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1952 Formula One season
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In comparison to previous seasons, the 1952 Formula One season consisted of a relatively small number of Formula One races, following the FIA's decision to run the World Drivers' Championship to Formula Two regulations rather than Formula One.
The 3rd FIA World Drivers' Championship, which commenced on May 18, 1952, and ended on September 7 after eight races, was won by Alberto Ascari, driving for Scuderia Ferrari.
In addition to the Formula One races and the World Championship Formula Two races, numerous other Formula Two races, which did not count towards the Championship, were also held during the year.
Romeo, unable to fund a new car, withdrew from racing, leaving Ferrari as the only serious Formula 1 contender.

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In comparison to previous seasons, the 1952 Formula One season consisted of a relatively small number of Formula One races, following the FIA's decision to run the World Drivers' Championship to Formula Two regulations rather than Formula One.
The 3rd FIA World Drivers' Championship, which commenced on May 18, 1952, and ended on September 7 after eight races, was won by Alberto Ascari, driving for Scuderia Ferrari.
In addition to the Formula One races and the World Championship Formula Two races, numerous other Formula Two races, which did not count towards the Championship, were also held during the year.
World Championship season summary
Alfa Romeo, unable to fund a new car, withdrew from racing, leaving Ferrari as the only serious Formula 1 contender. This led organizers to run their races for Formula 2, for 2 litre unsupercharged engines, which meant larger fields and a greater variety of cars, even if the victories all went to Ferrari. Ascari won the six grand prix he entered, missing the Swiss because he was at Indianapolis qualifying. Maserati and Gordini offered little challenge, but Mike Hawthorn's drives in his Cooper would earn him a works Ferrari drive in 1953. Fangio, badly injured in an early season crash, took no part in the championship.
Points were given to top 5 finishers (8, 6, 4, 3, 2). 1 point was given for fastest lap. Only the best four of eight scores counted towards the world championship. Points for shared drives were divided equally between the drivers, regardless of who had driven more laps. In 1952, all World Championship events were run under Formula 2 regulations.
World Championship season review
Teams and Drivers The following teams and drivers competed in the 1952 FIA World Championship.
1952 Driver line-ups
1952 Drivers Championship final standings
| Pos. | Driver | SUI
| 500
| BEL
| FRA
| GBR
| GER
| NED
| ITA
| Pts. |
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| 1 | Alberto Ascari | | Ret | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1** | 36 (53.5) |
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| 2 | | Ret / Ret† | | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 (27) |
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| 3 | Piero Taruffi | 1* | | Ret | 3 | 2 | 4 | | 7 | 22 |
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| 4 | Rudi Fischer | 2 | | | 11† | 13 | 3 | | Ret | 10 |
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| 5 | Mike Hawthorn | | | 4 | Ret | 3 | | 4 | Ret | 10 |
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| 6 | Robert Manzon | Ret | | 3 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 14 | 9 |
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| 7 | Troy Ruttman | | 1 | | | | | | | 8 |
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| 8 | Luigi Villoresi | | | | | | | 3 | 3 | 8 |
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| 9 | José Froilán González | | | | | | | | 2** | 6.5 |
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| 10 | Jim Rathmann | | 2 | | | | | | | 6 |
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| 11 | Jean Behra | 3 | | Ret | 7 | | 5 | Ret | Ret | 6 |
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| 12 | Sam Hanks | | 3 | | | | | | | 4 |
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| 13 | Ken Wharton | 4 | | Ret | | | | Ret | 9 | 3 |
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| 14 | Dennis Poore | | | | | 4 | | | 12 | 3 |
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| 15 | Duane Carter | | 4 | | | | | | | 3 |
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| 16 | | 5 | | 6 | | 22 | | | 15 | 2 |
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| 17 | Maurice Trintignant | | | | 5 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 2 |
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| 18 | Paul Frère | | | 5 | | | Ret | Ret | | 2 |
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| 19 | Felice Bonetto | | | | | | Ret | | 5 | 2 |
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| 20 | Art Cross | | 5 | | | | | | | 2 |
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| 21 | Eric Thompson | | | | | 5 | | | | 2 |
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| 22 | Bill Vukovich | | 17* | | | | | | | 1 |
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| 23 | Roger Laurent | | | 12 | | | 6 | | | 0 |
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| 24 | Toulo de Graffenried | 6 | | | Ret† | 19 | | | DNQ | 0 |
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| 25 | Peter Collins | Ret | | Ret | 6 | Ret | | | DNQ | 0 |
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| 26 | | Ret† | | | | | | | 6 | 0 |
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| 27 | Jimmy Bryan | | 6 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 28 | Peter Hirt | 7 | | | 11† | | | | | 0 |
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| 29 | Charles de Tornaco | | | 7 | | | | Ret | DNQ | 0 |
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| 30 | | | | | | Ret | | 7 | | 0 |
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| 31 | Jimmy Reece | | 7 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 32 | Reg Parnell | | | | | 7 | | | | 0 |
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| 33 | Fritz Riess | | | | | | 7 | | | 0 |
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| 34 | Lance Macklin | WD | | 11 | 9 | 15 | | 8 | DNQ | 0 |
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| 35 | Eric Brandon | 8 | | 9 | | 20 | | | 13 | 0 |
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| 36 | Chico Landi | | | | | | | 9† | 8 | 0 |
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| 37 | Johnny Claes | | | 8 | Ret | 14 | 10 | | DNQ | 0 |
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| 38 | Toni Ulmen | Ret | | | | | 8 | | | 0 |
