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Home / Seasons / 1951 F1 World Championship Season / 1951 Swiss Grand Prix

1951 Swiss Grand Prix

DateSunday, 27 May 1951
Winner
  • Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Alfa Romeo
Pole position
  • Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Alfa Romeo
Fastest lap
  • Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Alfa Romeo
CircuitBremgarten, 42 laps
Round1 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
More 1951 season
More Swiss Grands Prix
Previous race1950 Italian Grand Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ARG) Juan Manuel FangioAlfa Romeo422hr 07m 53.640s9 FL
2+4(ITA) Piero TaruffiFerrari42+55.240s6
3-1(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaAlfa Romeo42+1m 19.310s4
4 (ITA) Consalvo SanesiAlfa Romeo41+1 lap3
5 (CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedAlfa Romeo40+2 laps2
6+1(ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari40+2 laps 
7+12(MCO) Louis ChironMaserati (privateer)40+2 laps 
8+6(GBR) Stirling MossHWM-Alta40+2 laps 
9-1(FRA) Louis RosierTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)39+3 laps 
10+2(FRA) Philippe EtancelinTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)39+3 laps 
11-1(CHE) Rudi FischerFerrari (privateer)39+3 laps 
12+5(USA) Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)38+4 laps 
R (GBR) Peter WhiteheadFerrari (privateer)36DNF 
13+5(BEL) Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)35+7 laps 
14+7(FRA) Guy MairesseTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)31+11 laps 
R (FRA) Henri LouveauTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)30DNF 
R (GBR) George AbecassisHWM-Alta23DNF 
R (FRA) Yves Giraud-CabantousTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)14DNF 
R (ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari12DNF 
R (ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)10DNF 
R (CHE) Peter HirtVeritas (privateer)0DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:35.900

PosDriverConstructor
1(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioAlfa Romeo
2(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaAlfa Romeo
3(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari
4(ITA) Consalvo SanesiAlfa Romeo
5(CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedAlfa Romeo
6(ITA) Piero TaruffiFerrari
7(ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari
8(FRA) Louis RosierTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
9(GBR) Peter WhiteheadFerrari (privateer)
10(CHE) Rudi FischerFerrari (privateer)
11(FRA) Henri LouveauTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
12(FRA) Philippe EtancelinTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
13(ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
14(GBR) Stirling MossHWM-Alta
15(FRA) Yves Giraud-CabantousTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
16(CHE) Peter HirtVeritas (privateer)
17(USA) Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)
18(BEL) Johnny ClaesTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)
19(MCO) Louis ChironMaserati (privateer)
20(GBR) George AbecassisHWM-Alta
21(FRA) Guy MairesseTalbot-Lago-Talbot (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio9
2(ITA) Piero Taruffi6
3(ITA) Giuseppe Farina4
4(ITA) Consalvo Sanesi3
5(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried2

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Statistics & 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

See also

  • Swiss Grand Prix
  • Bremgarten circuit
  • 1951 World Championship season

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