1952 Belgian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	36	3hr 03m 46.300s	9 FL
2		Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	36	+1m 55.200s	6
3	+1	Robert Manzon	Gordini	36	+4m 28.400s	4
4	+2	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	35	+1 lap	3
5	+3	Paul Frere	HWM-Alta	34	+2 laps	2
6	+3	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	34	+2 laps
7	+6	Charles de Tornaco	Ferrari (privateer)	33	+3 laps
8	+11	Johnny Claes	Gordini	33	+3 laps
9	+3	Eric Brandon	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	33	+3 laps
10	+8	Birabongse Bhanudej	Simca-Gordini	32	+4 laps
11	+3	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	32	+4 laps
12	+8	Roger Laurent	HWM-Alta	32	+4 laps
13	+8	Arthur Legat	Veritas (privateer)	31	+5 laps
14	+8	Robert O’Brien	Simca-Gordini (privateer)	30	+6 laps
15	+1	Tony Gaze	HWM-Alta (privateer)	30	+6 laps
R		Robin Montgomerie-Charrington	Aston-Butterworth (privateer)	17	DNF
R		Jean Behra	Gordini	13	DNF
R		Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	13	DNF
R		Ken Wharton	Frazer Nash-Bristol (privateer)	10	DNF
R		Louis Rosier	Ferrari (privateer)	6	DNF
R		Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	3	DNF
R		Stirling Moss	ERA-Bristol	0	DNF

Starting grid

Pole time: 4:37.000

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
2	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
3	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari
4	Robert Manzon	Gordini
5	Jean Behra	Gordini
6	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)
7	Ken Wharton	Frazer Nash-Bristol (privateer)
8	Paul Frere	HWM-Alta
9	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)
10	Stirling Moss	ERA-Bristol
11	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta
12	Eric Brandon	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)
13	Charles de Tornaco	Ferrari (privateer)
14	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta
15	Robin Montgomerie-Charrington	Aston-Butterworth (privateer)
16	Tony Gaze	HWM-Alta (privateer)
17	Louis Rosier	Ferrari (privateer)
18	Birabongse Bhanudej	Simca-Gordini
19	Johnny Claes	Gordini
20	Roger Laurent	HWM-Alta
21	Arthur Legat	Veritas (privateer)
22	Robert O’Brien	Simca-Gordini (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Piero Taruffi	9
=	Alberto Ascari	9
3	Troy Ruttman	8
4	Rudi Fischer	6
=	Jim Rathmann	6
=	Giuseppe Farina	6
7	Jean Behra	4
=	Sam Hanks	4
=	Robert Manzon	4
10	Ken Wharton	3
=	Duane Carter	3
=	Mike Hawthorn	3
13	Alan Brown	2
=	Art Cross	2
=	Paul Frere	2
16	Bill Vukovich	1

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