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| 39 | George Connor | | 8 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 40 | Philippe Étancelin | | | | 8 | | | | | 0 |
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| 41 | Roy Salvadori | | | | | 8 | | | | 0 |
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| 42 | Ken Downing | | | | | 9 | | Ret | | 0 |
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| 43 | Cliff Griffith | | 9 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 44 | | | | | | | 9 | | | 0 |
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| 45 | Jan Flinterman | | | | | | | 9† | | 0 |
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| 46 | Prince Bira | Ret | | 10 | Ret | 11 | | | | 0 |
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| 47 | Louis Rosier | Ret | | Ret | Ret | | | | 10 | 0 |
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| 48 | | | | | Ret | 10 | | | DNQ | 0 |
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| 49 | Johnnie Parsons | | 10 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 50 | Yves Giraud Cabantous | | | | 10 | | | | | 0 |
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| 51 | Eitel Cantoni | | | | | Ret | Ret | | 11 | 0 |
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| 52 | Jack McGrath | | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 53 | Hans Klenk | | | | | | 11 | | | 0 |
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| 54 | Jim Rigsby | | 12 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 55 | Franco Comotti | | | | 12 | | | | | 0 |
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| 56 | Graham Whitehead | | | | | 12 | | | | 0 |
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| 57 | Ernst Klodwig | | | | | | 12 | | | 0 |
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| 58 | Joe James | | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 59 | Bill Schindler | | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 60 | | | | 14 | | | | | | 0 |
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| 61 | Tony Gaze | | | 15 | | Ret | Ret | | DNQ | 0 |
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| 62 | George Fonder | | 15 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 63 | Kenneth McAlpine | | | | | 16 | | | Ret | 0 |
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| 64 | Eddie Johnson | | 16 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 65 | Harry Schell | Ret | | | Ret† | 17 | | | | 0 |
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| 66 | Gino Bianco | | | | | 18 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
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| 67 | Chuck Stevenson | | 18 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 68 | Henry Banks | | 19 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 69 | Manny Ayulo | | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 70 | Johnny McDowell | | 21 | | | | | | | 0 |
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| 71 | Tony Crook | | | | | 21 | | | | 0 |
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| — | Stirling Moss | WD | | Ret | | Ret | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
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| — | Piero Carini | | | | Ret | | Ret | | | 0 |
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| — | Bill Aston | | | | | DNS | Ret | | DNQ | 0 |
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| — | Hans Stuck | Ret | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
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| — | George Abecassis | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Max de Terra | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Spider Webb | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Rodger Ward | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Tony Bettenhausen | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Duke Nalon | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Fred Agabashian | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Bob Sweikert | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Gene Hartley | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Bob Scott | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Chet Miller | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Bobby Ball | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Andy Linden | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | Robin Montgomerie-Charrington | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
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| — | David Murray | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
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| — | Willi Heeks | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
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| — | Adolf Brudes | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
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| — | Marcel Balsa | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
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| — | Günther Bechem | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
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| — | Rudolf Krause | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
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| — | Rudolf Schoeller | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
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| — | Paul Pietsch | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
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| — | Theo Helfrich | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
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| — | Josef Peters | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
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| — | Dries van der Lof | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
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| — | Franco Rol | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
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| — | Élie Bayol | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
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| — | Alberto Crespo | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
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| — | Piero Dusio | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
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| Pos. | Driver | SUI
| 500
| BEL
| FRA
| GBR
| GER
| NED
| ITA
| Pts. |
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- * Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
- ** Multiple drivers set equal fastest lap times, thus sharing the 1 point.
