1948 Swiss Grand Prix

GP Switzerland Swiss 4 July 1948 06 04 y 1948 Circuit_Bremgarten.svg Grand Prix d'Europe Bern Circuit Bremgarten 4.512 7.262 40 180.50 290.48 Jean-Pierre Wimille France Alfa Romeo 2:54.2 Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Romeo 2:51.0 France Carlo Felice Trossi Italy Alfa Romeo Jean-Pierre Wimille France Alfa Romeo Luigi Villoresi Italy Maserati The 1948 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Circuit Bremgarten, near Bern, on 4 July 1948.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1948/1948.html#suisse 1948 Grands Prix GEL Motorsport Information 2010-08-0204-07-1948 • Grosser Preis der Schweiz • Bern http://f1-images.de/green/nowm/480704.htm F1-Images.de 2010-08-02 (German) Despite racing for nearly two hours, at the finishing line Frenchman Jean-Pierre Wimille was only 0.2 seconds behind the race winner, the Italian driver Carlo Felice Trossi.http://www.statsf1.com/en/1948-hc/grand-prix-32.aspx VIII Grand Prix de Suisse • STATS F1 Trossi's compatriot Luigi Villoresi finished over two and a half minutes behind the pair, in third place. This race proved to be one of the darkest post-WWII Grands Prix ever run. Pre-World War II star driver Achille Varzi was killed when he crashed during practice. Five hours after Varzi's crash, reigning 500cc European motorcycle champion Omobono Tenni died after hitting a tree during practice for a support motorcycle race.Truth Was Not So Naked https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-gazette-9-rounds-july-2-194/191903119/ 22 February 2026 Birmingham Gazette 2 July 1948 1 Newspapers.com Wealthy Swiss privateer Christian Kautz died in an accident during the race.Motorsport Memorial - http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=16 2023-12-16 www.motorsportmemorial.org Maurice Trintignant also had a serious accident during a support race in which he was ejected from his car and thrown in the air, landing in the middle of the race track. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, but he survived, woke up after a week-long coma, and returned to racing in 1949.Motorsport Memorial - http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/LWFWIW/focusLWFWIW.php?db=LWF&db2=ms&n=1464 2023-12-16 www.motorsportmemorial.org Classification Pos. No. Driver Car Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 26 ITA Carlo Felice Trossi Alfa Romeo 158 40 1:59:17.3 4 2 30 FRA Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Romeo 158 40 + 0.2 s 1 3 34 ITA Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CLT/48 40 + 2:37.3 3 4 56 ITA Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 158 39 + 1 lap 6 5 32 ITA Alberto Ascari Maserati 4CLT/48 39 + 1 lap 5 6 4 MCO Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago T26 38 + 2 laps 8 7 8 FRA Charles Pozzi Talbot-Lago T26SS 37 + 3 laps 10 8 54 FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago T150C 36 + 4 laps 20 9 42 FRA Igor Troubetzkoy Ferrari 166SC 35 + 5 laps 18 Ret 40 ITA Clemente Biondetti Ferrari 166C 31 Overheating 15 Ret 46 ITA Luigi Fagioli Maserati 4CL 28 Engine 17 Ret 38 ITA Giuseppe Farina Maserati 4CLT 28 Engine 2 Ret 24 GBR Raymond Mays ERA B-Type 23 Drive shaft 9 Ret 52 THA B. Bira Maserati 4CL 10 Gearbox 16 Ret 18 FRA Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C 10 Oil leak 14 Ret 48 CHE Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CL 10 Collision 13 Ret 36 ITA Gianfranco Comotti Talbot-Lago T26C 7 Oil leak 19 Ret 10 FRA Raymond Sommer Gordini T15 5 Engine 7 Ret 20 GBR George Abecassis Alta GP 4 Accident 12 Ret 50 CHE Christian Kautz Maserati 4CL 2 Fatal accident 11 DNQ 44 ARG Clemar Bucci Maserati 4CL DNQ 22 GBR Bob Gerard ERA B-Type DNS 28 ITA Achille Varzi Alfa Romeo 158 Fatal accident References Swiss Grand Prix 1948 1948 Monaco Grand Prix 1948 French Grand Prix 1947 Swiss Grand Prix 1949 Swiss Grand Prix 1947 Belgian Grand Prix 1949 Italian Grand Prix Swiss Grand Prix Category:Swiss Grand Prix Grand Prix