1939 Finnish Grand Prix

June 2025 thumb|Eläintarha track profile, length 2000 m mi 2 on (from 1933) The 1939 Finnish Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Eläintarharata on 7 May 1939. The race had a limited field of competitors with only nine entries, three of whom failed to arrive for the event. The event was held on public roads and as permission was only granted to close the streets for race day, qualifying was held at 4am on Friday morning on a 400m section of the main straight. Each car did two runs with the best times used to assign grid positions. Race favourite Petre Cristea was not able to arrive until the Saturday so was not able to set a qualifying time. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Vehicle Time 1 2 FIN Aleksi Patama pl Ford Special 14.9s 2 6 FIN Einar Alm Ford 15.8s 5 3 FIN Walter Bergström DKW Special 20.6s 3 1 ROM Petre Cristea BMW 328 No Time 4 4 SWE Tore Berg Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" No Time 6 5 SWE Adolf Westerblom Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" No Time Source: Swede Westerblom shows his talent https://www.goldenera.fi/gp392.htm#5 The Golden Era 12 June 2025 Race PosDriverCarLapsTime/Retired 1 SWE Adolf Westerblom Alfa Romeo 8C Monza 25 28m56.0s 2 ROU Petre Cristea BMW 328 25 +27.4s 3 FIN Aleksi Patama pl Ford Special 25 + 1m32.5s 4 FIN Walter Bergström DKW Special 25 + 7m27.0s DNF SWE Tore Berg Alfa Romeo 8C "Monza" 18 Brakes DNS FIN Einar Alm Ford DNS Source: References Finnish Grand Prix 1938 Finnish Grand Prix 1939 1947 Finnish Grand Prix Category:Grand Prix race reports Grand Prix Finnish Category:Finnish Grand Prix Category:Sporting events in Finland