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1952 Monza Grand Prix

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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 Ferrari
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Giuseppe Farina Ferrari
Time 2:06.2
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Ferrari

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. Juan Manuel Fangio suffered a crash in heat 1 on the third lap after suffering extreme fatigue while driving through the night from Dundrod in Northern Ireland to Monza, and he only arrived half an hour before the start. Fangio suffered injuries that sidelined him for the rest of the year. 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

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Race

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

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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.


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