F1 season
Season info
Season no. | 3 |
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Races | 8 |
Drivers’ Champion | Alberto Ascari (1st title; 3rd different World Champion, 2nd Italian champion) |
Constructors’ Champion | n/a |
Reigning Drivers’ Champion | Juan Manuel Fangio |
Reigning Constructors’ Champion | n/a |
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Calendar
# | Grand Prix | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Switzerland | Bremgarten | |
2 | Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis | |
3 | Belgium | Spa-Francorchamps | |
4 | France | Rouen-les-Essarts | |
5 | Britain | Silverstone | |
6 | Germany | Nurburgring | |
7 | Netherlands | Zandvoort | |
8 | Italy | Monza |
- First race (Grand Prix)
- Netherlands
- First race (circuit)
- Rouen-les-Essarts (second French circuit to host a World Championship race)
- Zandvoort (first Dutch circuit to host a World Championship race)
- Last race at a circuit until…
- 1957 for Rouen-les-Essarts
Driver and constructor entries
The following drivers and constructors participated in the 1952 F1 season (excluding Indianapolis 500 entries). Round(s) entered are shown in parentheses.
- AFM (works team)
- (DEU) Hans Stuck (1) (Rookie)
- AFM (privateers)
- (DEU) Ludwig Fischer (6) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Willi Heeks (6) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Willi Krakau (6) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Helmut Niedermayr (6) (Rookie)
- Alta (privateers)
- (GBR) Peter Whitehead (4)
- (GBR) Graham Whitehead (5) (Rookie)
- Aston (works team)
- (GBR) Bill Aston (5-6, 8) (Rookie)
- Aston (privateer)
- (GBR) Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (3) (Rookie)
- BMW (privateers)
- (FRA) Marcel Balsa (6) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Gunther Bechem (6) (Rookie)
- (DDR) Ernst Klodwig (6) (Rookie)
- (DDR) Rudolf Krause (6) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Harry Merkel (6) (Rookie)
- Cisitalia (privateer)
- (ITA) Piero Dusio (8) (Rookie)
- Connaught (works team)
- (GBR) Ken McAlpine (5, 8) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Dennis Poore (5, 8) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Ken Downing (5) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Eric Thompson (5) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Stirling Moss (8)
- Connaught (privateer)
- (GBR) Ken Downing (7) (Rookie)
- Cooper (privateers)
- (GBR) Eric Brandon (1, 3, 5, 8) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Alan Brown (1, 3, 5, 8) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Mike Hawthorn (3-5, 7-8) (Rookie)
- (GBR) David Murray (5)
- (GBR) Reg Parnell (5)
- (GBR) Ken Wharton (8) (Rookie)
- ERA (works team)
- (GBR) Stirling Moss (3, 5, 7)
- Ferrari (works team)
- (ITA) Giuseppe Farina (1, 3-8)
- (ITA) Piero Taruffi (1, 3-6, 8)
- (FRA) Andre Simon (1, 8)
- (ITA) Alberto Ascari (2-8)
- (ITA) Luigi Villoresi (4, 7-8)
- Ferrari (privateers)
- (FRA) Louis Rosier (1, 3-4, 8)
- (CHE) Rudi Fischer (1, 4-6, 8)
- (CHE) Peter Hirt (1, 4-5)
- (FRA) Maurice Trintignant (1)
- (BEL) Charles de Tornaco (3, 7-8) (Rookie)
- (ITA) Piero Carini (4, 6) (Rookie)
- (ITA) Gianfranco Comotti (4)
- (GBR) Peter Whitehead (5, 8)
- (GBR) Roy Salvadori (5) (Rookie)
- (BEL) Roger Laurent (6) (Rookie)
- (CHE) Rudolf Schoeller (6) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Hans Stuck (8) (Rookie)
- Frazer Nash (privateers)
- (GBR) Ken Wharton (1, 3, 7) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Tony Crook (5) (Rookie)
- Gordini (works team)
- (FRA) Jean Behra (1, 3-4, 6-8) (Rookie)
- (FRA) Robert Manzon (1, 3-8)
- (BEL) Johnny Claes (3)
- (THA) Birabongse Bhanudej (4-5)
- (FRA) Maurice Trintignant (5-8)
- HWM (works team)
- (GBR) Lance Macklin (1, 3-5, 7-8) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Peter Collins (1, 3-6, 8) (Rookie)
