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! colspan=2 |'''Circuit Bremgarten'''
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|Location        ||   {{flagiconSwitzerland}} [[Bremgarten bei Bern]], [[Bern]], [[Switzerland]]
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|Time            ||   [[GMT]] +1 
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|Events          ||   [[Formula One]] (1950-1955)
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|Length km       ||   7.28 
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|Length mi       ||   4.524
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|Turns           ||   ?
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|Record time     ||   2:39.7, 164.108 km/h
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|Record driver   ||   [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] 
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|Record team     ||   [[Mercedes-Benz]] 
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|Record year     ||   [[1954]]
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The '''Circuit Bremgarten''' was a 7.28 km (4.524-[[mile|mi]]) race course in [[Bremgarten bei Bern]], [[Switzerland]] which formerly hosted the [[Formula One]] [[Swiss Grand Prix]].

Bremgarten was built as a [[motorcycle]] track in 1931 in the forests just north of Bern. The circuit itself has no true straight; it is a collection of high-speed corners. 
It hosted its first [[automobile]] race in 1934 which, tragically, claimed the life of driver Hugh Hamilton.  From the outset, Bremgarten's tree-lined roads, often poor light conditions and changes in road surface made for what was acknowledged to be a very dangerous circuit, especially in the wet.

Bremgarten has not hosted an official [[motorsport]] event since 1955, when spectator racing sports, with the exception of [[hillclimbing]] and [[rallying]], were banned in Switzerland following the [[1955 Le Mans disaster|tragedy at Le Mans]].  Although there was a [[1982 Swiss Grand Prix]], it took place in [[Dijon]], [[France]]. On June 6, 2007 an amendment to lift the ban was passed by the [[National Council of Switzerland|lower house]] of the Swiss parliament, 97 in favour and 77 opposed. The act still has to pass the [[Swiss Council of States|upper house]], which has previously voted down similar proposals.

==Motorcycle racing==
The Grand Prix of Bern took place at Bremgarten from 1931 to 1937 and also in 1947 and 1948. In August 1931 the Bern (Swiss) Grand Prix took place and the Irish motorcyclist [[Stanley Woods]] won the 500cc event on a [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]]. He won three more events here; 1932 350cc and 500cc races and 1933 500cc race also on a Norton. [[Jimmy Guthrie]] won the 350cc and 500cc races in 1937. 

The Bremgarten Circuit was one of the original rounds of the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing]] [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|World Championship]] during the inaugural season of [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] and from [[1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1951]] to [[1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1954]]. Famous riders who raced here included: [[Hans Stärkle]], [[Freddie Frith]] and [[Geoff Duke]]. Italian racer [[Omobono Tenni]] was killed at Bremgarten during practice for the 1948 event.

==Formula One history==

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

''A light gray background indicates an event which was part of the pre-[[World War II|war]] European Championship.''



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! Year
! Driver 
! Constructor
! Report
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! [[1954 Formula One season|1954]]
| {{flagiconArgentina}} [[Juan Manuel Fangio]]
| [[Mercedes-Benz]]
| [[1954 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
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! [[1953 Formula One season|1953]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Alberto Ascari]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| [[1953 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
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! [[1952 Formula One season|1952]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Piero Taruffi]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| [[1952 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
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! [[1951 Formula One season|1951]]
| {{flagiconArgentina}} [[Juan Manuel Fangio]]
| [[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]]
| [[1951 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
|-
! [[1950 Formula One season|1950]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Giuseppe Farina|Nino Farina]]
| [[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]]
| [[1950 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
|- bgcolor="#505050"
! [[1949 Grand Prix season|1949]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Alberto Ascari]]
| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| [[1949 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
|- bgcolor="#505050"
! [[1948 Grand Prix season|1948]]
| {{flagiconItaly}} [[Carlo Felice Trossi]]
| [[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]]
| [[1948 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
|- bgcolor="#505050"
! [[1947 Grand Prix season|1947]]
| {{flagiconFrance}} [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]]
| [[Alfa Romeo (Formula One)|Alfa Romeo]]
| [[1947 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
|- bgcolor="#333333"
! 1946<br>-<br>1940
|COLSPAN=4| ''Not held''
|- style="background-color:#8c8c8c"
! [[1939 Grand Prix season|1939]]
| {{flagiconGermany|Nazi}} [[Hermann Lang]]
| [[Mercedes-Benz]]
| [[1939 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
|- style="background-color:#8c8c8c"
! [[1938 Grand Prix season|1938]]
| {{flagiconGermany|Nazi}}  [[Rudolf Caracciola]]
| [[Mercedes-Benz]]
| [[1938 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
|- style="background-color:#8c8c8c"
! [[1937 Grand Prix season|1937]]
| {{flagiconGermany|Nazi}}  [[Rudolf Caracciola]]
| [[Mercedes-Benz]]
| [[1937 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
|- style="background-color:#8c8c8c"
! [[1936 Grand Prix season|1936]]
| {{flagiconGermany|Nazi}} [[Bernd Rosemeyer]]
| [[Auto Union]]
| [[1936 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
|- style="background-color:#8c8c8c"
! [[1935 Grand Prix season|1935]]
| {{flagiconGermany|Nazi}} [[Rudolf Caracciola]]
| [[Mercedes-Benz]]
| [[1935 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
|- bgcolor="#505050"
! [[1934 Grand Prix season|1934]]
| {{flagiconGermany|empire}} [[Hans Stuck]]
| [[Auto Union]]
| [[1934 Swiss Grand Prix|Report]]
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==External links==

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Bremgarten+bei+Bern,+Switzerland&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=46.958933,7.408905&spn=0.02765,0.086517&t=k&om=1 Satellite picture by Google Maps]

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