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Home / Seasons / 1952 F1 World Championship Season / 1952 Belgian Grand Prix

1952 Belgian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 22 June 1952
Winner
  • Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 36 laps
Round3 of 8
Race numbers

The 1952 Belgian Grand Prix was the

  • 18th World Championship race
  • 3rd World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
More 1952 season
More Belgian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariFerrari363hr 03m 46.300s9 FL
2 Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe FarinaFerrari36+1m 55.200s6
3+1France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini36+4m 28.400s4
4+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornCooper-Bristol (privateer)35+1 lap3
5+3Belgium flag lazyload Paul FrereHWM-Alta34+2 laps2
6+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Alan BrownCooper-Bristol (privateer)34+2 laps 
7+6Belgium flag lazyload Charles de TornacoFerrari (privateer)33+3 laps 
8+11Belgium flag lazyload Johnny ClaesGordini33+3 laps 
9+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Eric BrandonCooper-Bristol (privateer)33+3 laps 
10+8Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse BhanudejSimca-Gordini32+4 laps 
11+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lance MacklinHWM-Alta32+4 laps 
12+8Belgium flag lazyload Roger LaurentHWM-Alta32+4 laps 
13+8Belgium flag lazyload Arthur LegatVeritas (privateer)31+5 laps 
14+8USA flag lazyload Robert O’BrienSimca-Gordini (privateer)30+6 laps 
15+1Australia flag lazyload Tony GazeHWM-Alta (privateer)30+6 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Robin Montgomerie-CharringtonAston-Butterworth (privateer)17DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean BehraGordini13DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piero TaruffiFerrari13DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken WhartonFrazer Nash-Bristol (privateer)10DNF 
R France flag lazyload Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)6DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsHWM-Alta3DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossERA-Bristol0DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 4:37.000

PosDriverConstructor
1Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariFerrari
2Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe FarinaFerrari
3Italy flag lazyload Piero TaruffiFerrari
4France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini
5France flag lazyload Jean BehraGordini
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornCooper-Bristol (privateer)
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken WhartonFrazer Nash-Bristol (privateer)
8Belgium flag lazyload Paul FrereHWM-Alta
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Alan BrownCooper-Bristol (privateer)
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossERA-Bristol
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsHWM-Alta
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Eric BrandonCooper-Bristol (privateer)
13Belgium flag lazyload Charles de TornacoFerrari (privateer)
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Lance MacklinHWM-Alta
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Robin Montgomerie-CharringtonAston-Butterworth (privateer)
16Australia flag lazyload Tony GazeHWM-Alta (privateer)
17France flag lazyload Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)
18Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse BhanudejSimca-Gordini
19Belgium flag lazyload Johnny ClaesGordini
20Belgium flag lazyload Roger LaurentHWM-Alta
21Belgium flag lazyload Arthur LegatVeritas (privateer)
22USA flag lazyload Robert O’BrienSimca-Gordini (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1952 Belgian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Piero Taruffi9
=Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari9
3USA flag lazyload Troy Ruttman8
4Switzerland flag Rudi Fischer6
=USA flag lazyload Jim Rathmann6
=Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina6
7France flag lazyload Jean Behra4
=USA flag lazyload Sam Hanks4
=France flag lazyload Robert Manzon4
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken Wharton3
=USA flag lazyload Duane Carter3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn3
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Alan Brown2
=USA flag lazyload Art Cross2
=Belgium flag lazyload Paul Frere2
16USA flag lazyload Bill Vukovich1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Charles de Tornaco, Paul Frere, Tony Gaze (first Australian driver to start a race), Mike Hawthorn, Roger Laurent, Arthur Legat, Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (only start), Robert O’Brien (only start)
Aston
Wins
3rd for Alberto Ascari
5th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
3rd for Ferrari
Podiums
8th for Giuseppe Farina (first for Ferrari) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Juan Manuel Fangio), 7th for Alberto Ascari, 1st for Robert Manzon (26th different podium finisher, 3rd French driver; last podium until 1954; only podium for Gordini)
18th & 19th for Ferrari, 2nd and last for Gordini
Poles
3rd for Alberto Ascari
5th for Ferrari
Qualifying 1-2
3rd for Ferrari
Fastest laps
1st for Alberto Ascari (7th different fastest lap setter, 3rd Italian driver)
2nd for Ferrari
Front row starts
15th for Giuseppe Farina, 7th for Alberto Ascari, 2nd for Piero Taruffi
Points finishes
1st for Mike Hawthorn (44th different point scorer, 5th British driver), 1st for Paul Frere (45th different point scorer, 1st Belgian driver)
Pole & win
2nd for Alberto Ascari
Win & fastest lap
1st for Alberto Ascari (6th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 3rd Italian driver)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st for Alberto Ascari (3rd different driver to complete a hat-trick, 2nd Italian driver)

See also

  • Belgian Grand Prix
  • Spa-Francorchamps circuit
  • 1952 World Championship season

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