1948 Grand Prix de Suisse Orientale
| 1948 Suisse Orientale Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
 Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati | |
| Time | 1:31.6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Maserati | ||
| Second | Gordini | ||
| Third | Cisitalia | ||
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[edit]
| Pos | No | Driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Emmanuel de Graffenried
|
Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati 4CL | 1:22:14.8 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | Rudi Fischer
|
Ecurie Espadon | Simca Gordini Type 11 | +1:17.8 | 3 |
| 3 | 8 | Walter Wüst
|
Walter Wüst | Cisitalia D46-Fiat | +2 laps | 4 |
| 4 | 16 | Toni Branca
|
Toni Branca | Maserati 4CL | +3 laps | 2 |
| 5 | 10 | Humbert Joly
|
Humbert Joly | Cisitalia D46-Fiat | +7 laps | 8 |
| Ret | 4 | André Canonica
|
Ecurie Autosport | Cisitalia D46-Fiat | 12 laps | 7 |
| Ret | 22 | Richard Ramseyer
|
Ecurie Autosport | Maserati 4CL | 8 laps, gearbox | 6 |
| Ret | 2 | Claude Bernheim
|
Ecurie Autosport | Cisitalia D46-Fiat | 1 lap, engine | 5 |
| DNS | 18 | Max Renz
|
S. Hansen | BMW Eigenbau | 9 | |
| DNA | 14 | Frank Séchehaye
|
Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati 4CL | ||
| DNA | 20 | Hans Kaufmann
|
Hans Kaufmann | Maserati 4CL |
References[edit]
- ^ "1948 Grande Prix de Suisse Orientale". Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ^ "Preis von Ostschweiz-Erlen". Retrieved 2022-09-28.