GridpediaCircuit Bremgarten
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
- Races held
- 5 (1950 to 1954)
- Most wins, drivers
- Juan Fangio (2), Piero Taruffi (1), Nino Farina (1), Alberto Ascari (1)
- Most wins, teams
- Ferrari (2), Alfa Romeo (2), Mercedes (1)
- Most poles
- Juan Fangio (3), José Froilán González (1), Nino Farina (1)
- Map
- OpenStreetMap
What is a lap of Circuit Bremgarten like?
A road circuit through the Bremgarten forest on the edge of Bern, built in 1931 for motorcycle racing; it had no true main straight, only a series of fast corners on tree-lined roads, and poor light and changing road surfaces made it very dangerous, especially in the wet. It hosted the Swiss Grand Prix as a World Championship round every year from 1950 to 1954, the last won by Juan Manuel Fangio for Mercedes; Achille Varzi and the motorcycle racer Omobono Tenni, after whom the Tenni curve is named, had both been killed there in 1948. Formula 1 stopped going there after the 1955 Le Mans disaster led Switzerland to ban circuit racing: the 1955 Swiss Grand Prix was cancelled, and attempts to lift the ban failed in 2007-2009. Most of the track has since been built over or reduced to a forest cycle path; the start/finish area and the Forsthaus corner now lie in an industrial zone, while the right-hand Eymatt and Tenni curves and the straight after them survive almost unchanged.
- Lap length
- 7.280 km
- Direction
- clockwise
- Layout described
- Bremgarten circuit through the Bremgarten forest, Bern, 7.280 km; the same layout was used for all five World Championship Swiss Grands Prix, 1950-1954
| Order | Name | Side | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bethlehem | ||
| 2 | Jordenrampe | ||
| 3 | Eymatt | Right | |
| 4 | Tenni | Right | |
| 5 | Glasbrunnenrampe | fast | |
| 6 | Forsthaus | Right | slow |
Sources for the checked facts (10)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_Bremgarten
- auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/bremgarten-rennstrecke-zahlen-fakten-aktuelle-bilder/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Swiss_Grand_Prix
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Swiss_Grand_Prix
- f1.fandom.com/wiki/Circuit_Bremgarten
- derbund.ch/die-formel-1-kehrt-nach-bern-zurueck-901965167268
- commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Circuit_Bremgarten.svg
- de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremgarten-Rundstrecke
- dreamcar.ch/2022-2/rennstrecke-grand-prix-bern-spurensuche/
- watson.ch/sport/unvergessen/222120372-formel-1-gp-im-bremgartenwald-als-die-koenigsklasse-
Does pole position win at Circuit Bremgarten?
The pole sitter has won 1 of 5 races here (20%). Across all circuits since 1950 the pole sitter wins 44% of races. The winner started from the front row (P1 or P2) in 5 of 5 races (100%) and from the top three in 5 (100%). Lowest grid position to win: 2nd, Nino Farina in 1950.
| Winner started from | Wins | Share |
|---|---|---|
| P1 | 1 | 20% |
| P2 | 4 | 80% |
Where the winner started, every race at this circuit. Pole sitter means the driver who set the fastest qualifying time (first on the grid where no qualifying data exists); a grid penalty can move the pole sitter back, and that race still counts for them. Compare every circuit.