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29. May 2025
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Three Mercedes-Benz W154s lined up at the front row of the 1939 Swiss Grand Prix held at the Bremgarten circuit on 20 August 1939 (pictured above). Rudolf Carracciola (#14) on pole, with next to him Manfred von Brauchitsch (#10) and Hermann Lang (#16).
The Bremgarten circuit near Bern was 7.28 km long and hosted the Swiss Grand Prix from 1933 to 1954. This fast circuit with its changeable surface and tree-lined roads was very dangerous, especially in the rain.
This 1939 edition, with the war so close, saw a Mercedes-Benz hat-trick with Hermann Lang (winner, picture-below), Rudolf Caracciolla 2nd and Manfred von Brauchitsch 3rd, far ahead of the Auto Unions.
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Formula 1, Bremgarten, Swiss Grand Prix, Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred von Brauchitsch, Hermann Lang, Mercedes, Mercedes-Benz, Germany, 1939
Source: R.Fellows
