| 1952 Swiss Grand Prix | |||||
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 Circuit Bremgarten track layout | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 18 May 1952 | ||||
| Official name | XII Großer Preis der Schweiz | ||||
| Location | Circuit Bremgarten, Bern, Switzerland | ||||
| Course | Temporary street/road circuit | ||||
| Course length | 7.280 km (4.524 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 62 laps, 451.360 km (280.462 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||||
| Time | 2:47.5 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 2:49.1 on lap 46 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Ferrari | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | Gordini | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 1952 Swiss Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 18 May 1952 at Bremgarten Circuit. It was the first round of the 1952 World Championship of Drivers, in which each Grand Prix was run to Formula Two rules rather than the Formula One regulations normally used.
Pre-WWII Grand Prix great Rudolf Caracciola crashed heavily during a support sports car race. He survived with a broken leg, but this crash effectively ended his racing career. He was driving a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL; his brakes locked up going into a corner and the car skidded off the road and hit a tree.
Italian driver Piero Taruffi scored his only win in a World Championship race, driving for Ferrari.