1952 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	3rd World Championship season
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
Races:	8
Winning drivers:	Alberto Ascari (6) Piero Taruffi (1) Troy Ruttman (1)
Winning constructors:	Ferrari (7) Kuzma (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Piero Taruffi Troy Ruttman
First-time winners (constructor):	Kuzma
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Switzerland	Bremgarten	18 May	1952 Swiss Grand Prix
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	30 May	1952 Indianapolis 500
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	22 June	1952 Belgian Grand Prix
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	06 July	1952 French Grand Prix
5	Britain	Silverstone	19 July	1952 British Grand Prix
6	Germany DT	Nurburgring	03 August	1952 German Grand Prix
7	Netherlands	Zandvoort	17 August	1952 Dutch Grand Prix
8	Italy	Monza	07 September	1952 Italian Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
AFM (works team)	Hans Stuck	1
AFM (privateers)	Ludwig Fischer	6
	Willi Heeks	6
	Willi Krakau	6
	Helmut Niedermayr	6
Alta (privateers)	Graham Whitehead	5
Alta (privateers)	Peter Whitehead	4
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 Downing	5
	Ken McAlpine	5, 8
	Stirling Moss	8
	Dennis Poore	5, 8
	Eric Thompson	5
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)	Alberto Ascari	2-8
	Giuseppe Farina	1, 3-8
	Andre Simon	1, 8
	Piero Taruffi	1, 3-6, 8
	Luigi Villoresi	4, 7-8
Ferrari (privateers)	Piero Carini	4, 6
	Gianfranco Comotti	4
	Charles de Tornaco	3, 7-8
	Rudi Fischer	1, 4-6, 8
	Peter Hirt	1, 4-5
	Roger Laurent	6
	Louis Rosier	1, 3-4, 8
	Roy Salvadori	5
	Rudolf Schoeller	6
	Hans Stuck	8
	Maurice Trintignant	1
	Peter Whitehead	5, 8
Frazer Nash (privateers)	Tony Crook	5
Frazer Nash (privateers)	Ken Wharton	1, 3, 7
Gordini (works team)	Jean Behra	1, 3-4, 6-8
	Birabongse Bhanudej	4-5
	Johnny Claes	3
	Robert Manzon	1, 3-8
	Maurice Trintignant	5-8
HWM (works team)	George Abecassis	1
	Johnny Claes	6
	Peter Collins	1, 3-6, 8
	Paul Frere	3, 6
	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	4
	Duncan Hamilton	5, 7
	Roger Laurent	3
	Lance Macklin	1, 3-5, 7-8
	Stirling Moss	1
	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)	Gino Bianco	5-8
	Eitel Cantoni	5-6, 8
	Alberto Crespo	8
	Emmanuel de Graffenried	1, 4-5, 8
	Philippe Etancelin	4
	Jan Flinterman	7
	Chico Landi	7-8
	Harry Schell	1, 4-5
OSCA (privateer)	Elie Bayol	8
Simca-Gordini (works team)	Birabongse Bhanudej	1, 3
Simca-Gordini (works team)	Maurice Trintignant	4
Simca-Gordini (privateers)	Johnny Claes	4-5, 8
	Max de Terra	1
	Paul Frere	7
	Robert O’Brien	3
Veritas (privateers)	Adolf Brudes	6
	Theo Helfrich	6
	Hans Klenk	6
	Arthur Legat	3
	Josef Peters	6
	Paul Pietsch	6
	Fritz Riess	6
	Toni Ulmen	1, 6

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Switzerland	Bremgarten	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	2	2m 37.200s
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Troy Ruttman	Kuzma-Offenhauser	7	4m 02.329s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	1m 55.200s
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	1 lap
5	Britain	Silverstone	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	2	1 lap
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	14.100s
7	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	40.100s
8	Italy	Monza	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	1m 01.800s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Switzerland	Bremgarten	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	DNF	2.600s
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft-Cummins	27	0.481s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	3.000s
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	1.400s
5	Britain	Silverstone	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	6	0.000s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	2.900s
7	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	2.100s
8	Italy	Monza	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	0.900s

Fastest laps

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Switzerland	Bremgarten	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
4	France	Rouen-les-Essarts	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
5	Britain	Silverstone	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
7	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
8	Italy	Monza	Alberto Ascari Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari Maserati

Qualifying results

See: 1952 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top five classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (8), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), fastest lap (1)

