1952 F1 World Championship Season

Season

Season info

Season

Races

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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Standings

Driver standings

Wins, poles & fastest laps

Qualifying

Qualifying stats

Season stats

Calendar

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	Switzerland	Bremgarten	18 May
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	30 May
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	22 June
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	06 July
5	Britain	Silverstone	19 July
6	Germany	Nurburgring	03 August
7	Netherlands	Zandvoort	17 August
8	Italy	Monza	07 September

Race results

No.	Grand Prix	Result
1	Switzerland	Result
2	Indianapolis 500	Result
3	Belgium	Result
4	France	Result
5	Britain	Result
6	Germany (drivers’ title decider)	Result
7	Netherlands	Result
8	Italy	Result

Driver and constructor entries

The following drivers and constructors participated in the 1952 F1 World Championship (excluding Indianapolis 500 entries).

AFM (works team): Hans Stuck (1)
AFM (privateers): Ludwig Fischer (6); Willi Heeks (6); Willi Krakau (6); Helmut Niedermayr (6)
Alta (privateers): Peter Whitehead (4); Graham Whitehead (5)
Aston (works team): Bill Aston (5-6, 8)
Aston (privateer): Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (3)
BMW (privateers): Marcel Balsa (6); Gunther Bechem (6); Ernst Klodwig (6); Rudolf Krause (6); Harry Merkel (6)
Cisitalia (privateer): Piero Dusio (8)
Connaught (works team): Ken McAlpine (5, 8); Dennis Poore (5, 8); Ken Downing (5); Eric Thompson (5); Stirling Moss (8)
Connaught (privateer): Ken Downing (7)
Cooper (privateers): Eric Brandon (1, 3, 5, 8); Alan Brown (1, 3, 5, 8); Mike Hawthorn (3-5, 7-8); David Murray (5); Reg Parnell (5); Ken Wharton (8)
ERA (works team): Stirling Moss (3, 5, 7)
Ferrari (works team): Giuseppe Farina (1, 3-8); Piero Taruffi (1, 3-6, 8); Andre Simon (1, 8); Alberto Ascari (2-8); Luigi Villoresi (4, 7-8)
Ferrari (privateers): Louis Rosier (1, 3-4, 8); Rudi Fischer (1, 4-6, 8); Peter Hirt (1, 4-5); Maurice Trintignant (1); Charles de Tornaco (3, 7-8); Piero Carini (4, 6); Gianfranco Comotti (4); Peter Whitehead (5, 8); Roy Salvadori (5); Roger Laurent (6); Rudolf Schoeller (6); Hans Stuck (8)
Frazer Nash (privateers): Ken Wharton (1, 3, 7); Tony Crook (5)
Gordini (works team): Jean Behra (1, 3-4, 6-8); Robert Manzon (1, 3-8); Johnny Claes (3); Birabongse Bhanudej (4-5); Maurice Trintignant (5-8)
HWM (works team): Lance Macklin (1, 3-5, 7-8); Peter Collins (1, 3-6, 8); George Abecassis (1); Stirling Moss (1); Paul Frere (3, 6); Roger Laurent (3); Yves Giraud-Cabantous (4); Duncan Hamilton (5, 7); Johnny Claes (6); Dries van der Lof (7)
HWM (privateer): Tony Gaze (3, 5-6, 8)
Maserati (works team): Felice Bonetto (6, 8); Jose Froilan Gonzalez (8); Franco Rol (8)
Maserati (privateers): Emmanuel de Graffenried (1, 4-5, 8); Harry Schell (1, 4-5); Philippe Etancelin (4); Gino Bianco (5-8); Eitel Cantoni (5-6, 8); Chico Landi (7-8); Jan Flinterman (7); Alberto Crespo (8)
OSCA (privateer): Elie Bayol (8)
Simca-Gordini (works team): Birabongse Bhanudej (1, 3); Maurice Trintignant (4)
Simca-Gordini (privateers): Max de Terra (1); Robert O’Brien (3); Johnny Claes (4-5, 8); Paul Frere (7)
Veritas (privateers): Toni Ulmen (1, 6); Arthur Legat (3); Adolf Brudes (6); Theo Helfrich (6); Hans Klenk (6); Josef Peters (6); Paul Pietsch (6); Fritz Riess (6)