1952 F1 driver standings

Season

Standings

Pos	Driver	CHE	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	NLD	ITA	Points
1	Alberto Ascari		31^R	1	1	1	1	1	1	36 (53.5)
2	Giuseppe Farina	R/R		2	2	6	2	2	4	24 (27)
3	Piero Taruffi	1		R	3	2	4		7	22
4	Rudi Fischer	2			11	13	3		R	10
=	Mike Hawthorn			4	R	3		4	NC	10
6	Robert Manzon	R		3	4	R	R	5	14	9
7	Troy Ruttman		1							8
=	Luigi Villoresi							3	3	8
9	Jose Froilan Gonzalez								2	6.5
10	Jim Rathmann		2							6
=	Jean Behra	3		R	7		5	R	R	6
12	Sam Hanks		3							4
13	Ken Wharton	4		R				R	9	3
=	Duane Carter		4							3
=	Dennis Poore					4			12	3
16	Alan Brown	5		6		22			15	2
=	Art Cross		5							2
=	Paul Frere			5			R	R		2
=	Maurice Trintignant	DNS			5	R	R	6	R	2
=	Eric Thompson					5				2
=	Felice Bonetto						DSQ		5	2
22	Bill Vukovich		17^R							1
	Roger Laurent			12			6
	Emmanuel de Graffenried	6			R	19			DNQ
	Peter Collins	R		R	6	R	DNS		DNQ
	Andre Simon	R							6
	Jimmy Bryan		6
	Peter Hirt	7			11	R
	Charles de Tornaco			7				R	DNQ
	Duncan Hamilton					R		7
	Jimmy Reece		7
	Reg Parnell					7
	Fritz Riess						7
	Lance Macklin	R		11	9	15		8	DNQ
	Eric Brandon	8		9		20			13
	Chico Landi							9	8
	Johnny Claes			8	R	14	10		DNQ
	Toni Ulmen	R					8
	George Connor		8
	Philippe Etancelin				8
	Roy Salvadori					8
	Ken Downing					9		R
	Cliff Griffith		9
	Helmut Niedermayer						9
	Jan Flinterman							9/R
	Birabongse Bhanudej	R		10	R	11
	Louis Rosier	R		R	R				10
	Peter Whitehead				R	10			DNQ
	Johnnie Parsons		10
	Yves Giraud-Cabantous				10
	Eitel Cantoni					R	R		11
	Jack McGrath		11
	Hans Klenk						11
	Jim Rigsby		12
	Gianfranco Comotti				12
	Graham Whitehead					12
	Ernst Klodwig						12
	Joe James		13
	Arthur Legat			13
	Bill Schindler		14
	Robert O’Brien			14
	Tony Gaze			15		R	R		DNQ
	George Fonder		15
	Ken McAlpine					16			R
	Eddie Johnson		16
	Harry Schell	R			R/R	17
	Gino Bianco					18	R	R	R
	Chuck Stevenson		18
	Henry Banks		19
	Manuel Ayulo		20
	Johnny McDowell		21
	Tony Crook					21
	Dries van der Lof							NC
	Stirling Moss	R		R		R		R	R
	Piero Carini				R		R
	Bill Aston					DNS	R		DNQ
	Hans Stuck	R							DNQ
	George Abecassis	R
	Max de Terra	R
	Spider Webb		22^R
	Rodger Ward		23^R
	Tony Bettenhausen		24^R
	Duke Nalon		25^R
	Bob Sweikert		26^R
	Fred Agabashian		27^R
	Gene Hartley		28^R
	Bob Scott		29^R
	Chet Miller		30^R
	Bobby Ball		32^R
	Andy Linden		33^R
	Robin Montgomerie-Charrington			R
	David Murray					R
	Willi Heeks						R
	Adolf Brudes						R
	Marcel Balsa						R
	Gunther Bechem						R
	Rudolf Krause						R
	Rudolf Schoeller						R
	Paul Pietsch						R
	Theo Helfrich						R
	Josef Peters						R
	Franco Rol								R
	Elie Bayol								R
	Willi Krakau						DNS
	Ludwig Fischer						DNS
	Harry Merkel						DNS
	Alberto Crespo								DNQ
	Piero Dusio								DNQ
No.	Driver	CHE	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	NLD	ITA	Points

Table key

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

Points system and championship rules

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.

Standings

Table key

Points system and championship rules

Race to the title

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Season

Wins, poles & fastest laps

Qualifying

Season stats