A point was awarded for setting the fastest lap. In the event of more than one driver setting the fastest lap points were shared. Only the best four results counted towards the championship. Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Driver	CHE	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	NLD	ITA	Points
1	Alberto Ascari		31^R	1	1	1	1	1	1	36 (53.5)
2	Giuseppe Farina	R/R		2	2	6	2	2	4	24 (27)
3	Piero Taruffi	1		R	3	2	4		7	22.0
4	Rudi Fischer	2			11	13	3		R	10.0
=	Mike Hawthorn			4	R	3		4	NC	10.0
6	Robert Manzon	R		3	4	R	R	5	14	9.0
7	Troy Ruttman		1							8.0
=	Luigi Villoresi							3	3	8.0
9	Jose Froilan Gonzalez								2	6.5
10	Jim Rathmann		2							6.0
=	Jean Behra	3		R	7		5	R	R	6.0
12	Sam Hanks		3							4.0
13	Ken Wharton	4		R				R	9	3.0
=	Duane Carter		4							3.0
=	Dennis Poore					4			12	3.0
16	Alan Brown	5		6		22			15	2.0
=	Art Cross		5							2.0
=	Paul Frere			5			R	R		2.0
=	Maurice Trintignant	DNS			5	R	R	6	R	2.0
=	Eric Thompson					5				2.0
=	Felice Bonetto						DSQ		5	2.0
22	Bill Vukovich		17^R							1.0
	Roger Laurent			12			6
	Emmanuel de Graffenried	6			R	19			DNQ
	Peter Collins	R		R	6	R	DNS		DNQ
	Andre Simon	R							6
	Jimmy Bryan		6
	Peter Hirt	7			11	R
	Charles de Tornaco			7				R	DNQ
	Duncan Hamilton					R		7
	Jimmy Reece		7
	Reg Parnell					7
	Fritz Riess						7
	Lance Macklin	R		11	9	15		8	DNQ
	Eric Brandon	8		9		20			13
	Chico Landi							9	8
	Johnny Claes			8	R	14	10		DNQ
	Toni Ulmen	R					8
	George Connor		8
	Philippe Etancelin				8
	Roy Salvadori					8
	Ken Downing					9		R
	Cliff Griffith		9
	Helmut Niedermayer						9
	Jan Flinterman							9/R
	Birabongse Bhanudej	R		10	R	11
	Louis Rosier	R		R	R				10
	Peter Whitehead				R	10			DNQ
	Johnnie Parsons		10
	Yves Giraud-Cabantous				10
	Eitel Cantoni					R	R		11
	Jack McGrath		11
	Hans Klenk						11
	Jim Rigsby		12
	Gianfranco Comotti				12
	Graham Whitehead					12
	Ernst Klodwig						12
	Joe James		13
	Arthur Legat			13
	Bill Schindler		14
	Robert O’Brien			14
	Tony Gaze			15		R	R		DNQ
	George Fonder		15
	Ken McAlpine					16			R
	Eddie Johnson		16
	Harry Schell	R			R/R	17
	Gino Bianco					18	R	R	R
	Chuck Stevenson		18
	Henry Banks		19
	Manuel Ayulo		20
	Johnny McDowell		21
	Tony Crook					21
	Dries van der Lof							NC
	Stirling Moss	R		R		R		R	R
	Piero Carini				R		R
	Bill Aston					DNS	R		DNQ
	Hans Stuck	R							DNQ
	George Abecassis	R
	Max de Terra	R
	Spider Webb		22^R
	Rodger Ward		23^R
	Tony Bettenhausen		24^R
	Duke Nalon		25^R
	Bob Sweikert		26^R
	Fred Agabashian		27^R
	Gene Hartley		28^R
	Bob Scott		29^R
	Chet Miller		30^R
	Bobby Ball		32^R
	Andy Linden		33^R
	Robin Montgomerie-Charrington			R
	David Murray					R
	Willi Heeks						R
	Adolf Brudes						R
	Marcel Balsa						R
	Gunther Bechem						R
	Rudolf Krause						R
	Rudolf Schoeller						R
	Paul Pietsch						R
	Theo Helfrich						R
	Josef Peters						R
	Franco Rol								R
	Elie Bayol								R
	Willi Krakau						DNS
	Ludwig Fischer						DNS
	Harry Merkel						DNS
	Alberto Crespo								DNQ
	Piero Dusio								DNQ
No.	Driver	CHE	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	NLD	ITA	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1952.

Season statistics

See: 1952 F1 World Championship Season Statistics