1952 Italian Grand Prix

 1952 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 8 races of the 1952 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	XXIII Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	September 7, 1952
Place:	Monza
Course:	Monza
Length:	504 km in 80 laps of 6.3 km
Weather:	sunny, dry
Pole position
Driver:	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time:	2: 05.7 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alberto Ascari / José Froilán González	Ferrari / Maserati
Time:	2: 06.100 min (lap 57 or 60)
Podium
First:	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Second:	José Froilán González	Maserati
Third:	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari

The 1952 Italian Grand Prix took place on September 7th at the Monza circuit and was the last of eight races for the 1952 World Cup .

background

Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi - both in Ferrari 500 - exit the Parabolica

35 entries were submitted for the race. In particular, the numerous Italian teams that appeared increased the number of reports considerably. Ferrari entered with five mentions; In addition to the regular drivers Ascari , Farina and Taruffi , Villoresi and André Simon also drove a works car. The Ecurie Espadon registered two private Ferraris for Fischer and Hans Stuck , as did Rosier , Whitehead and de Tornaco . In the last race of the season, the official Maserati works team was also at the start for the first time with three cars for González , Bonetto and Rol . The factory-supported South American Escuderia Bandeirantes registered three Maserati of the current A6GCM type , while Enrico Platé sent two older models into the race. With OSCA and Cisitalia , two other Italian teams were registered. Gordini was represented in the usual line-up Behra , Trintignant and Manzon , while at Connaught Stirling Moss replaced Ken Downing .

training

Only the 24 fastest of the 35 registered vehicles were allowed to start. Ascari secured pole position with 2: 05.7 minutes ahead of his teammates Villoresi and Farina. At Maserati, only González was able to convince to some extent and achieved a place in the second row, while the other two works cars started clearly behind the field. The entire HWM team could not qualify and had to pack up on Saturday evening. The premiere of the Cisitalia with Piero Dusio was canceled because the Italian's engine burst during training and no replacement was available. OSCA, on the other hand, offered an appealing performance with Elie Bayol at the helm, who qualified as tenth among 35 participants.

run

The best start was achieved by González, who took the lead from the second row and was able to extend this position until the middle of the race. For the first time this season, a non-Ferrari was ahead for a long time. Ascari was in second place and was unable to clear his teammate Villoresi. Villoresi always followed closely with Ascari and at times even managed to oust him. González's Maserati, however, had a smaller tank, which gave it weight advantages, although it had to refuel once. That happened on lap 36 and Ascari took the lead, González fell back to fourth place. On the 44th lap he was able to overtake Farina and on the 61st lap Villoresi had to make a short stop, which brought the Goncález back to second place. But Ascari was already more than a minute ahead, so he had no chance of winning his second Grand Prix. As the time measurement options did not allow a differentiation in hundredths of a second, the point for the fastest lap was shared between González and Ascari. Thus, Ascari was half a point missing in order to achieve the optimal number of points in all European world championship runs in which he competed. This record is still unbroken today.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Gordini	2	Robert Manzon	Gordini T16 (1952)	Gordini 2.0 L6	E.
	4th	Maurice Trintignant
	6th	Jean Behra
Ferrari	8th	André Simon	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4	P
	10	Giuseppe Farina
	12	Alberto Ascari
	14th	Piero Taruffi
	16	Luigi Villoresi
Ecurie espadon	18th	Rudolf Fischer	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4	P
	20th	Hans Stuck	Ferrari 212	Ferrari
Maserati	22nd	Felice Bonetto	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati 2.0 L6	P
	24	Franco Rol
	26th	José Froilán González
Connaught	28	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught A	Francis 2.0 L4	D.
	30th	Dennis Poore
	32	Stirling Moss
Team Elie Bayol	34	Elie Bayol	Osca 20	OSCA	P
Ecurie Richmond	36	Eric Brandon	Cooper T20	Bristol 2.0 L6	D.
	38	Alan Brown
Scuderia Franera	40	Ken Wharton	Cooper T20	Bristol 2.0 L6	D.
Team LD Hawthorn	42	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper T20	Bristol 2.0 L6	D.
Team Piero Dusio	44	Piero Dusio	Cisitalia D46	BPM	P
Escuderia Bandeirantes	46	Gino Bianco	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati	P
	48	Francisco Landi
	50	Vain Cantoni
HWM	52	Lance Macklin	HWM 52	Alta 1.5	D.
	54	Peter Collins
Team FAO gauze	56	Tony Gaze	HWM 52	Alta 1.5	D.
Enrico Platé	58	Alberto Crespo	Maserati 4CLT	Plate 2.0 L4	P
	60	Emmanuel de Graffenried
Ecurie Rosier	62	Louis Rosier	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4	D.
Aston	64	William Aston	Aston NB	Butterworth 2.0 L4	D.
Viscountess de Walckiers	66	Johnny Claes	Simca-Gordini T15 GC	Gordini	E.
Team Peter Whitehead	68	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 125	Ferrari	D.
Ecurie Francorchamps	70	Charles de Tornaco	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4	E.

