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The 1939 Swiss Grand Prix was a motor race held at Bremgarten on 20 August 1939.

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

Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 16 Germany Hermann Lang Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 30 1:24:47.6 1 1
2 14 Germany Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 30 +3.1 2 2
3 10 Germany Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 30 +1:09.9 3 3
4 4 Germany Hermann Paul Müller Auto Union Auto Union D 30 +2:13.7 9 4
5 6 Italy Tazio Nuvolari Auto Union Auto Union D 30 +2:25.0 4 4
6 12 Germany Hans Hartmann Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 29 +1 Lap 5 4
7 64 Italy Giuseppe Farina Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 29 +1 Lap 6 4
8 28 France René Dreyfus Écurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell Maserati 8CTF 28 +2 Laps 13 4
9 66 Italy Clemente Biondetti Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 28 +2 Laps 8 4
10 8 Germany Hans Stuck Auto Union Auto Union D 28 +2 Laps 7 4
11 32 United Kingdom Kenneth Evans Private entry Alfa Romeo Tipo B 27 +3 Laps 16 4
12 54 United Kingdom John Wakefield Private entry Maserati 4CL 26 +4 Laps 11 4
13 48 United Kingdom Robert Ansell Private entry ERA B 25 +5 Laps 15 4
Ret 72 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Private entry Maserati 6C-34 22 17 5
Ret 2 Germany Rudolf Hasse Auto Union Auto Union D 20 Lubrication 10 5
Ret 40 Germany Paul Pietsch Private entry Maserati 4CL 7 14 7
Ret 60 Italy Giovanni Rocco Private entry Maserati 4CL 3 12 7

Grand Prix heat

Pos No Driver Team Car Grid
1 16 Germany Hermann Lang Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 1
2 14 Germany Rudolf Caracciola Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 3
3 10 Germany Manfred von Brauchitsch Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 2
4 6 Italy Tazio Nuvolari Auto Union Auto Union D 5
5 12 Germany Hans Hartmann Daimler-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W154 8
6 8 Germany Hans Stuck Auto Union Auto Union D 4
7 4 Germany Hermann Paul Müller Auto Union Auto Union D 7
8 2 Germany Rudolf Hasse Auto Union Auto Union D 6
9 28 France René Dreyfus Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell Maserati 8CTF 9
10 32 United Kingdom Kenneth Evans Private entry Alfa Romeo Tipo B 11
11 72 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Private entry Maserati 6C-34 10
12 18 France Robert Mazaud Private entry Delahaye T135CS 12
Ret 24 Switzerland Max Christen Private entry Maserati 26B 13
Ret 30 France "Raph" Ecurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell Maserati 6C-34 ?

Voiturette heat

Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 64 Italy Giuseppe Farina Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 20 56:28.0 1
2 66 Italy Clemente Biondetti Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 20 +37.0 5
3 54 United Kingdom John Wakefield Private entry Maserati 4CL 20 +1:08.9 4
4 60 Italy Giovanni Rocco Private entry Maserati 4CL 20 +1:46.9 2
5 40 Germany Paul Pietsch Private entry Maserati 4CL 19 +1 Lap 3
6 48 United Kingdom Robert Ansell Private entry ERA B 19 +1 Lap 8
7 44 Germany Leonhard Joa Süddeutsche Renngemeinschaft Maserati 7
8 50 United Kingdom Allen Pollock Private entry ERA A 6
Ret 56 Italy Guido Barbieri Private entry Maserati 10
Ret 46 France Marc Horvilleur Private entry Maserati 6CM 9


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1939 German Grand Prix
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