1947 Swiss Grand Prix Explained

Type:GP
Grand Prix:Swiss
Date:8 June
Year:1947
Official Name:VII Grand Prix de Suisse
Country:Switzerland
Location:Bremgarten
Bern, Switzerland
Course Mi:4.512
Course Km:7.262
Distance Laps:30
Distance Mi:135.376
Distance Km:217.867
Pole Driver:Jean-Pierre Wimille
Pole Team:Alfa Romeo
Pole Country:France
Grid From Heats:True
Fast Driver:Jean-Pierre Wimille
Fast Team:Alfa Romeo
Fast Time:2:47.0
Fast Country:France
First Driver:Jean-Pierre Wimille
First Team:Alfa Romeo
First Country:France
Second Driver:Achille Varzi
Second Team:Alfa Romeo
Second Country:Italy
Third Driver:Carlo Felice Trossi
Third Team:Alfa Romeo
Third Country:Italy

The 1947 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Bremgarten on 8 June 1947.

Classification

Heat 1

Drivers in bold advanced to the final

PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/RetiredGrid
136 Achille VarziAlfa Romeo 158201:03:37.5
234 Carlo Felice TrossiAlfa Romeo 15820+0.61
332 Raymond MaysERA D20+2:31.5
448 Nello PaganiMaserati 4CL20+2:43.4
526 Robert AnsellMaserati 4CL19+1 Lap
650 Nino GriecoMaserati 4CL17+3 Laps
762 Harry SchellCisitalia D4617+3 Laps
842 Enrico PlatéMaserati 4CL15+5 Laps
Ret24 Gordon WatsonAlta12Split tank
Ret60 Prince BiraMaserati 4CL7Rear axle
Ret64 Raymond de SaugeCisitalia D463Tyres
Ret8 Robert KlempenerDelage D6.702Steering

Heat 2

Drivers in bold advanced to the final

PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/RetiredGrid
138 Jean-Pierre WimilleAlfa Romeo 1582057:46.31
232 Consalvo SanesiAlfa Romeo 15820+2:10.2
344 Luigi VilloresiMaserati 4CL20+2:29.4
446 Louis ChironMaserati 4CL20+2:32.4
522 Raymond SommerMaserati 4CL20+2:57.0
616 "Raph"Maserati 4CL18+2 Laps
Ret28 Leslie JohnsonTalbot 150C11Accident
Ret2 Roger LoyerDelage D6.706Gear lever
Ret58 Adolfo MandirolaMaserati 4CL1

Final

PosNoDriverCarLapsTime/RetiredGrid
138 Jean-Pierre WimilleAlfa Romeo 158301:25:09.11
236 Achille VarziAlfa Romeo 15830+44.72
334 Carlo Felice TrossiAlfa Romeo 15830+1:17.4
422 Raymond SommerMaserati 4CL29+1 Lap
532 Consalvo SanesiAlfa Romeo 15829+1 Lap3
644 Luigi VilloresiMaserati 4CL29+1 Lap
748 Nello PaganiMaserati 4CL28+2 Laps
842 Prince BiraMaserati 4CL28+2 Laps
954 Toulo de GraffenriedMaserati 4CL27+3 Laps
1016 "Raph"Maserati 4CL27+3 Laps
1126 Robert AnsellMaserati 4CL26+4 Laps
1212 Henri LouveauDelage D6.7026+4 Laps
1346 Louis ChironMaserati 4CL25+5 Laps
1410 Ernst HürzelerDelage D6.7025+5 Laps
1518 Louis RosierTalbot 150SS25+5 Laps
164 Eugène ChaboudDelahaye 135S24+6 Laps
1750 Nino GriecoMaserati 4CL24+6 Laps
Ret30 Raymond MaysERA D23Universal joint
Ret14 Maurice TrintignantDelage11Fuel pump
Ret62 Harry SchellCisitalia D467Differential
Raymond de Sauge