The was a
Formula One race held on
June 4 , 1950 at
Bremgarten . This is the fourth round of the
1950 Formula One Season .
The fourth round took place just three weeks after the series began at
Silverstone (with Monaco and
Indianapolis having taken place on consecutive weekends). Once again the event proved to be a battle between the
Alfa Romeo factory 158s of
Giuseppe Farina ,
Juan Manuel Fangio and
Luigi Fagioli and the
Scuderia Ferrari 's of
Alberto Ascari ,
Luigi Villoresi ,
Raymond Sommer and
Peter Whitehead . There were a number of uncompetitive
Talbot-Lago 's and
Maserati 's as usual.
José Froilán González was out of action as a result of burns he had received after the first lap accident at
1950 Monaco Grand Prix . Also out of action as a result of the crash was Maserati factory driver
Franco Rol .
In qualifying Fangio and Farina were well clear of Fagioli with Villoresi and Ascari sharing the second row of the 3-2-3 grid.
Peter Whitehead ,
Franco Rol ,
Reg Parnell and
Rudi Fischer was not qualified. On race, in the first lap Ascari managed to get among the Alfa Romeos but he quickly slipped back and it was left to the Alfas to battle. Fangio led early on but then Farina went ahead. Fagioli was unable to keep up and after both Villoresi and Ascari retired it was left to
Prince Bira to run fourth. He had to refuel and so
Philippe Étancelin in a Talbot-Lago was able to move into fourth place. Shortly afterwards factory Talbot-Lago driver Eugene Martin crashed heavily and was seriously hurt when he was thrown from the car. Etancelin later went out with gearbox trouble and so Talbot-Lago factory driver Louis Rosier moved into fourth. He was promoted to third when Fangio retired on lap 33 with an electrical problem.
- 22 competing, 18 qualified for race, 11 classified.
- ''' – 2'42.1
- Nino Farina – 2'41.6
