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1952 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitRouen-les-Essarts, 77 laps
Round4 of 8
Race numbers

The 1952 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 19th World Championship race
  • 3rd World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Rouen-les-Essarts (last until 1957)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari773hr 00m 00.000s9 FL
2 (ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari76+1 lap6
3 (ITA) Piero TaruffiFerrari75+2 laps4
4+1(FRA) Robert ManzonGordini74+3 laps3
5+1(FRA) Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini72+5 laps2
6+2(GBR) Peter CollinsHWM-Alta70+7 laps 
7-3(FRA) Jean BehraGordini70+7 laps 
8+10(FRA) Philippe EtancelinMaserati (privateer)70+7 laps 
9+5(GBR) Lance MacklinHWM-Alta70+7 laps 
10 (FRA) Yves Giraud-CabantousHWM-Alta68+9 laps 
11+6Ferrari (privateer)66+11 laps 
12+4(ITA) Gianfranco ComottiFerrari (privateer)63+14 laps 
R (THA) Birabongse BhanudejGordini56DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HawthornCooper-Bristol (privateer)51DNF 
R Maserati (privateer)34DNF 
R (GBR) Peter WhiteheadAlta (privateer)26DNF 
R (FRA) Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)17DNF 
R (BEL) Johnny ClaesSimca-Gordini (privateer)15DNF 
R (USA) Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)7DNF 
R (ITA) Piero CariniFerrari (privateer)2DNF 
Did not start
  (ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari   

Notes

  • Luigi Villoresi withdrew from the Grand Prix due to an injury.

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:14.800

PosDriverConstructor
1(ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari
2(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari
3(ITA) Piero TaruffiFerrari
4(FRA) Jean BehraGordini
5(FRA) Robert ManzonGordini
6(FRA) Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini
7(THA) Birabongse BhanudejGordini
8(GBR) Peter CollinsHWM-Alta
9(FRA) Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)
10(FRA) Yves Giraud-CabantousHWM-Alta
11(USA) Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)
12(CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)
13(GBR) Peter WhiteheadAlta (privateer)
14(GBR) Lance MacklinHWM-Alta
15(GBR) Mike HawthornCooper-Bristol (privateer)
16(ITA) Gianfranco ComottiFerrari (privateer)
17(CHE) Rudi FischerFerrari (privateer)
18(FRA) Philippe EtancelinMaserati (privateer)
19(ITA) Piero CariniFerrari (privateer)
20(BEL) Johnny ClaesSimca-Gordini (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ITA) Alberto Ascari18
2(ITA) Piero Taruffi13
3(ITA) Giuseppe Farina12
4(USA) Troy Ruttman8
5(FRA) Robert Manzon7
6(CHE) Rudi Fischer6
=(USA) Jim Rathmann6
8(FRA) Jean Behra4
=(USA) Sam Hanks4
10(GBR) Ken Wharton3
=(USA) Duane Carter3
=(GBR) Mike Hawthorn3
13(GBR) Alan Brown2
=(USA) Art Cross2
=(BEL) Paul Frere2
=(FRA) Maurice Trintignant2
17(USA) Bill Vukovich1

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Piero Carini
Last start
Gianfranco Comotti
Philippe Etancelin
Wins
4th for Alberto Ascari
6th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
4th for Ferrari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Alfa Romeo)
Podiums
9th for Giuseppe Farina NEW RECORD
8th for Alberto Ascari
3rd for Piero Taruffi
20th, 21st & 22nd for Ferrari (2nd constructor to score 20 podiums) NEW RECORD
Poles
4th for Alberto Ascari
6th for Ferrari
1-2 start
4th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
2nd for Alberto Ascari
3rd for Ferrari
Front row starts
16th for Giuseppe Farina
8th for Alberto Ascari
3rd for Piero Taruffi
Points finishes
1st for Maurice Trintignant (46th different point scorer, 8th French driver)
Pole & win
3rd for Alberto Ascari
Win & fastest lap
2nd for Alberto Ascari
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd for Alberto Ascari