1939 Swiss Grand Prix
{{One source|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = EC
|Image = Circuit Bremgarten.svg
|Grand Prix = Swiss
|Date = 20 August
|Year = 1939
|Official name = VI Großer Preis der Schweiz
|Country = Switzerland
|Race_No = 4
|Season_No = 4
|Location = Bremgarten
Bern, Switzerland
|Course = Road course
|Course_mi = 4.52
|Course_km = 7.28
|Distance_laps = 30
|Distance_mi = 135.71
|Distance_km = 218.40
|Weather = Rain
|Pole_Driver = Hermann Lang
|Pole_Team = Mercedes-Benz
|Pole_Country = Germany
|Pole_flag_suffix = Nazi
|Grid_from_heats = yes
|Fast_Driver = Hermann Lang
|Fast_Team = Mercedes-Benz
|Fast_Time = 2:38.4
|Fast_Country = Germany
|Fast_flag_suffix = Nazi
|First_Driver = Hermann Lang
|First_Team = Mercedes-Benz
|First_Country = Germany
|First_flag_suffix = Nazi
|Second_Driver = Rudolf Caracciola
|Second_Team = Mercedes-Benz
|Second_Country = Germany
|Second_flag_suffix = Nazi
|Third_Driver = Manfred von Brauchitsch
|Third_Team = Mercedes-Benz
|Third_Country = Germany
|Third_flag_suffix = Nazi
}}
The 1939 Swiss Grand Prix was a motor race held at Bremgarten on 20 August 1939.{{Cite web |title=1939 Swiss Grand Prix |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1939-swiss-grand-prix/ |access-date=1 November 2024 |website=Motor Sport magazine}}
The Grand Prix was run as a combined event for Grand Prix cars and Voiturettes. Each class had a heat with the best from each going through to a combined final. This was the last victory for a German driver driving a German car until Nico Rosberg's victory at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix.
Classification
=Final=
Voiturette cars are denoted by a pink background
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Pos !No !Driver !Team !Car !Laps !Time/Retired !Grid !Points |
| 1
| 16 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Hermann Lang | 30 | 1:24:47.6 | 1 | 1 |
|---|
| 2
| 14 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Rudolf Caracciola | 30 | +3.1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3
| 10 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Manfred von Brauchitsch | 30 | +1:09.9 | 3 | 3 |
| 4
| 4 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Hermann Paul Müller | 30 | +2:13.7 | 9 | 4 |
| 5
| 6 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Tazio Nuvolari | 30 | +2:25.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 6
| 12 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Hans Hartmann | 29 | +1 Lap | 5 | 4 |
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"
! 7 | 64 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giuseppe Farina | 29 | +1 Lap | 6 | 4 |
| 8
| 28 | {{flagicon|FRA}} René Dreyfus | Écurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell | Maserati 8CTF | 28 | +2 Laps | 13 | 4 |
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"
! 9 | 66 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Clemente Biondetti | 28 | +2 Laps | 8 | 4 |
| 10
| 8 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Hans Stuck | 28 | +2 Laps | 7 | 4 |
| 11
| 32 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Kenneth Evans | Private entry | 27 | +3 Laps | 16 | 4 |
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"
! 12 | 54 | {{flagicon|GBR}} John Wakefield | Private entry | 26 | +4 Laps | 11 | 4 |
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"
! 13 | 48 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Robert Ansell | Private entry | ERA B | 25 | +5 Laps | 15 | 4 |
| Ret
| 72 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Toulo de Graffenried | Private entry | Maserati 6C-34 | 22 | | 17 | 5 |
| Ret
| 2 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Rudolf Hasse | 20 | Lubrication | 10 | 5 |
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"
! Ret | 40 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Paul Pietsch | Private entry | 7 | | 14 | 7 |
| style="background:#FFCCCC;"
! Ret | 60 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giovanni Rocco | Private entry | 3 | | 12 | 7 |
=Grand Prix heat=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Pos !No !Driver !Team !Car !Laps !Time/Retired !Grid |
| 1
| 16 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Hermann Lang | 20 | 53:40.0 | 1 |
|---|
| 2
| 14 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Rudolf Caracciola | 20 | +4.8 | 3 |
| 3
| 10 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Manfred von Brauchitsch | 20 | +30.7 | 2 |
| 4
| 6 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Tazio Nuvolari | 20 | +40.5 | 5 |
| 5
| 12 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Hans Hartmann | 20 | +2:53.1 | 8 |
| 6
| 8 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Hans Stuck | 19 | +1 Lap | 4 |
| 7
| 4 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Hermann Paul Müller | 19 | +1 Lap | 7 |
| 8
| 2 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Rudolf Hasse | 19 | +1 Lap | 6 |
| 9
| 28 | {{flagicon|FRA}} René Dreyfus | Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell | Maserati 8CTF | 19 | +1 Lap | 9 |
| 10
| 32 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Kenneth Evans | Private entry | 18 | +2 Laps | 11 |
| 11
| 72 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Toulo de Graffenried | Private entry | Maserati 6C-34 | 18 | +2 Laps | 10 |
| 12
| 18 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Robert Mazaud | Private entry | Delahaye T135CS | 17 | +3 Laps | 12 |
| Ret
| 24 | {{flagicon|CHE}} Max Christen | Private entry | Maserati 26B | 4 | Brakes | 13 |
| DNS
| 30 | {{flagicon|FRA}} "Raph" | Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell | Maserati 6C-34 | | Broken piston | |
=Voiturette heat=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Pos !No !Driver !Team !Car !Laps !Time/Retired !Grid |
| 1
| 64 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giuseppe Farina | 20 | 56:28.0 | 1 |
|---|
| 2
| 66 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Clemente Biondetti | 20 | +37.0 | 5 |
| 3
| 54 | {{flagicon|GBR}} John Wakefield | Private entry | 20 | +1:08.9 | 4 |
| 4
| 60 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giovanni Rocco | Private entry | 20 | +1:46.9 | 2 |
| 5
| 40 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Paul Pietsch | Private entry | 19 | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 6
| 48 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Robert Ansell | Private entry | ERA B | 19 | +1 Lap | 8 |
| 7
| 44 | {{flagicon|DEU|Nazi}} Leonhard Joa | Süddeutsche Renngemeinschaft | Maserati | | | 7 |
| 8
| 50 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Allen Pollock | Private entry | ERA A | | | 6 |
| Ret
| 56 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Guido Barbieri | Private entry | Maserati | | | 10 |
| Ret
| 46 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Marc Horvilleur | Private entry | | | 9 |
{{Grand Prix race report
| Name_of_race = Swiss Grand Prix |
Year_of_race = 1939
| Previous_race_in_season = 1939 German Grand Prix
| Next_race_in_season = 1947 Swiss Grand Prix
(post-war)
| Previous_year's_race = 1938 Swiss Grand Prix
| Next_year's_race = 1947 Swiss Grand Prix
}}