1948 Swiss Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 Grand Prix season | |||
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| Date | 4 June 1948 | ||
| Official name | Grand Prix d'Europe | ||
| Location | Bern | ||
| Course | Circuit Bremgarten | ||
| Course length | 7.262 km (4.512 mi) | ||
| Distance | 40 laps, 290.48 km (180.50 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Time | 2:54.2 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jean-Pierre Wimille
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Alfa Romeo | |
| Time | 2:51.0 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Second | Alfa Romeo | ||
| Third | Maserati | ||
The 1948 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Circuit Bremgarten, near Bern, on 4 July 1948. Despite racing for nearly two hours, at the finishing line Frenchman Jean-Pierre Wimille was only 0.2 seconds behind the race winner, the Italian driver Carlo Felice Trossi. Trossi's compatriot Luigi Villoresi finished over two and a half minutes behind the pair, in third place. Pre-World War II star driver Achille Varzi was killed when he crashed during practice, and the wealthy Swiss privateer Christian Kautz died in an accident during the race.
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