1952 Monza Grand Prix

1952 Monza Grand Prix
1952 Monza Grand Prix
Race details
Date	8 June 1952
Official name	V Gran Premio dell'Autodromo di Monza
Location	Monza Circuit, Milan, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.301 km (3.915 mi)
Distance	2 × 35 laps, 441.056 km (274.059 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Alberto Ascari;
Fastest lap
Driver	Giuseppe Farina
Time	2:06.2
Podium
First	Giuseppe Farina;
Second	André Simon;
Third	Rudi Fischer;

The 5th Gran Premio dell'Autodromo di Monza was a Formula Two motor race held on 8 June 1952 at the Monza Circuit, Italy. The race was run over two heats each of 35 laps, with the winner being decided by aggregate time. The winner was Giuseppe Farina in a Ferrari 500, who also set overall fastest lap. Farina's teammate André Simon was second and Rudi Fischer third in a privateer 500. Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari started from pole in both heats and set fastest lap in heat 1 but succumbed to mechanical failure in heat 2. Ascari won heat 1 and Farina won heat 2.[1][2]

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid¹	Heat 1	Heat 2
1	20	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	2:31:15.0, 176.20 kph	2	2	1
2	24	André Simon	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	+1 lap	5	3	2
3	30	Rudi Fischer	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 500	+4 laps	7	5	3
4	48	Peter Walker	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 125	+4 laps	8	6	4
5	38	Eric Brandon	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol	+5 laps	10	10	6
6	36	Alan Brown	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol	+6 laps	20	13	5
NC	16	Felice Bonetto	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	+6 laps	6	4	NC
NC	32	Johnny Claes	HW Motors Ltd	HWM-Alta	+7 laps	15	14	7
NC	52	Tony Gaze	HW Motors Ltd	HWM-Alta	+9 laps	12	NC	8
Ret	8	Robin Montgomerie-Charrington	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	52 laps	17	12	20 laps
Ret	22	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	49 laps	1	1	14 laps, camshaft
Ret	10	Piero Carini	Scuderia Marzotto	Ferrari 166	45 laps	13	11	13 laps
Ret	42	Peter Whitehead	Peter Whitehead	Alta F2	37 laps	14	7	5 laps
Ret	26	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	32 laps	4	8	DNS, valve
Ret	54	Ken Wharton	Scuderia Franera	Frazer Nash FN48	32 laps	9	9	DNS, chassis
Ret	2	Chico Landi	Escuderia Bandeirantes	Maserati A6GCM	31 laps	19	15	DNS
Ret	4	Gino Bianco	Escuderia Bandeirantes	Maserati A6GCM	28 laps	24	NC	-
Ret	14	José Froilán González	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	27 laps	3	27 laps, magneto	-
Ret	58	Charles de Tornaco	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 500	17 laps	26	17 laps	-
Ret	40	Giovanni Rocco	Giovanni Rocco	Monaci	10 laps	23	10 laps	-
Ret	44	Toni Ulmen	Toni Ulmen	Veritas Meteor	9 laps	18	9 laps	-
Ret	34	Duncan Hamilton	HW Motors Ltd	HWM-Alta	8 laps	11	8 laps	-
Ret	12	Gianfranco Comotti	Scuderia Marzotto	Ferrari 166	6 laps	16	6 laps, engine	-
Ret	56	Ottorino Volonterio	Ottorino Volonterio	Ferrari 166	4 laps	25	4 laps	-
Ret	6	Bill Aston	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	4 laps	22	4 laps, mechanical	-
Ret	18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	2 laps	29	2 laps, crash	-
Ret	60	Giuseppe Ruggiero	Giuseppe Ruggiero	Maserati A6G	1 lap	28	1 lap	-
Ret	50	Giampiero Bianchetti	Giampiero Bianchetti	Ferrari 166 SC	1 lap	27	1 lap	-
Ret	28	Peter Hirt	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 212	0 laps	21	0 laps, mechanical	-

¹Heat 1 grid; grid places for heat 2 were determined by the finishing order in heat 1

References

"V Gran Premio dell'Autodromo di Monza 1952". Retrieved 2022-06-17.
"1952 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-06-17.

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[1] "V Gran Premio dell'Autodromo di Monza 1952". Retrieved 2022-06-17.

[2] "1952 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-06-17.