The
1950 Swiss
Grand Prix was a Formula
One race held on June 4, 1950 at Bremgarten
. It was the fourth round of the
1950 World Drivers
Championship.
Report
The fourth round of the Championship took place just three weeks
after the series began at
Silverstone (with
Monaco and
Indianapolis having taken place on
consecutive weekends). Once again the event proved to be a battle
between the
Alfa Romeo
factory 158s of
Giuseppe Farina,
Juan Manuel Fangio and
Luigi Fagioli and the
Scuderia Ferraris of
Alberto Ascari,
Luigi Villoresi(who had the latest model
with de Dion rear suspension, twin overhead camshaft engine and
4-speed gearbox)
Raymond Sommer and
Peter Whitehead.
There were
a number of uncompetitive Talbot-Lagos
and Maseratis
as usual. José Froilán González
was out of action as a result of burns he had received after the
first lap accident at
Monaco
Grand Prix. Also out of action as a result of the crash was
Maserati factory driver
Franco Rol.
In qualifying Fangio and Farina were well clear of Fagioli with
Villoresi and Ascari sharing the second row of the 3-2-3 grid.
Peter Whitehead,
Franco Rol,
Reg
Parnell and
Rudi Fischer failed to
qualify. In the race, on the first lap Ascari managed to get among
the Alfa Romeos but he quickly slipped back and it was left to the
Alfas to battle. Fangio led early on but then Farina went ahead
through a faster refuelling stop. Fagioli was unable to keep up and
after both Villoresi and Ascari retired it was left to
Prince Bira to run fourth. He had to refuel and
so
Philippe Étancelin in a
Talbot-Lago was able to move into fourth place. Shortly afterwards,
factory Talbot-Lago driver
Eugène
Martin crashed heavily and was seriously hurt when he was
thrown from the car. Étancelin later went out with gearbox trouble
and so Talbot-Lago factory driver
Louis
Rosier moved into fourth. He was promoted to third when Fangio
retired on lap 33 with an electrical problem.
Entries
Classification
Qualifying
Race
Notes
- Drivers: 22 competing, 18 qualified for race,
11 classified.
Drivers' Championship standings after the race
- Note: Only the top five positions are
listed.
References
Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken
from
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