F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | CHE | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | NLD | ITA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (ITA) Alberto Ascari (Ferrari) | 31R | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 (53.5) | |
| 2 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina (Ferrari) | R/R | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 (27) | |
| 3 | (ITA) Piero Taruffi (Ferrari) | 1 | R | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 22 | ||
| 4 | (CHE) Rudi Fischer (Ferrari) | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | R | 10 | |||
| = | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn (Cooper) | 4 | R | 3 | 4 | NC | 10 | |||
| 6 | (FRA) Robert Manzon (Gordini) | R | 3 | 4 | R | R | 5 | 14 | 9 | |
| 7 | (USA) Troy Ruttman (Kuzma) | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| = | (ITA) Luigi Villoresi (Ferrari) | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| 9 | (ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez (Maserati) | 2 | 6.5 | |||||||
| 10 | (USA) Jim Rathmann (Kurtis Kraft) | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| = | (FRA) Jean Behra (Gordini) | 3 | R | 7 | 5 | R | R | 6 | ||
| 12 | (USA) Sam Hanks (Kurtis Kraft) | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 13 | (GBR) Ken Wharton (Frazer Nash, Cooper) | 4 | R | R | 9 | 3 | ||||
| = | (USA) Duane Carter (Lesovsky) | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| = | (GBR) Dennis Poore (Connaught) | 4 | 12 | 3 | ||||||
| 16 | (GBR) Alan Brown (Cooper) | 5 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 2 | ||||
| = | (USA) Art Cross (Kurtis Kraft) | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| = | (BEL) Paul Frere (HWM, Simca-Gordini) | 5 | R | R | 2 | |||||
| = | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant (Ferrari, Simca-Gordini, Gordini) | DNS | 5 | R | R | 6 | R | 2 | ||
| = | (GBR) Eric Thompson (Connaught) | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| = | (ITA) Felice Bonetto (Maserati) | DSQ | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| 22 | (USA) Bill Vukovich (Kurtis Kraft) | 17R | 1 | |||||||
| (BEL) Roger Laurent (HWM, Ferrari) | 12 | 6 | ||||||||
| (CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried (Maserati) | 6 | R | 19 | DNQ | ||||||
| (GBR) Peter Collins (HWM) | R | R | 6 | R | DNS | DNQ | ||||
| (FRA) Andre Simon (Ferrari) | R | 6 | ||||||||
| (USA) Jimmy Bryan (Kurtis Kraft) | 6 | |||||||||
| (CHE) Peter Hirt (Ferrari) | 7 | 11 | R | |||||||
| (BEL) Charles de Tornaco (Ferrari) | 7 | R | DNQ | |||||||
| (GBR) Duncan Hamilton (HWM) | R | 7 | ||||||||
| (USA) Jimmy Reece (Kurtis Kraft) | 7 | |||||||||
| (GBR) Reg Parnell (Cooper) | 7 | |||||||||
| (DEU) Fritz Riess (Veritas) | 7 | |||||||||
| (GBR) Lance Macklin (HWM) | R | 11 | 9 | 15 | 8 | DNQ | ||||
| (GBR) Eric Brandon (Cooper) | 8 | 9 | 20 | 13 | ||||||
| (BRA) Chico Landi (Maserati) | 9 | 8 | ||||||||
| (BEL) Johnny Claes (Gordini, Simca-Gordini, HWM) | 8 | R | 14 | 10 | DNQ | |||||
| (DEU) Toni Ulmen (Veritas) | R | 8 | ||||||||
| (USA) George Connor (Kurtis Kraft) | 8 | |||||||||
| (FRA) Philippe Etancelin (Maserati) | 8 | |||||||||
| (GBR) Roy Salvadori (Ferrari) | 8 | |||||||||
| (GBR) Ken Downing (Connaught) | 9 | R | ||||||||
| (USA) Cliff Griffith (Kurtis Kraft) | 9 | |||||||||
| (DEU) Helmut Niedermayr (AFM) | 9 | |||||||||
| (NLD) Jan Flinterman (Maserati) | 9/R | |||||||||
| (THA) Birabongse Bhanudej (Simca-Gordini, Gordini) | R | 10 | R | 11 | ||||||
| (FRA) Louis Rosier (Ferrari) | R | R | R | 10 | ||||||
