1934 Swiss Grand Prix
| 1934 Swiss Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Race details[1] | |||
| Date | 26 August 1934 | ||
| Official name | I Großer Preis der Schweiz | ||
| Location | Bern | ||
| Course | Circuit Bremgarten | ||
| Course length | 7.28 km (4.52 miles) | ||
| Distance | 70 laps, 509.6 km (316.4 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Auto Union | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 August Momberger | Auto Union | |
| Time | 2:53.0 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Auto Union | ||
| Second | Auto Union | ||
| Third | Bugatti | ||
The 1934 Swiss Grand Prix was a
MG, having started from the ninth row of the grid.[2] The meeting was marred by the fatal accident of British driver Hugh Hamilton
on the final lap of the Grand Prix.
Classification
Großer Preis der Schweiz
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Hans Stuck
|
A
|
70 | 3:37:51.6 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | August Momberger
|
A
|
69 | + 1 lap | 16 |
| 3 | 14 |  René Dreyfus
|
T59
|
69 | + 1 lap | 14 |
| 4 | 32 |  Achille Varzi Carlo Felice Trossi
|
Alfa Romeo P3 | 69 | + 1 lap | 2 |
| 5 | 28 |  Louis Chiron
|
Alfa Romeo P3 | 69 | + 1 lap | 5 |
| 6 | 12 | Luigi Fagioli
|
Mercedes-Benz W25 | 68 | + 2 laps | 15 |
| 7 | 30 | Pietro Ghersi
|
Alfa Romeo P3 | 66 | + 4 laps | 10 |
| 8 | 26 | Clemente Biondetti
|
4C 2500
|
66 | + 4 laps | 3 |
| Ret | 40 |  Hugh Hamilton
|
Maserati 8CM | 65 | fatal accident | 12 |
| NC | 16 | Earl Howe
|
Maserati 8CM | 63 | + 7 laps | 17 |
| NC | 10 | Rudolf Caracciola Hanns Geier
|
Mercedes-Benz W25 | 62 | + 8 laps | 9 |
| Ret | 8 | Manfred von Brauchitsch
|
Mercedes-Benz W25 | 52 | oil pipe | 11 |
| Ret | 24 | Renato Balestrero
|
Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 | 47 | gearbox | 8 |
| Ret | 20 | Tazio Nuvolari
|
Maserati 8CM | 36 | engine | 7 |
| Ret | 2 | Hermann of Leiningen
|
A
|
18 | gearbox | 13 |
| Ret | 38 |  László Hartmann
|
T35B
|
13 | mechanical | 6 |
| DNS | 36 |  Hans Ruesch
|
Maserati 8CM | 4 | ||
| Source: [1] | ||||||
References
- ^ a b c "1934 – Part 5". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ^ a b "The Grand Prix of Switzerland". Motor Sport. 10 (11): 523. September 1934.
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