Circuit Bremgarten
Location | Bern, Switzerland |
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Time zone | UTC+01:00 |
Coordinates | 46°57′00″N 7°24′39″E / 46.95000°N 7.41083°E |
Opened | 1931 |
Closed | 1955 |
Major events | Formula One Swiss Grand Prix (1934–1939, 1947–1954) Grand Prix motorcycle racing Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix (1931–1937, 1947, 1949, 1951–1954) Sidecar World Championship (1949, 1951–1954) |
Grand Prix Circuit (1931–1955) | |
Length | 7.280 km (4.524 miles) |
Turns | 13 |
Race lap record | 2:34.500 ( Bernd Rosemeyer, Auto Union C, 1936, GP) |
The Circuit Bremgarten was a 7.280 km (4.524 mi) motorsport race track in Bern, Switzerland, which formerly hosted the Swiss Grand Prix from 1933 to 1954 (Formula One, 1947 to 1954) and the Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix in 1949 and from 1951 until 1954.
Bremgarten was built as a
Bremgarten has not hosted an official
Motorcycle racing
The Grand Prix of Bern took place at Bremgarten from 1931 to 1937 and also in 1947 and 1948. In August 1931 the Bern (Swiss) Grand Prix took place and the Irish motorcyclist
The Bremgarten Circuit was one of the original rounds of the Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship during the inaugural season of 1949 and from 1951 to 1954. Famous riders who raced here included: Hans Stärkle , Freddie Frith and Geoff Duke.[3] Italian racer Omobono Tenni was killed at Bremgarten during practice for the 1948 event.
Lap records
The official race lap records at the Circuit Bremgarten are listed as:
Category | Time | Driver | Vehicle | Date |
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Grand Prix Circuit: 7.280 km (1931–1955) | ||||
GP | 2:34.5 | Bernd Rosemeyer | Auto Union C | 1936 Swiss Grand Prix |
Formula One | 2:39.7 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes-Benz W196 | 1954 Swiss Grand Prix |
500cc | 2:41.2 | Rod Coleman | AJS Porcupine | 1953 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix |
Voiturette |
2:46.5[4] | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo 158 | 1939 Bern Grand Prix |
Formula Two | 2:41.3[5] | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari 500 F2 |
1953 Swiss Grand Prix |
350cc | 2:54.5 | Geoff Duke | Norton Kneeler | 1952 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix |
Sports prototype | 2:56.1[6] | Hermann Lang | Mercedes-Benz 300 SL | 1952 Bern Grand Prix |
250cc | 3:00.9 | Reg Armstrong | NSU Rennmax 250 | 1953 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix |
Sidecar | 3:13.7 | Eric Oliver | Norton Manx | 1953 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix |
125cc | 3:42.5 | Nello Pagani | Mondial 125SS | 1949 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix |
Notes
- ^ UpdateF1 >> Formula 1 News > Switzerland lifts motor racing ban Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Formula One motor racing ban to continue". SWI swissinfo.ch. Swiss Broadcasting Corporation. 10 June 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Grand Prix Bern Revival - Historical Background". Archived from the original on 2005-11-23. Retrieved 2006-06-26. (visited 26 June 2006)
- ^ "1939 Bremgarten Voiturette". Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "1953 Swiss Grand Prix". Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ "GP Bern 1952". Retrieved 15 June 2022.
External links
- Circuit Bremgarten (1950-1954) on Google Maps (Historic Formula 1 Tracks)