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Home / Seasons / 1952 F1 World Championship Season

1952 F1 season

Season info

Season

3

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

← 1951 1953 →

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Standings

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Wins, poles & fastest laps

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Qualifying

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  • Calendar
  • Race results
  • Driver and constructor entries
  • First-time winners, podium finishers and polesitters

Calendar

#Grand PrixCircuitDate
1SwitzerlandBremgarten18 May
2Indianapolis 500Indianapolis30 May
3BelgiumSpa-Francorchamps22 June
4FranceRouen-les-Essarts06 July
5BritainSilverstone19 July
6GermanyNurburgring03 August
7NetherlandsZandvoort17 August
8ItalyMonza07 September
← 1951 1953 →
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

Race results

#Grand PrixResult
1SwitzerlandResult
2Indianapolis 500Result
3BelgiumResult
4FranceResult
5BritainResult
6Germany (drivers’ title decider)Result
7NetherlandsResult
8ItalyResult
← 1951 1953 →

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)
← 1951 1953 →
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

DriverGrand Prix
Piero Taruffi (Ferrari)Switzerland
Troy Ruttman (Kuzma)Indianapolis
ConstructorGrand Prix
Kuzma (Troy Ruttman)Indianapolis
← 1951 1953 →

Maiden podium finishes

DriverGrand Prix
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
ConstructorGrand Prix
Gordini (Jean Behra)Switzerland
Kuzma (Troy Ruttman)Indianapolis
Cooper (Mike Hawthorn)Britain
← 1951 1953 →

Maiden pole positions

DriverGrand Prix
Fred Agabashian (Kurtis Kraft)Indianapolis
← 1951 1953 →

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