1949 Swiss Grand Prix

The 1949 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race which was held at Bremgarten on 3 July 1949. The race was won by Alberto Ascari driving a Ferrari 125. Ascari's team mate Luigi Villoresi was second and Raymond Sommer was third in a Talbot-Lago T26C. Giuseppe Farina set pole and fastest lap in his Maserati 4CLT/48 but retired with mechanical problems.

Entries No Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine 2 Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6 8 Philippe Étancelin Private Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6 12 Georges Grignard Private Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6 14 Pierre Levegh Private Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6 16 Louis Rosier Private Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6 18 Raymond Sommer Private Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6 20 Giuseppe Farina Private Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s 22 B. Bira Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s 24 Frank Séchehaye Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s 26 Clemente Biondetti Luigi Platé Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago 700 Talbot L8s 28 Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s 30 Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari V12s 34 Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari V12s 36 Peter Whitehead Private Ferrari Ferrari 125 Ferrari V12s 38 Antonio Branca Private Maserati Maserati 4CL Maserati L4s 42 Alfred Dattner Private Simca Gordini Simca Gordini T11 Gordini L4 44 Rudi Fischer Private Simca Gordini Simca Gordini T11 Gordini L4 46 Emmanuel de Graffenried Private Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s 48 Harry Schell Horschell Racing Corp Talbot-Lago Talbot-Lago T26C Talbot L6 50 Fred Ashmore Scuderia Ambrosiana Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati L4s19

Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 20 Giuseppe Farina Maserati 2:50.4 – 2 22 B. Bira Maserati 2:53.2 + 2.8 3 30 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2:54.7 + 4.3 4 18 Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago 2:55.7 + 5.3 5 46 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 2:57.5 + 7.1 6 8 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago 2:59.6 + 9.2 7 16 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago 2:59.6 + 9.2 8 28 Reg Parnell Maserati 3:00.2 + 9.8 9 34 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 3:00.8 + 10.4 10 38 Antonio Branca Maserati 3:06.9 + 16.5 11 12 Georges Grignard Talbot-Lago 3:08.0 + 17.6 12 36 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 3:10.1 + 19.7 13 2 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago 3:11.0 + 20.6 14 50 Fred Ashmore Maserati 3:11.0 + 20.6 15 14 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 3:12.7 + 22.3 16 44 Rudi Fischer Simca Gordini 3:16.6 + 26.2 17 48 Harry Schell Talbot-Lago 3:30.6 + 40.2 18 24 Frank Séchehaye Maserati 3:33.2 + 42.8 19 26 Clemente Biondetti Talbot-Lago 3:41.4 + 51.0 20 42 Alfred Dattner Simca Gordini 3:52.8 + 1:02.4

Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired 1 30 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 40 1:59:24.6 2 34 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 40 + 56.6 3 18 Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago-Talbot 40 + 1:06.7 4 8 Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago-Talbot 40 + 1:43.3 5 22 B. Bira Maserati 40 + 2:06.7 6 16 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago-Talbot 40 + 2:28.3 7 46 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 39 + 1 Lap 8 28 Reg Parnell Maserati 39 + 1 Lap 9 36 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 39 + 1 Lap 10 14 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago-Talbot 38 + 2 Laps 11 50 Fred Ashmore Maserati 38 + 2 Laps 12 12 Georges Grignard Talbot-Lago-Talbot 38 + 2 Laps 13 2 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago-Talbot 38 + 2 Laps 14 38 Antonio Branca Maserati 37 + 3 Laps 15 44 Rudi Fischer Simca Gordini 36 + 4 Laps 16 48 Harry Schell Talbot-Lago-Talbot 34 + 6 Laps 17 42 Alfred Dattner Simca Gordini 31 + 9 Laps Ret 20 Giuseppe Farina Maserati 13 Oil pressure Ret 24 Frank Séchehaye Maserati 10 Gearbox Ret 26 Clemente Biondetti Talbot-Lago-Talbot 2 Brakes

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