Swiss Grand Prix

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The Swiss Grand Prix was the premier auto race of Switzerland; in its later years, it was a Formula One race.

Grand Prix motor racing came to Switzerland in 1934, to the Bremgarten circuit located just outside the city of Bremgarten, Bern. The Swiss Grand Prix counted toward the European Championship from 1935 to 1939.

The Bremgarten track would remain the home of the Swiss Grand Prix until 1954, after which motor racing was banned by the Swiss government as an unsafe spectator sport following the death of 80 people at the 1955 24 hours of Le Mans. The Swiss Grand Prix returned to the racing calendar in 1982 for one year, albeit at a track just across the border in Dijon, France.

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Winners of the Swiss Grand Prix

Events which were not part of the Formula One World Championship are indicated by a pink background.

Year	Driver	Constructor	Location	Report
1982	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford	Dijon	Report
1954	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Bremgarten	Report
1953	Template:Flagicon Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Bremgarten	Report
1952	Template:Flagicon Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	Bremgarten	Report
1951	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo	Bremgarten	Report
1950	Template:Flagicon Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo	Bremgarten	Report
1949	Template:Flagicon Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Bremgarten	Report
1948	Template:Flagicon Carlo Felice Trossi	Alfa Romeo	Bremgarten	Report
1947	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo	Bremgarten	Report
1939	Image:Flag Germany 1933.svg Hermann Lang	Mercedes	Bremgarten	Report
1938	Image:Flag Germany 1933.svg Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes	Bremgarten	Report
1937	Image:Flag Germany 1933.svg Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes	Bremgarten	Report
1936	Image:Flag Germany 1933.svg Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Bremgarten	Report
1935	Image:Flag Germany 1933.svg Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes	Bremgarten	Report
1934	Image:Flag Germany 1933.svg Hans Stuck	Auto Union	Bremgarten	Report