1934 Swiss Grand Prix

1934 Swiss Grand Prix
Race details[1]
Date 26 August 1934 (1934-08-26)
Official name I Großer Preis der Schweiz
Location Bern
Course Circuit Bremgarten
Course length 7.28 km (4.52 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 509.6 km (316.4 miles)
Pole position
Driver Auto Union
Fastest lap
Driver Germany August Momberger Auto Union
Time 2:53.0
Podium
First Auto Union
Second Auto Union
Third Bugatti

The 1934 Swiss Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race run to the 750 kg formula, held over 70 laps of Circuit Bremgarten, near Bern, on 26 August 1934. It was supported earlier in the day by the voiturette-class Prix de Berne, held over 15 laps of the same circuit.[2] The main event was won by Hans Stuck in an Auto Union, who led the race from the start. While Stuck's pole position had been earned by setting the fastest lap time in practice, starting positions following the German were decided by ballot.[1] The voiturette race was won by Dick Seaman driving an MG, having started from the ninth row of the grid.[2] The meeting was marred by the fatal accident of British driver Hugh Hamilton on the final lap of the Grand Prix.

  1. ^ a b "1934 – Part 5". The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  2. ^ a b "The Grand Prix of Switzerland". Motor Sport. 10 (11): 523. September 1934.