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1952 French Grand Prix

1952 French Grand Prix

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The 1952 French Grand Prix
French Grand Prix
The French Grand Prix is a race held as part of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's annual Formula One automobile racing championships....

was a Formula Two
Formula Two
Formula Two, abbreviated to F2, is a type of formula racing. It was replaced by Formula 3000 in 1985, but the FIA announced in 2008 that Formula Two would return for 2009 in the form of the FIA Formula Two Championship...

 race held on July 6, 1952 at Rouen-Les-Essarts
Rouen-Les-Essarts
Rouen-Les-Essarts was a 6.542 km race track in Grand-Couronne, near Rouen, France.From its opening in 1950, Rouen-Les-Essarts was recognized as one of Europe's finest circuits, with modern pits, a wide track, and spectator grandstands...

. It was part of the 1952 World Drivers' Championship
1952 Formula One season
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....

, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used.
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The 1952 French Grand Prix
French Grand Prix
The French Grand Prix is a race held as part of Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's annual Formula One automobile racing championships....

was a Formula Two
Formula Two
Formula Two, abbreviated to F2, is a type of formula racing. It was replaced by Formula 3000 in 1985, but the FIA announced in 2008 that Formula Two would return for 2009 in the form of the FIA Formula Two Championship...

 race held on July 6, 1952 at Rouen-Les-Essarts
Rouen-Les-Essarts
Rouen-Les-Essarts was a 6.542 km race track in Grand-Couronne, near Rouen, France.From its opening in 1950, Rouen-Les-Essarts was recognized as one of Europe's finest circuits, with modern pits, a wide track, and spectator grandstands...

. It was part of the 1952 World Drivers' Championship
1952 Formula One season
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....

, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used.

Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 8 Italy Alberto Ascari
Alberto Ascari
Alberto Ascari was an Italian racing driver and twice Formula One World Champion. He is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport.- Early life :...

Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

77 3:00:00 1 9
2 10 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

76 + 1 lap 2 6
3 12 Italy Piero Taruffi
Piero Taruffi
Piero Taruffi , was a racing driver from Italy, and also the father of lady racer Prisca Taruffi.-Sports car career:...

Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

75 + 2 laps 3 4
4 2 France Robert Manzon
Robert Manzon
Robert Manzon is a former racing driver from France. He participated in 29 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 21, 1950. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 16 championship points....

Gordini
Gordini
Gordini was a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .At the beginning Gordini had close ties with Simca whose founder Henri Pigozzi shared Italian origins with Amédée Gordini....

74 + 3 laps 5 3
5 44 France Maurice Trintignant
Maurice Trintignant
Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant was a motor racing driver and vintner from France. He competed in the Formula One World Championship for fourteen years, between 1950 and 1964, one of the longest careers in the early years of F1...

Simca
Simca
Simca was a French automaker and marque, founded in 1934 by Henri Théodore Pigozzi . Simca was originally affiliated with Fiat, but later, after a period of independence, when Simca bought Ford's French branch, became increasingly controlled by the Chrysler Group, in 1970 becoming a part of...

-Gordini
Gordini
Gordini was a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .At the beginning Gordini had close ties with Simca whose founder Henri Pigozzi shared Italian origins with Amédée Gordini....

-Gordini
Gordini
Gordini was a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .At the beginning Gordini had close ties with Simca whose founder Henri Pigozzi shared Italian origins with Amédée Gordini....

72 + 5 laps 6 2
6 22 UK Peter Collins
Peter Collins (racing driver)
Peter John Collins was a Formula One driver from England. He participated in 35 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1952...

HWM
Hersham and Walton Motors
Hersham and Walton Motors was a racing car constructor. It is best known for its involvement in Formula One from 1951 to 1955. HWM owners George Abecassis and John Heath started a racing team in 1946 with an Alta-engined car and called it an HWM, after their garage, based in Walton-on-Thames,...

-Alta
70 + 7 laps 8
7 4 France Jean Behra
Jean Behra
Jean Marie Behra was a Formula One driver who raced for the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari and Porsche teams.-Appearance and personality:...

Gordini
Gordini
Gordini was a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .At the beginning Gordini had close ties with Simca whose founder Henri Pigozzi shared Italian origins with Amédée Gordini....

70 + 7 laps 4
8 28 France Philippe Étancelin
Philippe Étancelin
Philippe Étancelin was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver who joined the new Formula One circuit at its inception.-Biography:...

Maserati
Maserati
Maserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and sports cars, established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993...

70 + 7 laps 18
9 20 UK Lance Macklin
Lance Macklin
Lance Macklin was a British racing driver from England. He participated in 15 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1952....

HWM
Hersham and Walton Motors
Hersham and Walton Motors was a racing car constructor. It is best known for its involvement in Formula One from 1951 to 1955. HWM owners George Abecassis and John Heath started a racing team in 1946 with an Alta-engined car and called it an HWM, after their garage, based in Walton-on-Thames,...

-Alta
70 + 7 laps 14
10 24 France Yves Giraud Cabantous
Yves Giraud Cabantous
Marius Aristide Yves Giraud-Cabantous was a racing driver from France. He drove in Formula One from to , participating in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, plus numerous non-Championship Formula One races.He drove a Talbot-Lago-Talbot in 10 Championship races in 1950 and 1951, and his final...

