1952 Valentino Grand Prix
| 1952 Valentino Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-championship race in the 1952 Formula One season | |||
 | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 6 April 1952 | ||
| Official name | VI Gran Premio del Valentino | ||
| Location | Parco del Valentino, Turin | ||
| Course | Temporary Street Circuit | ||
| Course length | 4.185 km (2.609 miles) | ||
| Distance | 60 laps, 251.10 km (156.54 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | |
| Time | 2:01.2 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 6th Gran Premio del Valentino was a non-championship
Ferrari 500s. Giuseppe Farina in another 375 started from pole and set fastest lap but retired after a crash.[1][2]
Classification
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Entrant | Car | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | Luigi Villoresi
|
Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 375
|
2:06:25.3, 119.50kph | 3 |
| 2 | 32 | Piero Taruffi
|
Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 500
|
+1:09.3 | 4 |
| 3 | 22 |  Rudi Fischer
|
Ecurie Espadon
|
Ferrari 500
|
+2 laps | 5 |
| 4 | 8 |  Peter Whitehead
|
Peter Whitehead | Ferrari 125 | +2 laps | 6 |
| 5 | 34 | Alberto Ascari
|
Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 375
|
+4 laps, fuel tank leak | 2 |
| 6 | 28 |  Johnny Claes
|
Ecurie Belge
|
Talbot-Lago T26C | +6 laps | 7 |
| NC | 12 | Charles de Tornaco
|
Ecurie Francorchamps
|
Talbot-Lago T26C | +9 laps | 11 |
| Ret | 20 | Giuseppe Farina
|
Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 375
|
31 laps, crash | 1 |
| Ret | 4 |  Philippe Étancelin
|
Philippe Étancelin | Talbot-Lago T26C | 16 laps, transmission | 8 |
| Ret | 30 | Peter Hirt
|
Ecurie Espadon
|
Ferrari 212 | 6 laps, engine | 13 |
| Ret | 18 | Adolfo Macchieraldo
|
Adolfo Macchieraldo | Maserati 4CLT/48
|
0 laps, crash | 9 |
| Ret | 16 |  Hans Stuck
|
Alex von Falkenhausen Motorenbau | AFM-Küchen | 0 laps, crash | 12 |
| Ret | 26 | Franco Rol
|
O.S.C.A. | O.S.C.A. 4500G | 0 laps | 10 |
| DNA | 2 |  Johnny Parsons
|
Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 375
|
driver elsewhere | - |
| DNA | 6 | Felice Bonetto
|
Enrico Platé | Maserati 4CLT/48
|
- | |
| DNA | 10 | Harry Schell
|
Enrico Platé | Maserati 4CLT/48
|
- | |
| DNA | 28 | Luigi Piotti
|
O.S.C.A. | O.S.C.A. 4500G | - | |
| DNA | 36 | Stirling Moss
|
BRM
|
BRM P15
|
car not ready | - |
| DNA | 38 |  Juan Manuel Fangio
|
BRM
|
BRM P15
|
car not ready | - |
| DNA | 40 | Ken Wharton
|
BRM
|
BRM P15
|
car not ready | - |
References