1951 - Grand Prix of Switzerland

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1951 - Grand Prix of Switzerland

Race Name - Grand Prix of Switzerland
Date - 5/27/1951
Race Track - Bremgarten Circuit
Number of Starting Cars - 21
Laps Run - 42
Pole Winner Juan Manuel Fangio
Average Race Speed - 143.455 kph
Lead Changes - 2 Leader(s) with 2 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Juan Manuel Fangio
Race Number - 1

Fin	St	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine
1	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 159	Alfa Romeo 1.5 L8C
2	6	Piero Taruffi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 375	Ferrari 4.5 V12
3	2	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 159	Alfa Romeo 1.5 L8C
4	4	Consalvo Sanesi	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 159	Alfa Romeo 1.5 L8C
5	5	Toulo de Graffenried	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo 159	Alfa Romeo 1.5 L8C
6	7	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 375	Ferrari 4.5 V12
7	19	Louis Chiron	Enrico Plate	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati 1.5 L4C
8	14	Stirling Moss	HW Motors	HWM	Alta
9	8	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot 4.5 L6
10	12	Philippe tancelin	Philippe Etancelin	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot 4.5 L6
11	10	Rudi Fischer	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 212	Ferrari
12	17	Harry Schell	Enrico Plate	Maserati 4CLT-48	Maserati 1.5 L4C
13	18	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Talbot-Lago T26C-DA	Talbot 4.5 L6
14	21	Guy Mairesse	Ecurie Belgique	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 4.5 L6
15	9	Peter Whitehead	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 125	Ferrari 125
16	11	Henri Louveau	Ecurie Rosier	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 4.5 L6
17	20	George Abecassis	HW Motors	HWM	Alta
18	15	Yves GiraudCabantous	Yves GiraudCabantous	Talbot-Lago T26C	Talbot 4.5 L6
19	3	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 375	Ferrari 4.5 V12
20	13	Jos Froiln Gonzlez	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Talbot-Lago T26C-GS	Talbot 4.5 L6
21	16	Peter Hirt	Peter Hirt	Veritas Meteor	Veritas 2.0 L6