- † Position shared between more drivers of the same car
- Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
Non-Championship race results
Formula One/Two Grand Prix races, which did not count towards the World Championship, also held in 1952.
| Race Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Constructor | Report |
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| Gávea | January 20 | José Froilán González | Ferrari | Report | | Gran Premio di Siracusa | Syracuse | March 16 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | Report | | Valentino Park | April 6 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | Report | | Goodwood | April 14 | José Froilán González | Ferrari | Report | | Goodwood | April 14 | Mike Hawthorn | Cooper-Bristol | Report | | Grand Prix de Pau | Pau | April 14 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | Report | | Ringwood | April 19 | Mike Hawthorn | Cooper-Bristol | Report | | Marseille | April 27 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | Report | | Snetterton | May 3 | | Frazer Nash | Report | | BRDC International Trophy | Silverstone | May 10 | Lance Macklin | HWM-Alta | Report | | Eläintarhanajot | Eläintarharata | May 11 | Roger Laurent | Talbot-Lago | Report | | Posillipo | May 11 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | Report | | Internationales ADAC Eifelrennen | Nürburgring | May 25 | Rudi Fischer | Ferrari | Report | | Montlhéry | May 25 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | Report | | Albi | June 1 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari | Report | | Grand Prix des Frontières | Chimay | June 1 | Paul Frère | HWM-Alta | Report | | Dundrod | June 7 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | Report | | Monza | June 8 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | Report | | Aix les Bains Circuit du Lac | Aix-les-Bains | June 8 | Jean Behra | Gordini | Report | | Boreham | June 21 | Reg Parnell | Cooper-Bristol | Report | | Reims | June 29 | Jean Behra | Gordini | Report | | Sables | July 13 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | Report | | Caen | July 27 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | Report | | Boreham | August 2 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | Report | | Grand Prix de Comminges | Comminges | August 10 | | Ferrari | Report | | Turnberry | August 23 | Mike Hawthorn | | Report | | La Baule | August 24 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | Report | | Modena | September 14 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | Report | | Circuit de Cadours | Cadours | September 14 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari | Report | | Skarpnäck | September 14 | | | Report | | Goodwood | September 27 | Ken Downing | | Report | | AVUS | September 28 | Rudi Fischer | Ferrari | Report | | Castle Combe | October 4 | Roy Salvadori | Ferrari | Report | | Charterhall | October 11 | Dennis Poore | | Report | | Gávea | December 14 | | Ferrari | Report |
East German Championship
| Race Name | Circuit | Date | Winning driver | Constructor | Report |
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| Rostock | April 20 | Paul Greifzu | BMW-Eigenbau | Report | | Bernau | May 4 | Rudolf Krause | BMW-Reif | Report | | Dessau | May 11 | Fritz Riess | Veritas-Meteor | Report | | Leipzig | June 2 | Edgar Barth | IFA-Kollektiv | Report | | Halle-Saale-Schleife | June 8 | Edgar Barth | IFA-Kollektiv | Report | | Leipzig | August 17 | Hans Stuck | AFM-BMW | Report | | Grenzlandring | August 31 | Toni Ulmen | Veritas | Report | | Sachsenring | September 7 | Edgar Barth | EMW-BMW | Report |
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