1952 Swiss Grand Prix
Racing data | ||
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1st of 8 races of the 1952 World Automobile Championship | ||
Surname: | XII. Swiss Grand Prize | |
Date: | May 18, 1952 | |
Place: | Bern | |
Course: | Bremgarten | |
Length: | 451.36 km in 62 laps of 7.28 km
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Weather: | dry, warm | |
Spectator: | ~ 70000 | |
Pole position | ||
Driver: | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari |
Time: | 2: 47.5 min | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver: | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari |
Time: | 2: 49.1 min | |
Podium | ||
First: | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari |
Second: | Rudolf Fischer | Ferrari |
Third: | Jean Behra | Gordini |
The 1952 Swiss Grand Prix took place on May 18 at the Bremgarten race track near Bern and was the first of eight races in the 1952 World Cup .
background
The 1952 Swiss Grand Prix was the first race to be held according to the new Formula 2 mode, as there were not enough competitors in Formula 1. The development possibilities of the Alfa Romeo 159 were largely exhausted and there was no money for the new design. Therefore, the team withdrew from Formula 1. Talbot and Gordini did the same , leaving Ferrari the only competitive team behind. BRM's vehicle was not yet fully developed. The staging of the drivers' world championship according to the rules of Formula 2 meant slower lap times, but also significantly larger starting fields. The race distance was increased from 42 to 62 laps compared to the previous year, and the prize money for the winner was CHF 7,000.
Ferrari was still the favorite. In Bern, however, the team competed without their number 1 Alberto Ascari , who tried his hand at Indianapolis , one of the few attempts to somehow integrate the race into the drivers' world championship. Due to the long period of training in the USA, it was not possible for Ascari to participate in both events. Ferrari competed with Farina , Taruffi and André Simon as a replacement for Villoresi, who was injured in a traffic accident. The Swiss Rudolf Fischer drove a fourth car. Maserati originally intended to register two vehicles for the reigning world champion Fangio and José Froilán González , but the vehicles were not yet ready.
training
As expected, the training was dominated by Ferrari. Farina secured the pole position with a lead of 2.6 seconds on his team-mate Taruffi. His time was over 11 seconds slower than Fangio's last year. Robert Manzon in the Gordini completed the front row.
run
The pre-war star Rudolf Caracciola had a serious accident in a sports car race , which put an end to his career. Farina converted his pole position into the lead and pulled away from the field by lap 17 before ending up on the track with ignition problems. Previously, Rosier was thrown out of his car on lap 3 in lap, but without sustaining major injuries. Collins and Abecassis had retired with their HWMs with broken rear axles, which prompted the team to also withdraw the remaining drivers Moss and Macklin for safety reasons. Farina's failure meant that Taruffi was in the lead ahead of Simon. As soon as Farina returned to the pits on foot, Simon was called into the pits and handed over his Ferrari to Farina. On the 51st lap, however, he was stuck with Simon's car again with the same problem. Thrown back to third place by the driver change, he was able to overtake Behra again on lap 35 . Behra had a problem with a broken exhaust. This meant that, on the one hand, he drove more slowly and, on the other hand, he had to stop a few pitches in order to make makeshift repairs and keep cooling the driver down with water because it was getting unbearably hot in the cockpit. Taruffi drove towards an undisputed victory. It should be his only victory in a world championship run.
