| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1948 Grand Prix season | ||
| Date | June 4, 1948 | |
| Official name | Grand Prix d'Europe | |
| Location | Bern | |
| Course | Circuit Bremgarten 7.262 km (4.512 mi) |
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| Distance | 40 laps, 290.48 km (180.50 mi) | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Alfa Romeo |
| Time | 2:54.2 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Alfa Romeo |
| Time | 2:51.0 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Carlo Felice Trossi | Alfa Romeo |
| Second | Jean-Pierre Wimille | Alfa Romeo |
| Third | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati |
The 1948 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Circuit Bremgarten, near Bern, on 4 July 1948.[1][2] Despite racing for nearly two hours, at the finishing line Frenchman Jean-Pierre Wimille was only 0.2 seconds behind the race winner, the Italian driver Carlo Felice Trossi. Trossi's compatriot Luigi Villoresi finished over two and a half minutes behind the pair, in third place. Pre-WWII star driver Achille Varzi was killed when he crashed during practice, and the wealthy Swiss privateer Christian Kautz died in an accident during the race.
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