1951 Swiss Grand Prix

The 1951 Swiss Grand Prix more commonly known as the XI Großer Preis der Schweiz was a Formula One race that was held in Switzerland on the 27 May 1951. It was the first round of the 1951 Formula One season with it being the eleventh edition of the Swiss Grand Prix.

Background
After the first season of the World Championship was held which saw a complete Alfa Romeo domination, talks about how to bring them back to the fold started. For Ferrari, they brought the Ferrari 375 with the biggest name being Juan Manuel Fangio who after the terrible luck, the previous season moved to Ferrari. This meant for Alfa Romeo, they would only have three drivers compete in the opening round. Fagioli had retired from Formula One which meant that Italian driver, Consalvo Sanesi would come up to race for Alfa Romeo.