Registration list
classification
Starting grid
Item | driver | constructor | time | km / h | Starting row |
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1. | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | 2: 47,500 | 156.47 | 1 row |
2. | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 2: 50.100 | 154.07 | 1 M. |
3. | Robert Manzon | Gordini | 2: 52.100 | 152.28 | 1 L |
4th | André Simon | Ferrari | 2: 52.400 | 152.02 | 2 rows |
5. | Rudolf Fischer | Ferrari | 2: 53,300 | 151.23 | 2 L |
6th | Peter Collins | HWM | 2: 55.900 | 148.99 | 3 rows |
7th | Jean Behra | Gordini | 2: 55.900 | 148.99 | 3 M. |
8th. | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati | 2: 56,400 | 148.57 | 3 L |
9. | Stirling Moss | HWM | 2: 56,400 | 148.57 | 4 rows |
10. | George Abecassis | HWM | 2: 56.900 | 148.15 | 4 L |
11. | Birabongse Bira | Simca-Gordini | 2: 59,300 | 146.17 | 5 R |
12. | Lance Macklin | HWM | 3: 00,200 | 145.44 | 5 M |
13. | Ken Wharton | Frazer Nash | 3: 00,900 | 144.88 | 5 L |
14th | Hans Stuck | AFM | 3: 01.700 | 144.24 | 6 R |
15th | Alan Brown | cooper | 3: 02,500 | 143.61 | 6 L |
16. | Toni Ulmen | Veritas | 3: 05.600 | 141.21 | 7 R |
17th | Eric Brandon | cooper | 3: 05.800 | 141.05 | 7 M. |
18th | Harry Schell | Maserati | 3: 07.600 | 139.70 | 7 L |
19th | Peter Hirt | Ferrari | 3: 10.200 | 137.79 | 8 R |
20th | Louis Rosier | Ferrari | 8 L | ||
21st | Max de Terra | Simca-Gordini | without time | 9 M. | |
DNS | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari | without time |
Race result
Item | driver | constructor | Round | time | km / h | s. Rd. | guide |
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1. | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 62 | 3: 01: 46,100 | 148.99 | 2: 49.100 | 46 |
2. | Rudolf Fischer | Ferrari | 62 | 3: 04: 23,300 | 146.87 | ||
3. | Jean Behra | Gordini | 61 | 3: 03: 31,800 | 145.18 | ||
4th | Ken Wharton | Frazer Nash | 60 | 3: 04: 09,300 | 142.31 | ||
5. | Alan Brown | cooper | 59 | 3: 02: 39,900 | 141.08 | ||
6th | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati | 58 | 3: 03: 45,300 | 137.87 | ||
7th | Peter Hirt | Ferrari | 56 | 3: 04: 34,200 | 132.53 | ||
8th. | Eric Brandon | cooper | 55 | 3: 03: 36,200 | 130.85 | ||
DNF | Birabongse Bira | Simca-Gordini | 52 | engine | |||
DNF | Harry Schell | Maserati | 31 | engine | |||
DNF | André Simon | Ferrari | 21st | handing over | |||
Giuseppe Farina | 30th | ignition | 16 | ||||
DNF | Stirling Moss | HWM | 24 | task | |||
DNF | Lance Macklin | HWM | 24 | task | |||
DNF | Robert Manzon | Gordini | 20th | cooling | |||
DNF | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | 16 | ignition | |||
DNF | Peter Collins | HWM | 12 | Power transmission | |||
DNF | George Abecassis | HWM | 12 | Power transmission | |||
DNF | Hans Stuck | AFM | 5 | engine | |||
DNF | Toni Ulmen | Veritas | 4th | Fuel system | |||
DNF | Louis Rosier | Ferrari | 2 | accident | |||
DNF | Max de Terra | Simca-Gordini | 0 | engine |
World Cup stand after the race
The first five got 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2 points respectively; there was a point for the fastest lap. Only the four best results from eight races count. * includes the point for the fastest lap, numbers in brackets are discarded results.
Item | driver | constructor | Points | ||||||||
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1. | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 9 * | 9 | |||||||
2. | Rudolf Fischer | Ferrari | 6th | 6th | |||||||
3. | Jean Behra | Gordini | 4th | 4th | |||||||
4th | Ken Wharton | Frazer Nash | 3 | 3 | |||||||
5. | Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol | 2 | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report ( Memento of October 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Unless otherwise stated: Lang, Mike; Grand Prix 1950-1965; Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981 p36. ( ISBN 0-85429-276-4 ) (English)
- ^ Molter, Günther, Rudolf Caracciola - Titan am Volant, Motorbuchverlag Stuttgart 1995 p. 186ff ( ISBN 3-613-01716-4 )
- ↑ Report ( page no longer available , search in web archives )