1935 Swiss Grand Prix
Motor car race
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The 1935 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Bremgarten on 25 August 1935.
Date
25 August 1935
Official name
II GroÃer Preis der Schweiz
Location
Bremgarten
Bern, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
Course
Road course
| 1935 Swiss Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 5 of 7 in the 1935 European Championship | |||
 | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 25 August 1935 | ||
| Official name | II GroÃer Preis der Schweiz | ||
| Location |
Bremgarten Bern, Switzerland | ||
| Course | Road course | ||
| Course length | 7.28 km (4.52 miles) | ||
| Distance | 70 laps, 509.60 km (316.65 miles) | ||
| Weather | Heavy rain | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Auto Union | ||
| Time | 2:41.8 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Rudolf Caracciola | Mercedes-Benz | |
| Time | 2:44.4 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Mercedes-Benz | ||
| Second | Mercedes-Benz | ||
| Third | Auto Union | ||
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Rudolf Caracciola |
Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25 | 70 | 3:31:12.2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 12 |  Luigi Fagioli |
Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25 | 70 | +35.9 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Bernd Rosemeyer |
Auto Union | Auto Union B | 70 | +1:07.8 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | Achille Varzi |
Auto Union | Auto Union B | 69 | +1 Lap | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 32 | Tazio Nuvolari |
Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 68 | +2 Laps | 7 | 4 |
| 6 | 42 | Hermann Lang |
Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25 | 67 | +3 Laps | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | 30 |  René Dreyfus |
Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 66 | +4 Laps | 8 | 4 |
| 8 | 22 | Giuseppe Farina |
Gino Rovere | Maserati 6C-34 | 64 | +6 Laps | 11 | 4 |
| 9 | 16 | Raymond Sommer |
Private entry | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 63 | +7 Laps | 16 | 4 |
| 10 | 18 |  Earl Howe |
Earl Howe | Bugatti T59 | 60 | +10 Laps | 12 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | Hans Stuck |
Auto Union | Auto Union B | 57 | +13 Laps | 3 | 4 |
| Paul Pietsch |
n/a | |||||||
| 12 | 26 | Renato Balestrero |
Gruppo San Giorgio | Maserati 26M | 53 | +17 Laps | 17 | 4 |
| Ret | 40 |  László Hartmann |
Private entry | Maserati 8CM | 24 | Accident | 14 | 6 |
| Ret | 24 | Ferdinando Barbieri |
Franco Sardi | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 15 | Spark plugs | 18 | 7 |
| Ret | 8 | Manfred von Brauchitsch |
Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25 | 14 | Engine | 9 | 7 |
| Ret | 28 |  Louis Chiron |
Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo Tipo B | 7 | Accident | 10 | 7 |
| Ret | 20 | Brian Lewis |
Earl Howe | Maserati 8CM | 3 | Mechanical | 15 | 7 |
| Ret | 34 | Philippe Ãtancelin |
Scuderia Subalpina | Maserati 6C-34 | 0 | Accident | 13 | 7 |
| DNS | Hanns Geier |
Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes-Benz W25 | Practice accident | 8 |
Notes
- Hanns Geier crashed in practice, ending his driving career.
- Paul Pietsch took over Hans Stuck's car after it developed a mechanical problem.
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