Swiss Grand Prix

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| Name = Swiss Grand Prix | Flag = Flag_of_Switzerland.svg | Circuit = Dijon-Prenois (France) | Circuit_image = Circuit Dijon-Prenois.png | Laps = 80 | Circuit_length_km = 3.800 | Race_length_km = 304.000 | Most_wins_driver = 22px-Flag of Argentina.png Juan Manuel Fangio (2) | Most_wins_constructor = 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Ferrari (2) | Current_year = 1982 | Winner = 22px-Flag of Finland.png Keke Rosberg | Winning_team = 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.png Williams-Ford | Winning_time = 1:32:41.087 | Pole_driver = 22px-Flag of France.png Alain Prost | Pole_team = 22px-Flag of France.png Renault | Pole_time = 1:01.380 | Fastest_lap_driver = 22px-Flag of France.png Alain Prost | Fastest_lap_team = 22px-Flag of France.png Renault | Fastest_lap = 1:07.477 }}

The Swiss Grand Prix was the premier auto race of Switzerland. In its later years it was a Formula One race.

Grand Prix motor racing came to Switzerland in 1934, to the Bremgarten circuit, located just outside the town of Bremgarten, near Bern. The Swiss Grand Prix counted toward the European Championship from 1935 to 1939.

The Bremgarten track remained the home of the Swiss Grand Prix until 1954, after which motor racing was banned by the Swiss government as an unsafe spectator sport following the death of 80 people at the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans race. The Swiss Grand Prix returned in 1975 as a non-Championship Grand Prix just across the border, at the Dijon-Prenois circuit, France. The next, and last, Swiss Grand Prix was a round of the Formula One World Championship in 1982, also held at Dijon.

On June 6, 2007 Swiss Parliament voted to lift the ban of circuit racing in Switzerland, 97 in favor and 77 opposed. However, the legislation was subsequently not ratified by the Swiss Council of States (the Senat) and the ban is now highly unlikely to actually be lifted.

Winners of the Swiss Grand Prix

Events which were not part of the Formula One World Championship are indicated by a pink background.

A cream background indicates an event which was part of the pre-war European Championship.

Year Driver Constructor Location Report
1982 Template:Country data Finland Keke Rosberg Williams-Ford Dijon (France) Report
1981
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1976
Not held
1975 Template:Country data Switzerland Clay Regazzoni Ferrari Dijon (France) Report
1974
-
1955
Not held
1954 Template:Country data Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes-Benz Bremgarten Report
1953 Template:Country flagicon2 Alberto Ascari Ferrari Bremgarten Report
1952 Template:Country flagicon2 Piero Taruffi Ferrari Bremgarten Report
1951 Template:Country data Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo Bremgarten Report
1950 Template:Country flagicon2 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo Bremgarten Report
1949 Template:Country flagicon2 Alberto Ascari Ferrari Bremgarten Report
1948 Template:Country flagicon2 Carlo Felice Trossi Alfa Romeo Bremgarten Report
1947 Template:Country data France Jean-Pierre Wimille Alfa Romeo Bremgarten Report
1946
-
1940
Not held
1939 Template:Country data Germany Hermann Lang Mercedes-Benz Bremgarten Report
1938 Template:Country data Germany Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz Bremgarten Report
1937 Template:Country data Germany Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz Bremgarten Report
1936 Template:Country data Germany Bernd Rosemeyer Auto Union Bremgarten Report
1935 Template:Country data Germany Rudolf Caracciola Mercedes-Benz Bremgarten Report
1934 Template:Country data Germany Hans Stuck Auto Union Bremgarten Report



Races in the Formula One championship:
2007 championship Grand Prix events:

Australian | Malaysian | Bahrain | Spanish | Monaco | Canadian | U.S. | French | British
German | European| Hungarian | Turkish | Italian | Belgian | Japanese | Chinese | Brazilian

Past championship Grand Prix events:

Argentine | Austrian | Dutch | Indy 500 | Las Vegas | Luxembourg | Mexican | Morocco
Pacific | Pescara | Portuguese | San Marino | South African | Swedish | Swiss | USA East | USA West

Confirmed future Grand Prix events:

Abu Dhabi | Korean | European | Singapore