1952 - Grand Prix of Switzerland

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1952 - Grand Prix of Switzerland

Race Name - Grand Prix of Switzerland
Date - 5/18/1952
Race Track - Bremgarten Circuit
Number of Starting Cars - 21
Laps Run - 62
Pole Winner Nino Farina
Average Race Speed - 148.991 kph
Lead Changes - 2 Leader(s) with 1 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Piero Taruffi
Race Number - 1

Fin	St	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine
1	2	Piero Taruffi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4
2	5	Rudi Fischer	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4
3	7	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.0 L6
4	13	Ken Wharton	Scuderia Franera	Frazer-Nash FN48	Bristol 2.0 L6
5	15	Alan Brown	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20	Bristol 2.0 L6
6	8	Toulo de Graffenried	Enrico Plate	Maserati 4CLT-48	Plate 2.0 L4
7	19	Peter Hirt	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 212	Ferrari
8	17	Eric Brandon	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20	Bristol 2.0 L6
9	11	Prince Bira	Equipe Gordini	Simca-Gordini T15	Gordini
10	4	Andr Simon	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4
11	18	Harry Schell	Enrico Plate	Maserati 4CLT	Plate 2.0 L4
12	9	Stirling Moss	HW Motors	HWM	Alta 1.5
13	12	Lance Macklin	HW Motors	HWM	Alta 1.5
14	3	Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.0 L6
15	1	Nino Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4
16	6	Peter Collins	HW Motors	HWM	Alta 1.5
17	10	George Abecassis	HW Motors	HWM	Alta 1.5
18	14	HansJoachim Stuck	Alex Falkenhausen Motorenen	AFM	Kuchen 2.0 V8
19	16	Toni Ulmen	Toni Ulmen	Veritas Meteor	Veritas 2.0 L6
20	20	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4
21	21	Max de Terra	Alfred Dattner	Simca-Gordini T11	Gordini
22	22	Maurice Trintignant	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari 166 F2	Ferrari