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

1952 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 6 July 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
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)
More 1952 season
More French Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariFerrari773hr 00m 00.000s9 FL
2 Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe FarinaFerrari76+1 lap6
3 Italy flag lazyload Piero TaruffiFerrari75+2 laps4
4+1France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini74+3 laps3
5+1France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantSimca-Gordini72+5 laps2
6+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsHWM-Alta70+7 laps 
7-3France flag lazyload Jean BehraGordini70+7 laps 
8+10France flag lazyload Philippe EtancelinMaserati (privateer)70+7 laps 
9+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lance MacklinHWM-Alta70+7 laps 
10 France flag lazyload Yves Giraud-CabantousHWM-Alta68+9 laps 
11+6
  • Switzerland flag Rudi Fischer
  • Switzerland flag Peter Hirt
Ferrari (privateer)66+11 laps 
12+4Italy flag lazyload Gianfranco ComottiFerrari (privateer)63+14 laps 
R Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse BhanudejGordini56DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornCooper-Bristol (privateer)51DNF 
R 
  • Switzerland flag Emmanuel de Graffenried
  • USA flag lazyload Harry Schell
Maserati (privateer)34DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter WhiteheadAlta (privateer)26DNF 
R France flag lazyload Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)17DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Johnny ClaesSimca-Gordini (privateer)15DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)7DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piero CariniFerrari (privateer)2DNF 
Did not start
  Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiFerrari   

Notes

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

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:14.800

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

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari18
2Italy flag lazyload Piero Taruffi13
3Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina12
4USA flag lazyload Troy Ruttman8
5France flag lazyload Robert Manzon7
6Switzerland flag Rudi Fischer6
=USA flag lazyload Jim Rathmann6
8France flag lazyload Jean Behra4
=USA flag lazyload Sam Hanks4
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
=France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant2
17USA flag lazyload Bill Vukovich1

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
Qualifying 1-2
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

See also

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

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