The 1951 Swiss Grand Prix started May 27th, 1951 at 01:00 on Circuit Bremgarten in Bern, Switzerland. Juan Fangio started from pole position with Nino Farina next to him. Luigi Villoresi started from third place.
After 2 hour, 07 minutes and 53 seconds Juan Fangio finished the race first. The podium was completed with Piero Taruffi in second and Nino Farina in third place.
After the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix, Juan Fangio is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 9 points. Fangio is 3 points ahead of Piero Taruffi.
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Date
May 27th, 1951 at 01:00
Round
1/8
Winner
Juan Fangio
Winning time
2:07:53.64
Pole position
Juan Fangio

Results

Pos Driver Car Time/Retired Grid Laps Pts
1
#24 Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo 2:07:53.64 1 42 9
2 4
#44 Piero Taruffi
Ferrari +55.24 6 42 6
3 1
#22 Nino Farina
Alfa Romeo +1:19.31 2 42 4
4
#28 Consalvo Sanesi
Alfa Romeo +1 Lap 4 41 3
5
#26 Toulo de Graffenried
Alfa Romeo +2 Laps 5 40 2
6 1
#20 Alberto Ascari
Ferrari +2 Laps 7 40 0
7 12
#30 Louis Chiron
Maserati +2 Laps 19 40 0
8 6
#14 Stirling Moss
HWM +2 Laps 14 40 0
9 1
#8 Louis Rosier
Talbot-Lago +3 Laps 8 39 0
10 2
#4 Philippe Étancelin
Talbot-Lago +3 Laps 12 39 0
11 1
#38 Rudi Fischer
Ferrari +3 Laps 10 39 0
12 5
#32 Harry Schell
Maserati +4 Laps 17 38 0
13 5
#2 Johnny Claes
Talbot-Lago +7 Laps 18 35 0
14 7
#40 Guy Mairesse
Talbot-Lago +11 Laps 21 31 0
-
#16 Peter Whitehead
Ferrari DNF (Accident) 9 36 0
-
#10 Henri Louveau
Talbot-Lago DNF (Accident) 11 30 0
-
#12 George Abecassis
HWM DNF (Magneto) 20 23 0
-
#6 Yves Cabantous
Talbot-Lago DNF (Ignition) 15 14 0
-
#18 Luigi Villoresi
Ferrari DNF (Accident) 3 12 0
-
#42 José Froilán González
Talbot-Lago DNF (Oil pump) 13 10 0
-
#52 Peter Hirt
Veritas DNF (Fuel system) 16 0 0

Standings after race

Pos Driver Car Wins Podiums Pts Gap
1
Juan Fangio
Alfa Romeo 1 1 9
2
Piero Taruffi
Ferrari 1 6 -3
3
Nino Farina
Alfa Romeo 1 4 -5
4
Consalvo Sanesi
Alfa Romeo 3 -6
5
Toulo de Graffenried
Alfa Romeo 2 -7
6
Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 0 -9
7
Louis Chiron
Maserati 0 -9
8
Stirling Moss
HWM 0 -9
9
Louis Rosier
Talbot-Lago 0 -9
10
Philippe Étancelin
Talbot-Lago 0 -9
11
Rudi Fischer
Ferrari 0 -9
12
Harry Schell
Maserati 0 -9
13
Johnny Claes
Talbot-Lago 0 -9
14
Guy Mairesse
Talbot-Lago 0 -9
15
Peter Whitehead
Ferrari 0 -9
16
Henri Louveau
Talbot-Lago 0 -9
17
George Abecassis
HWM 0 -9
18
Yves Cabantous
Talbot-Lago 0 -9
19
Luigi Villoresi
Ferrari 0 -9
20
José Froilán González
Talbot-Lago 0 -9
21
Peter Hirt
Veritas 0 -9

Other race results

Year Winner 2nd 3rd Fastest lap Pole position
1982
#6 Keke Rosberg
Alain Prost
Niki Lauda
Alain Prost
1954
#4 Juan Fangio
José Froilán González
Hans Herrmann
José Froilán González
1953
#46 Alberto Ascari
Nino Farina
Mike Hawthorn
Juan Fangio
1952
#30 Piero Taruffi
Rudi Fischer
Jean Behra
Nino Farina
1950
#16 Nino Farina
Luigi Fagioli
Louis Rosier
Juan Fangio