1952 Belgian Grand Prix
1952 Belgian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race details | |||||
Date | 22 June 1952 | ||||
Official name | XIV Grote Prijs Van Belgie | ||||
Location | Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium | ||||
Course | Grand Prix Circuit | ||||
Course length | 14.12 km (8.774 miles) | ||||
Distance | 36 laps, 508.320 km (315.864 miles) | ||||
Weather | Rain | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Ferrari | ||||
Time | 4:37.0 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver |
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Time | 4:54.0 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Ferrari | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third | Gordini | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1952 Belgian Grand Prix was a
Report
Ascari headed an all-Ferrari front row, with teammates Farina and Taruffi in second and third, respectively. The Gordinis of Manzon and Behra made up row two, while the third row consisted of Hawthorn,
Taruffi started badly in the rain, dropping to ninth by the end of the first lap, while Behra overhauled the two leading Ferraris to take the lead of the race. Moss also started well, before his car broke down halfway through the first lap. Behra's lead was short-lived, as both Ascari and Farina overtook him on the second lap, subsequently holding first and second for the remainder of the race. Behra dropped to fourth when the recovering Taruffi passed him on lap 13. On the following lap Taruffi spun at Malmédy and Behra hit him, causing both to retire. Manzon overtook Hawthorn to assume what was now third place. Despite suffering from fuel leakage problems, Hawthorn was able to maintain fourth place until the end of the race. His fellow debutant Paul Frère also finished in the points, in fifth.[1]
Ascari's win (with fastest lap), and Taruffi's retirement, meant that the two now shared the lead of the Championship, on nine points each. Indianapolis 500 winner Troy Ruttman was in third, while Farina's second-place finish raised him to fourth in the standings, three points adrift of the joint Championship leaders.
Entries
Classification
Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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1 | 4 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 4:37.0 | – |
2 | 2 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 4:40.0 | + 3.0 |
3 | 6 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 4:46.0 | + 9.0 |
4 | 14 | ![]() |
Gordini | 4:52.0 | + 15.0 |
5 | 16 | ![]() |
Gordini | 4:56.0 | + 19.0 |
6 | 8 | ![]() |
Cooper-Bristol | 4:58.0 | + 21.0 |
7 | 36 | ![]() |
Frazer Nash-Bristol | 5:01.0 | + 24.0 |
8 | 28 | ![]() |
HWM-Alta | 5:05.0 | + 28.0 |
9 | 10 | ![]() |
Cooper-Bristol | 5:07.0 | + 30.0 |
10 | 32 | ![]() |
ERA-Bristol | 5:07.6 | + 30.6 |
11 | 26 | ![]() |
HWM-Alta | 5:09.0 | + 32.0 |
12 | 12 | ![]() |
Cooper-Bristol | 5:11.0 | + 34.0 |
13 | 34 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 5:14.5 | + 37.5 |
14 | 24 | ![]() |
HWM-Alta | 5:17.1 | + 40.1 |
15 | 40 | ![]() |
Aston Butterworth | 5:19.3 | + 42.3 |
16 | 42 | ![]() |
HWM-Alta | 5:22.8 | + 45.8 |
17 | 22 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 5:25.7 | + 48.7 |
18 | 20 | ![]() |
Simca-Gordini-Gordini | 5:28.4 | + 51.4 |
19 | 18 | ![]() |
Gordini | 5:31.1 | + 54.1 |
20 | 30 | ![]() |
HWM-Alta | 5:37.9 | + 60.9 |
21 | 38 | ![]() |
Veritas | 5:45.0 | + 68.0 |
22 | 44 | ![]() |
Simca-Gordini-Gordini | 5:51.0 | + 74.0 |
Race
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 4 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 36 | 3:03:46.3 | 1 | 91 |
2 | 2 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 36 | +1:55.2 | 2 | 6 |
3 | 14 | ![]() |
Gordini | 36 | +4:28.4 | 4 | 4 |
4 | 8 | ![]() |
Cooper-Bristol | 35 | +1 lap | 6 | 3 |
5 | 28 | ![]() |
HWM-Alta | 34 | +2 laps | 8 | 2 |
6 | 10 | ![]() |
Cooper-Bristol | 34 | +2 laps | 9 | |
7 | 34 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 33 | +3 laps | 13 | |
8 | 18 | ![]() |
Gordini | 33 | +3 laps | 19 | |
9 | 12 | ![]() |
Cooper-Bristol | 33 | +3 laps | 12 | |
10 | 20 | ![]() |
Simca-Gordini-Gordini | 32 | +4 laps | 18 | |
11 | 24 | ![]() |
Alta
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32 | +4 laps | 14 | |
12 | 30 | ![]() |
HWM-Alta | 32 | +4 laps | 20 | |
13 | 38 | ![]() |
Veritas | 31 | +5 laps | 21 | |
14 | 44 | Robert O'Brien
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Simca-Gordini-Gordini | 30 | +6 laps | 22 | |
15 | 42 | ![]() |
HWM-Alta | 30 | +6 laps | 16 | |
Ret | 40 | ![]() |
Aston Butterworth | 17 | Engine | 15 | |
Ret | 6 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 13 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
Gordini | 13 | Accident | 5 | |
Ret | 36 | ![]() |
Frazer-Nash-Bristol | 10 | Spun off | 7 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() |
Ferrari | 6 | Transmission | 17 | |
Ret | 26 | ![]() |
HWM-Alta | 3 | Halfshaft | 11 | |
Ret | 32 | ![]() |
ERA-Bristol | 0 | Engine | 10 | |
Source:[4] |
- Notes
- ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
Championship standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
Pos | Driver | Points | |
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1 | ![]() |
9 |
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2 | ![]() |
9 |
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3 | ![]() |
8 |
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4 | ![]() |
6 |
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5 | ![]() |
6 |
Source:[5] |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship.
References
- ^ "Belgian GP, 1952 Race Report". Grandprix.com. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "1952 Belgian Grand Prix - Race Entries". manipef1.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "1952 Belgian GP - Entry List". chicanef1.com. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ^ "1952 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Belgium 1952 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.