1952 French Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 6 July 1952
Winner:	Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Pole position:	Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Fastest lap:	Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Circuit:	Rouen-les-Essarts, 77 laps
Round:	4 of 8

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	77	3hr 00m 00.000s	9 FL
2		Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	76	+1 lap	6
3		Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	75	+2 laps	4
4	+1	Robert Manzon	Gordini	74	+3 laps	3
5	+1	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini	72	+5 laps	2
6	+2	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	70	+7 laps
7	-3	Jean Behra	Gordini	70	+7 laps
8	+10	Philippe Etancelin	Maserati (P)	70	+7 laps
9	+5	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	70	+7 laps
10		Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HWM-Alta	68	+9 laps
11	+6	Rudi Fischer & Peter Hirt	Ferrari (P)	66	+11 laps
12	+4	Gianfranco Comotti	Ferrari (P)	63	+14 laps
R		Birabongse Bhanudej	Gordini	56	DNF
R		Mike Hawthorn	Cooper-Bristol (P)	51	DNF
R		Emmanuel de Graffenried & Harry Schell	Maserati (P)	34	DNF
R		Peter Whitehead	Alta (P)	26	DNF
R		Louis Rosier	Ferrari (P)	17	DNF
R		Johnny Claes	Simca-Gordini (P)	15	DNF
R		Harry Schell	Maserati (P)	7	DNF
R		Piero Carini	Ferrari (P)	2	DNF
Did not start
		Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	2:14.800
2	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
3	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari
4	Jean Behra	Gordini
5	Robert Manzon	Gordini
6	Maurice Trintignant	Simca-Gordini
7	Birabongse Bhanudej	Gordini
8	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta
9	Louis Rosier	Ferrari (P)
10	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HWM-Alta
11	Harry Schell	Maserati (P)
12	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati (P)
13	Peter Whitehead	Alta (P)
14	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta
15	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper-Bristol (P)
16	Gianfranco Comotti	Ferrari (P)
17	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari (P)
18	Philippe Etancelin	Maserati (P)
19	Piero Carini	Ferrari (P)
20	Johnny Claes	Simca-Gordini (P)

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alberto Ascari	18
2	Piero Taruffi	13
3	Giuseppe Farina	12
4	Troy Ruttman	8
5	Robert Manzon	7
6	Rudi Fischer	6
=	Jim Rathmann	6
8	Jean Behra	4
=	Sam Hanks	4
10	Ken Wharton	3
=	Duane Carter	3
=	Mike Hawthorn	3
13	Alan Brown	2
=	Art Cross	2
=	Paul Frere	2
=	Maurice Trintignant	2
17	Bill Vukovich	1

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Piero Carini

Last start

Driver: Gianfranco Comotti, Philippe Etancelin

Wins

Driver: 4th for Alberto Ascari

Constructor: 6th for Ferrari

Race 1-2

Constructor: 4th for Ferrari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Alfa Romeo)

Podiums

Driver: 9th for Giuseppe Farina NEW RECORD, 8th for Alberto Ascari, 3rd for Piero Taruffi

Constructor: 20th, 21st & 22nd for Ferrari NEW RECORD

Poles

Driver: 4th for Alberto Ascari

Constructor: 6th for Ferrari

Qualifying 1-2

Constructor: 4th for Ferrari

Fastest laps

Driver: 2nd for Alberto Ascari

Constructor: 3rd for Ferrari

Front row starts

Driver: 16th for Giuseppe Farina, 8th for Alberto Ascari, 3rd for Piero Taruffi

Points finishes

Driver: 1st for Maurice Trintignant (46th different point scorer, 8th French driver)

Pole & win

Driver: 3rd for Alberto Ascari

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 2nd for Alberto Ascari

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

Driver: 2nd for Alberto Ascari

See also

• French Grand Prix
• Rouen-les-Essarts Circuit
• 1952 World Championship season