1951 Swiss Grand Prix
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Circuit | Bremgarten, 42 laps |
Round | 1 of 8 |
Race numbers | The 1951 Swiss Grand Prix was the:
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Previous race | 1950 Italian Grand Prix |
Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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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 |
Starting grid
Pole time: 2:35.900
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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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) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio | 9 |
2 | (ITA) Piero Taruffi | 6 |
3 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina | 4 |
4 | (ITA) Consalvo Sanesi | 3 |
5 | (CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried | 2 |
Constructor
The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.
Stats & milestones
- 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