1934 Swiss Grand Prix

  1934 Swiss Grand Prix

Race details[1]
1934 Grand Prix season
Date	26 August 1934 (1934-08-26)
Official name	I Großer Preis der Schweiz
Location	Bern
Course	Circuit Bremgarten 7.28 km (4.52 mi)
Distance	70 laps, 509.6 km (316.4 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Hans Stuck	Auto Union
Fastest lap
Driver	August Momberger	Auto Union
Time	2:53.0
Podium
First	Hans Stuck	Auto Union
Second	August Momberger	Auto Union
Third	René Dreyfus	Bugatti

The 1934 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race run to the 750 kg formula, held at Circuit Bremgarten, near Bern, on 26 August 1934. It was supported earlier in the day by the voiturette-class I Prix de Berne. The main event was won by Hans Stuck in an Auto Union, having led the race from pole position. While Stuck's pole position had been earned by setting the fastest lap time in practice, the positions following the German were decided by ballot. The voiturette race was won by Dick Seaman driving an MG. The Grand Prix was marred by the fatal accident of British driver Hugh Hamilton on the final lap.

Classification

Großer Preis der Schweiz

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	6	Hans Stuck	Auto Union A	70	3:37:51.6	1
2	4	August Momberger	Auto Union A	69	+ 1 lap	16
3	14	René Dreyfus	Bugatti T59	69	+ 1 lap	14
4	32	Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo P3	69	+ 1 lap	2
5	28	Louis Chiron	Alfa Romeo P3	69	+ 1 lap	5
6	12	Luigi Fagioli	Mercedes-Benz W25	68	+ 2 laps	15
7	30	Pietro Ghersi	Alfa Romeo P3	66	+ 4 laps	10
8	26	Clemente Biondetti	Maserati 4C 2500	66	+ 4 laps	3
Ret	40	Hugh Hamilton	Maserati 8CM	65	fatal accident	12
NC	16	Earl Howe	Maserati 8CM	63	+ 7 laps	17
NC	10	Rudolf Caracciola Hanns Geier	Mercedes-Benz W25	62	+ 8 laps	9
Ret	8	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz W25	52	oil pipe	11
Ret	24	Renato Balestrero	Alfa Romeo 8C 2600	47	gearbox	8
Ret	20	Tazio Nuvolari	Maserati 8CM	36	engine	7
Ret	2	Hermann of Leiningen	Auto Union A	18	gearbox	13
Ret	38	László Hartmann	Bugatti T35B	13	mechanical	6
DNS	36	Hans Ruesch	Maserati 8CM			4

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