| (GBR) Peter Whitehead (Alta, Ferrari) | R | 10 | DNQ | |||||||
| (USA) Johnnie Parsons (Kurtis Kraft) | 10 | |||||||||
| (FRA) Yves Giraud-Cabantous (HWM) | 10 | |||||||||
| (URY) Eitel Cantoni (Maserati) | R | R | 11 | |||||||
| (USA) Jack McGrath (Kurtis Kraft) | 11 | |||||||||
| (DEU) Hans Klenk (Veritas) | 11 | |||||||||
| (USA) Jim Rigsby (Watson) | 12 | |||||||||
| (ITA) Gianfranco Comotti (Ferrari) | 12 | |||||||||
| (GBR) Graham Whitehead (Alta) | 12 | |||||||||
| (DDR) Ernst Klodwig (BMW) | 12 | |||||||||
| (USA) Joe James (Kurtis Kraft) | 13 | |||||||||
| (BEL) Arthur Legat (Veritas) | 13 | |||||||||
| (USA) Bill Schindler (Stevens) | 14 | |||||||||
| (USA) Robert O’Brien (Simca-Gordini) | 14 | |||||||||
| (AUS) Tony Gaze (HWM) | 15 | R | R | DNQ | ||||||
| (USA) George Fonder (Sherman) | 15 | |||||||||
| (GBR) Ken McAlpine (Connaught) | 16 | R | ||||||||
| (USA) Eddie Johnson (Trevis) | 16 | |||||||||
| (USA) Harry Schell (Maserati) | R | R/R | 17 | |||||||
| (BRA) Gino Bianco (Maserati) | 18 | R | R | R | ||||||
| (USA) Chuck Stevenson (Kurtis Kraft) | 18 | |||||||||
| (USA) Henry Banks (Lesovsky) | 19 | |||||||||
| (USA) Manuel Ayulo (Lesovsky) | 20 | |||||||||
| (USA) Johnny McDowell (Kurtis Kraft) | 21 | |||||||||
| (GBR) Tony Crook (Frazer Nash) | 21 | |||||||||
| (NLD) Dries van der Lof (HWM) | NC | |||||||||
| (GBR) Stirling Moss (HWM, ERA, Connaught) | R | R | R | R | R | |||||
| (ITA) Piero Carini (Ferrari) | R | R | ||||||||
| (GBR) Bill Aston (Aston) | DNS | R | DNQ | |||||||
| (DEU) Hans Stuck (AFM, Ferrari) | R | DNQ | ||||||||
| (GBR) George Abecassis (HWM) | R | |||||||||
| (CHE) Max de Terra (Simca-Gordini) | R | |||||||||
| (USA) Spider Webb (Bromme) | 22R | |||||||||
| (USA) Rodger Ward (Kurtis Kraft) | 23R | |||||||||
| (USA) Tony Bettenhausen (Deidt) | 24R | |||||||||
| (USA) Duke Nalon (Kurtis Kraft) | 25R | |||||||||
| (USA) Bob Sweikert (Kurtis Kraft) | 26R | |||||||||
| (USA) Fred Agabashian (Kurtis Kraft) | 27R | |||||||||
| (USA) Gene Hartley (Kurtis Kraft) | 28R | |||||||||
| (USA) Bob Scott (Kurtis Kraft) | 29R | |||||||||
| (USA) Chet Miller (Kurtis Kraft) | 30R | |||||||||
| (USA) Bobby Ball (Stevens) | 32R | |||||||||
| (USA) Andy Linden (Kurtis Kraft) | 33R | |||||||||
| (GBR) Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (Aston) | R | |||||||||
| (GBR) David Murray (Cooper) | R | |||||||||
| (DEU) Willi Heeks (AFM) | R | |||||||||
| (DEU) Adolf Brudes (Veritas) | R | |||||||||
| (FRA) Marcel Balsa (BMW) | R | |||||||||
| (DEU) Gunther Bechem (BMW) | R | |||||||||
| (DDR) Rudolf Krause (BMW) | R | |||||||||
| (CHE) Rudolf Schoeller (Ferrari) | R | |||||||||
| (DEU) Paul Pietsch (Veritas) | R | |||||||||
| (DEU) Theo Helfrich (Veritas) | R | |||||||||
| (DEU) Josef Peters (Veritas) | R | |||||||||
| (ITA) Franco Rol (Maserati) | R | |||||||||
| (FRA) Elie Bayol (OSCA) | R | |||||||||
| (DEU) Willi Krakau (AFM) | DNS | |||||||||
| (DEU) Ludwig Fischer (AFM) | DNS | |||||||||
| (DEU) Harry Merkel (BMW) | DNS | |||||||||
| (ARG) Alberto Crespo (Maserati) | DNQ | |||||||||
| (ITA) Piero Dusio (Cisitalia) | DNQ | |||||||||
| # | Driver | CHE | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | NLD | ITA | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- NC: Not classified
- DSQ: Disqualified
- DNS: Did not start
The top five classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (8)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- fastest lap (1)
A point was awarded for setting the fastest lap. In the event of more than one driver setting the fastest lap points were shared.
Only the best four results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1952.