HWM
Hersham and Walton Motors
Hersham and Walton Motors was a racing car constructor. It is best known for its involvement in Formula One from 1951 to 1955. HWM owners George Abecassis and John Heath started a racing team in 1946 with an Alta-engined car and called it an HWM, after their garage, based in Walton-on-Thames,...

-Alta
68 + 9 laps 10
11 34 Switzerland Rudi Fischer
Rudi Fischer
Rudolf "Rudi" Fischer was a racing driver from Switzerland.Fischer participated in eight World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 27 May 1951. He achieved two podiums, and scored a total of 10 championship points...


Switzerland Peter Hirt
Peter Hirt
Peter Hirt was a racing driver from Küsnacht, Switzerland. He participated in five World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 27 May 1951. He scored no championship points.He was a member of the Ecurie Espadon....

Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

66 + 11 laps 17
12 38 Italy Franco Comotti
Franco Comotti
Gianfranco "Franco" Comotti was an Italian racecar driver.A native of Brescia, he first appeared at the 1928 Italian Grand Prix in a Talbot before he joined Alfa Romeo around 1930, winning the 1933 Grand Prix of Naples in an Alfa Romeo 2600, and the 1934 Grand Prix du Comminges.After World War II...

Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

63 + 14 laps 16
Ret 6 Thailand Prince Bira
Prince Bira
Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh better known as Prince Bira of Siam , or by his nom de course B...

Gordini
Gordini
Gordini was a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .At the beginning Gordini had close ties with Simca whose founder Henri Pigozzi shared Italian origins with Amédée Gordini....

56 Axle 7
Ret 42 UK Mike Hawthorn
Mike Hawthorn
John Michael Hawthorn was a racing driver, born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, and educated at Ardingly College, West Sussex.-Biography:...

Cooper
Cooper Car Company
The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946...

-Bristol
Bristol Cars
Bristol Cars is a manufacturer of hand-built luxury cars, based at Filton, near Bristol, England. Bristol Cars has no distributors or dealers and deals directly with customers; they have a showroom in Kensington in London. They claim to be the last wholly British-owned luxury car builder. The...

51 Ignition 15
Ret 16 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried
Toulo de Graffenried
Baron Emmanuel 'Toulo' de Graffenried was a Swiss motor racing driver. He participated in 23 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 13, 1950, and scored a total of 9 championship points...


United States Harry Schell
Harry Schell
Henry O'Reilly Schell was an American Grand Prix motor racing driver.-Early life:...

Maserati
Maserati
Maserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and sports cars, established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993...

34 Brakes 12
Ret 26 UK Peter Whitehead Alta 17 Clutch 13
Ret 14 France Louis Rosier
Louis Rosier
Louis Rosier was a racing driver from France.-Career highlights:...

Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

17 Engine 9
Ret 32 Belgium Johnny Claes
Johnny Claes
Octave John "Johnny" Claes was a racing driver from Belgium, born to a Scottish mother and Belgian father. He was educated in England at Lord Williams's School....

Simca
Simca
Simca was a French automaker and marque, founded in 1934 by Henri Théodore Pigozzi . Simca was originally affiliated with Fiat, but later, after a period of independence, when Simca bought Ford's French branch, became increasingly controlled by the Chrysler Group, in 1970 becoming a part of...

-Gordini
Gordini
Gordini was a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .At the beginning Gordini had close ties with Simca whose founder Henri Pigozzi shared Italian origins with Amédée Gordini....

-Gordini
Gordini
Gordini was a French sports car manufacturer. The firm was founded by Amédée Gordini nicknamed "Le Sorcier" .At the beginning Gordini had close ties with Simca whose founder Henri Pigozzi shared Italian origins with Amédée Gordini....

15 Engine 20
Ret 18 United States Harry Schell
Harry Schell
Henry O'Reilly Schell was an American Grand Prix motor racing driver.-Early life:...

Maserati
Maserati
Maserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and sports cars, established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993...

7 Gearbox 11
Ret 40 Italy Piero Carini
Piero Carini
Piero Carini was a racing driver from Italy. He was born in Genua and died in Saint Etienne, France.He participated in three World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on July 6, 1952. He scored no championship points. He also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races.-Complete...

Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

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Drivers' Championship standings after the race

Pos Driver Points
1 Italy Alberto Ascari
Alberto Ascari
Alberto Ascari was an Italian racing driver and twice Formula One World Champion. He is one of only two Italian Formula One World Champions in the history of the sport.- Early life :...

18
2 Italy Piero Taruffi
Piero Taruffi
Piero Taruffi , was a racing driver from Italy, and also the father of lady racer Prisca Taruffi.-Sports car career:...

13
3 Italy Nino Farina 12
4 USA Troy Ruttman
Troy Ruttman
Troy Ruttman was an American race car driver. He was the older brother of NASCAR driver Joe Ruttman.Ruttman won the Indianapolis 500 in 1952, and , he is the youngest winner of the race....

8
5 France Robert Manzon
Robert Manzon
Robert Manzon is a former racing driver from France. He participated in 29 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 21, 1950. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 16 championship points....

7
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.