1948 Grand Prix de Suisse Orientale
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Date
8 August 1948
Official name
Preis von Ostschweiz-Erlen
Location
Erlen, Switzerland
Course
Temporary street circuit
| 1948 Suisse Orientale Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race details | |||
| Date | 8 August 1948 | ||
| Official name | Preis von Ostschweiz-Erlen | ||
| Location | Erlen, Switzerland | ||
| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 2.8 kilometres (1.7 miles) | ||
| Distance | 50 laps, 140.0 kilometres (87.0 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Maserati | ||
| Time | 1:26.8 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati | |
| Time | 1:31.6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Maserati | ||
| Second | Gordini | ||
| Third | Cisitalia | ||
The 1948 Preis von Ostschweiz-Erlen was a Formula One motor race held on 8 August 1948 over 50 laps of a street circuit in Erlen, Switzerland. Emmanuel de Graffenried, driving a Maserati 4CL, started from pole, set fastest lap and won the race. Rudi Fischer was second in a Simca Gordini Type 11, and Walter Wüst was third in a Cisitalia D46-Fiat.[1][2]