fangio NEW RECORD
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap): 3rd for Juan Manuel Fangio