1948 Grand Prix de Suisse Orientale
1948 Suisse Orientale Grand Prix | |||
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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 | ![]() | Maserati | |
Time | 1:31.6 | ||
Podium | |||
First |
| Maserati | |
Second |
| Gordini | |
Third |
| Cisitalia |
Motor car race
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]
Result
Pos | No | Driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Grid |
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1 | 12 | ![]() | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati 4CL | 1:22:14.8 | 1 |
2 | 6 | ![]() | Ecurie Espadon | Simca Gordini Type 11 | +1:17.8 | 3 |
3 | 8 | ![]() | Walter Wüst | Cisitalia D46-Fiat | +2 laps | 4 |
4 | 16 | ![]() | Toni Branca | Maserati 4CL | +3 laps | 2 |
5 | 10 | ![]() | Humbert Joly | Cisitalia D46-Fiat | +7 laps | 8 |
Ret | 4 | ![]() | Ecurie Autosport | Cisitalia D46-Fiat | 12 laps | 7 |
Ret | 22 | ![]() | Ecurie Autosport | Maserati 4CL | 8 laps, gearbox | 6 |
Ret | 2 | ![]() | Ecurie Autosport | Cisitalia D46-Fiat | 1 lap, engine | 5 |
DNS | 18 | ![]() | S. Hansen | BMW Eigenbau | 9 | |
DNA | 14 | ![]() | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati 4CL | ||
DNA | 20 | ![]() | Hans Kaufmann | Maserati 4CL |
References
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