- (GBR) George Abecassis (1)
- (GBR) Stirling Moss (1)
- (BEL) Paul Frere (3, 6) (Rookie)
- (BEL) Roger Laurent (3) (Rookie)
- (FRA) Yves Giraud-Cabantous (4)
- (GBR) Duncan Hamilton (5, 7)
- (BEL) Johnny Claes (6)
- (NLD) Dries van der Lof (7) (Rookie) (first Dutch driver along with Jan Flinterman to enter a World Championship race)
- HWM (privateer)
- (AUS) Tony Gaze (3, 5-6, 8) (Rookie) (first Australian driver to enter a World Championship race)
- Maserati (works team)
- (ITA) Felice Bonetto (6, 8)
- (ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez (8)
- (ITA) Franco Rol (8)
- Maserati (privateers)
- (CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried (1, 4-5, 8)
- (USA) Harry Schell (1, 4-5)
- (FRA) Philippe Etancelin (4)
- (BRA) Gino Bianco (5-8) (Rookie)
- (URY) Eitel Cantoni (5-6, 8) (Rookie) (first Uruguayan driver to enter a World Championship race)
- (BRA) Chico Landi (7-8)
- (NLD) Jan Flinterman (7) (Rookie) (first Dutch driver along with Dries van der Lof to enter a World Championship race)
- (ARG) Alberto Crespo (8) (Rookie)
- OSCA (privateer)
- (FRA) Elie Bayol (8) (Rookie)
- Simca-Gordini (works team)
- (THA) Birabongse Bhanudej (1, 3)
- (FRA) Maurice Trintignant (4)
- Simca-Gordini (privateers)
- (CHE) Max de Terra (1) (Rookie)
- (USA) Robert O’Brien (3) (Rookie)
- (BEL) Johnny Claes (4-5, 8)
- (BEL) Paul Frere (7) (Rookie)
- Veritas (privateers)
- (DEU) Toni Ulmen (1, 6) (Rookie)
- (BEL) Arthur Legat (3) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Adolf Brudes (6) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Theo Helfrich (6) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Hans Klenk (6) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Josef Peters (6) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Paul Pietsch (6)
- (DEU) Fritz Riess (6) (Rookie)
- Final season (drivers)
- George Abecassis
- Bill Aston
- Marcel Balsa
- Gino Bianco
- Adolf Brudes
- Eitel Cantoni
- Gianfranco Comotti
- Alberto Crespo
- Ken Downing
- Piero Dusio
- Philippe Etancelin
- Ludwig Fischer
- Rudi Fischer
- Jan Flinterman
- Tony Gaze
- Hans Klenk
- Willi Krakau
- Roger Laurent
- Harry Merkel
- Robin Montgomerie-Charrington
- David Murray
- Helmut Niedermayr
- Robert O’Brien
- Josef Peters
- Paul Pietsch
- Dennis Poore
- Fritz Riess
- Franco Rol
- Rudolf Schoeller
- Eric Thompson
- Toni Ulmen
- Dries van der Lof
- Graham Whitehead
- First entry (drivers) since…
- 1950 for Gianfranco Comotti
- Last entry (drivers) until…
- 1954 for Eric Brandon, Reg Parnell and Piero Taruffi
- 1955 for Andre Simon
- Debut season (constructors)
- AFM
- Aston (only season)
- BMW
- Cisitalia (only season)
- Connaught
- Frazer Nash (only season)
- Gordini
- Final season (constructors)
- Alta
- Aston
- Cisitalia
- ERA
- Frazer Nash
- First entry (constructors) since…
- 1950 for Cooper
Maiden wins
Driver | Grand Prix |
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Piero Taruffi (Ferrari) | Switzerland |
Troy Ruttman (Kuzma) | Indianapolis |
Constructor | Grand Prix |
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Kuzma (Troy Ruttman) | Indianapolis |
Maiden podium finishes
Driver | Grand Prix |
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Rudi Fischer (Ferrari) | Switzerland |
Jean Behra (Gordini) | Switzerland |
Troy Ruttman (Kuzma) | Indianapolis |
Jim Rathmann (Kurtis Kraft) | Indianapolis |
Sam Hanks (Kurtis Kraft) | Indianapolis |
Robert Manzon (Gordini) | Belgium |
Mike Hawthorn (Cooper) | Britain |
Constructor | Grand Prix |
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Gordini (Jean Behra) | Switzerland |
Kuzma (Troy Ruttman) | Indianapolis |
Cooper (Mike Hawthorn) | Britain |
Maiden pole positions
Driver | Grand Prix |
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Fred Agabashian (Kurtis Kraft) | Indianapolis |