1952 German Grand Prix
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Circuit | Nurburgring, 18 laps |
Round | 6 of 8 |
Race numbers | The 1952 German Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | (ITA) Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 18 | 3hr 06m 13.300s | 9 FL | |
2 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | 18 | +14.100s | 6 | |
3 | +3 | (CHE) Rudi Fischer | Ferrari (privateer) | 18 | +7m 10.100s | 4 |
4 | +1 | (ITA) Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 17 | +1 lap | 3 |
5 | +6 | (FRA) Jean Behra | Gordini | 17 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | +11 | (BEL) Roger Laurent | Ferrari (privateer) | 16 | +2 laps | |
7 | +5 | (DEU) Fritz Riess | Veritas (privateer) | 16 | +2 laps | |
8 | +7 | (DEU) Toni Ulmen | Veritas (privateer) | 16 | +2 laps | |
9 | +13 | (DEU) Helmut Niedermayr | AFM-BMW (privateer) | 15 | +3 laps | |
10 | +22 | (BEL) Johnny Claes | HWM-Alta | 15 | +3 laps | |
11 | -3 | (DEU) Hans Klenk | Veritas (privateer) | 14 | +4 laps | |
12 | +17 | (DEU) Ernst Klodwig | BMW (privateer) | 14 | +4 laps | |
R | (FRA) Robert Manzon | Gordini | 8 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Willi Heeks | AFM-BMW (privateer) | 7 | DNF | ||
R | (AUS) Tony Gaze | HWM-Alta (privateer) | 6 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Marcel Balsa | BMW (privateer) | 5 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Adolf Brudes | Veritas (privateer) | 5 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Gunther Bechem | BMW (privateer) | 5 | DNF | ||
R | (URY) Eitel Cantoni | Maserati (privateer) | 4 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Rudolf Krause | BMW (privateer) | 3 | DNF | ||
R | (CHE) Rudolf Schoeller | Ferrari (privateer) | 3 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Bill Aston | Aston-Butterworth | 2 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Piero Carini | Ferrari (privateer) | 1 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Paul Pietsch | Veritas (privateer) | 1 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Theo Helfrich | Veritas (privateer) | 1 | DNF | ||
R | (BEL) Paul Frere | HWM-Alta | 1 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Josef Peters | Veritas (privateer) | 1 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 1 | DNF | ||
DQ | (ITA) Felice Bonetto | Maserati | 1 | DSQ | ||
R | (BRA) Gino Bianco | Maserati (privateer) | 0 | DNF | ||
Did not start | ||||||
(DEU) Willi Krakau | AFM-BMW (privateer) | |||||
(DEU) Ludwig Fischer | AFM-BMW (privateer) | |||||
(GBR) Peter Collins | HWM-Alta | |||||
(DEU) Harry Merkel | BMW (privateer) |
Notes
- Felice Bonetto was disqualified for receiving a push start after a spin.
Starting grid
Pole time: 10:04.400
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (ITA) Alberto Ascari | 36 |
2 | (ITA) Piero Taruffi | 22 |
3 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina | 18 |
4 | (CHE) Rudi Fischer | 10 |
5 | (USA) Troy Ruttman | 8 |
6 | (FRA) Robert Manzon | 7 |
= | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn | 7 |
8 | (USA) Jim Rathmann | 6 |
9 | (FRA) Jean Behra | 6 |
10 | (USA) Sam Hanks | 4 |
11 | (GBR) Ken Wharton | 3 |
= | (USA) Duane Carter | 3 |
= | (GBR) Dennis Poore | 3 |
14 | (GBR) Alan Brown | 2 |
= | (USA) Art Cross | 2 |
= | (BEL) Paul Frere | 2 |
= | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant | 2 |
= | (GBR) Eric Thompson | 2 |
19 | (USA) Bill Vukovich | 1 |
Constructor
The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.
Stats & milestones
- Race debut
- Bill Aston (only start)
- Marcel Balsa (only start)
- Gunther Bechem
- Adolf Brudes (only start)
- Willi Heeks
- Theo Helfrich
- Hans Klenk (only start)
- Ernst Klodwig
- Rudolf Krause
- Helmut Niedermayr (only start)
- Josef Peters (only start)
- Fritz Riess (only start)
- Rudolf Schoeller (only start)
- BMW
- Last start
- Tony Gaze (last Australian driver to start a race until 1955)
- Roger Laurent
- Paul Pietsch
- Toni Ulmen
- Aston
- World Champion
- 1st title for Alberto Ascari (3rd driver to win the World Championship, 2nd Italian champion) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Giuseppe Farina & Juan Manuel Fangio)
- Wins
- 6th for Alberto Ascari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Juan Manuel Fangio)
- 8th for Ferrari
- Race 1-2
- 6th for Ferrari
- Podiums
- 10th for Alberto Ascari & Giuseppe Farina (first drivers to score ten podiums, 1st & 2nd Italian drivers)
- 2nd and last for Rudi Fischer (last Swiss driver to finish on the podium until 1964)
- 25th, 26th & 27th for Ferrari
- Poles
- 5th for Alberto Ascari
- 8th for Ferrari
- 1-2 start
- 6th for Ferrari
- Fastest laps
- 4th for Alberto Ascari
- 5th for Ferrari
- Front row starts
- 18th for Giuseppe Farina
- 10th for Alberto Ascari (3rd driver to achieve ten front row starts, 2nd Italian driver)
- 3rd and last for Robert Manzon
- 1st for Maurice Trintignant (18th different front row starter, 2nd French driver)
- Points finishes
- 2nd and last for Rudi Fischer
- Pole & win
- 4th for Alberto Ascari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Juan Manuel Fangio)
- Win & fastest lap
- 4th for Alberto Ascari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Juan Manuel Fangio)
- Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
- 3rd for Alberto Ascari