classification

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	km / h	Starting row
1.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	2: 05.700	180.43	1 row
2.	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	2: 06.600	179.15	1 RM
3.	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	2: 07,000	178.58	1 ch
4th	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	2: 07.200	178.30	1 L
5.	José Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati	2: 07.600	177.74	2 rows
6th	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	2: 07.800	177.46	2 RM
7th	Robert Manzon	Gordini	2: 08,200	176.91	2 ch
8th.	André Simon	Ferrari	2: 09,100	175.68	2 L
9.	Stirling Moss	Connaught	2: 09.800	174.73	3 rows
10.	Elie Bayol	Osca	2: 10.600	173.66	3 RM
11.	Jean Behra	Gordini	2: 10.800	173.39	Ch 3
12.	Mike Hawthorn	cooper	2: 11,200	172.87	3 L
13.	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	2: 11,600	172.34	4 rows
14th	Rudolf Fischer	Ferrari	2: 11.800	172.08	4 RM
15th	Ken Wharton	cooper	2: 12,200	171.56	4 ch
16.	Franco Rol	Maserati	2: 12.700	170.91	4 L
17th	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	2: 12.700	170.91	5 R
18th	Francisco Landi	Maserati	2: 13,000	170.53	5 RM
19th	Dennis Poore	Connaught	2: 14,000	169.25	5 ch
20th	Eric Brandon	cooper	2: 14,000	169.25	5 L
21st	Alan Brown	cooper	2: 15,000	168.00	6 R
22nd	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	2: 15,100	167.88	6 RM
23.	Vain Cantoni	Maserati	2: 15.900	166.89	6 ch
24.	Gino Bianco	Maserati	2: 17,100	165.43	6 L
DNQ	Charles de Tornaco	Ferrari	2: 17,500	164.95
DNQ	Alberto Crespo	Maserati	2: 17.800	164.59
DNQ	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	2: 18,400	163.87
DNQ	Peter Collins	HWM	2: 18,600	163.64
DNQ	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	2: 18,800	163.40
DNQ	Tony Gaze	HWM	2: 20,300	161.65
DNQ	William Aston	Aston	2: 20.700	161.19
DNQ	Lance Macklin	HWM	2: 21,000	160.85
DNQ	Hans Stuck	Ferrari	2: 22.800	158.82
DNQ	Johnny Claes	Simca-Gordini
DNS	Piero Dusio	Cisitalia

Race result

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	km / h	s. Rd.	guide
1.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	80	2: 50: 45,600	177.09	2: 06,100	44
2.	José Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati	80	2: 51: 47.400	176.03	2: 06,100	36
3.	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	80	2: 52: 42.800	175.09
4th	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	80	2: 52: 57,000	174.85
5.	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	79	2: 51: 46,300	173.85
6th	André Simon	Ferrari	79	2: 52: 18,400	173.31
7th	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	77	2: 51: 42.800	169.50
8th.	Francisco Landi	Maserati	76	2: 51: 04,500	167.93
9.	Ken Wharton	cooper	76	2: 52: 33,300	166.49
10.	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	75	2: 51: 53,500	164.93
11.	Vain Cantoni	Maserati	75	2: 52: 36,600	164.24
12.	Dennis Poore	Connaught	74
13.	Eric Brandon	cooper	73
14th	Robert Manzon	Gordini	71
15th	Alan Brown	cooper	68
DNF	Stirling Moss	Connaught	60	engine
DNF	Gino Bianco	Maserati	46	engine
DNF	Jean Behra	Gordini	42	engine
DNF	Mike Hawthorn	cooper	38	not classified
DNF	Franco Rol	Maserati	23	engine
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	5	engine
DNF	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	4th	suspension
DNF	Rudolf Fischer	Ferrari	3	engine
DNF	Elie Bayol	Osca	0	transmission

World Championship status after the race (final score)

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
1.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari			9 *	9 *	9 *	9 *	(9)	(8.5 *)	36 (47.5)
2.	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari			6th	6th		6th	6th	(3)	24 (27)
3.	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	9 *			4th	6th	3			22nd
4th	Rudolf Fischer	Ferrari	6th					4th			10
	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper-Bristol			3		4th		3		10
6th	Robert Manzon	Gordini			4th	3			2		9
7th	Troy Ruttman	Kuzma		8th							8th
	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari							4th	4th	8th
9.	José Froilán González	Maserati								6.5 *	6.5
10.	Richard Rathmann	Kurti's power		6th							6th
	Jean Behra	Gordini	4th					2			6th
12.	Sam Hanks	Kurti's power		4th							4th
13.	Ken Wharton	Frazer Nash	3								3
	Duane Carter	Lesovsky		3							3
	Dennis Poore	Connaught					3				3
16.	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol	2								2
	Art Cross	Kurti's power		2							2
	Paul Brother	HWM			2						2
	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini				2					2
	Eric Thompson	Connaught					2				2
	Felice Bonetto	Maserati								2	2
22nd	Bill Vukovich	Kurti's power		1*							1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Unless otherwise stated: Lang, Mike; Grand Prix 1950-1965; Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981 S50f. ( ISBN 0-85429-276-4 ) (Engl.)