Tour de France for automobiles 1952

The 1952 Tour de France for automobiles was held as a stage race for automobiles from September 9 to 16 in France .

The race

In 1952 the Tour Auto was held for the second time after the Second World War and, as in the previous year, started in Nice . The first stage led over 2,352 km from Nice to La Baule in Brittany . Via Reims we went back to Nice. The 108 participants, 58 of whom reached the finish, had to cover a total of 5533 km and cope with seven special stages. The victory went to the Gignoux couple on a small German bonnet . The women’s standings were secured by the trio Pochon / Trott / Boucher, who finished seventeenth in the overall standings on a Renault 4 CV 1063 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Travel time
1	S 750	175		Marc Gignoux Mme. Gignoux	DB 750
2	S + 2.0	15th	Pierre Boncompagni	Pierre Boncompagni Adolfo Macchieraldo	Ferrari 225S
3	S 1.1	131		Jean Rédélé Paul Moser	Renault 4CV 1063
4th	S 1.5	84	Jean Louis Armengaud	Jean Louis Armengaud René Chaix	Osca MT4 1350
5				Raymond Stempert Georges Schwartz	Panhard Dyna X86
6th		172		Charles Plantivaux Claude Mazalon	Panhard Dyna X86
7th		172		Grosgogeat Biagini	Panhard Dyna X85
8th	S 1.5	51	Henri de Clarens	Henri de Clarens Roger Loyer	Gordini T15S
9	S 750	127		Dannenmuller Rachel Colas	DB 750
10	S 1.1			Ernest de Regibus René Chaix	Renault 4CV 1063
11	S 1.1			René Arnaud Yatta	Renault 4CV 1063
12	S 1.5	86	Adolfo Macchieraldo	Jacques Péron Louise Péron	Osca MT4 1350
13	S 1.1			P. Reynaud Barra	Renault 4CV 1063
14th				José A. Nogueira Pinto Tojal	Porsche
15th		116		Roger Giraud Emmanuel Baboin	Panhard X87
16		116		Graza Rodríguez	Porsche 356
17th	S1.1	143		Madeleine Pochon Mme. Trott Mme. Boucher	Renault 4CV 1063
18th				M. Bianco Mme. Honoré	Porsche 356
19th	S1.1			Regine Gordine Germaine Rouault	Renault 4CV 1063
20th		21st		Nigel Mann Mortimer Morris-Goodall	Aston Martin DB2
21st		114		Jean Estager Boussignac	Porsche 356
22nd				Giot Hamelin	Panhard X86
23	S + 3.0	13		Guy Berthomier Mme. Berthomier	Jaguar XK 120
24				Georges Guyot Michel Parsy	Panhard Dyna Z
25th				Bourillat Jallu	Peugeot 203A
26th			Jean Latune	Jean Latune Thomas	Jowett Jupiter
27	S.	113		Sabine Eugène Martin	Porsche 356
28		165		Fabre J. Cazon	Panhard X86
29				Moore Mme. Moore	Simca Huit Sport
30th	S + 3.0	3		Lamy Pillet	Jaguar XK 120
31				Robert Lévy Lévy	Simca Aronde
32		70		Marc Angelvin Nicole Angelvin	Simca Aronde
33		70		Ferdinand Auriach Auriach	Simca Aronde
34				Marcel Lauga Paul Armagnac	Simca Aronde
35				Palmer Aprile Adriano Bossetti	Alfa Romeo 1900
36				José Scaron Pascal	Simca Aronde
37				Giraud Walbert	Simca Aronde
38	S + 3.0	7th		Jacques Herzet Lucien Bianchi	Jaguar XK 120
39	S 1.1			Faucheux Pierre Laine	Renault 4CV 1063
40		73		Louis Chardin G. Strack	Simca Aronde
41	S 1.1			Just-Émile Vernet Jean Pairard	Renault 4CV 1063
42	S 1.1			Dumas pousset	Renault 4CV 1063
43				Rougier Mme. Rougier	Simca Huit
44				Thuillier Thuillier	Peugeot 203
45				Charles de Cortanze Mme. De Cortanze	Peugeot 203A
46		25th		Trigano mass	Austin A90
47				There Guido	Mercedes-Benz 170D
48				Joseph Novelli Charles Ravan	Mercedes-Benz 220
49				Deramond René Bonnet	Citroën 11BL
50				Mme. Hammersley Mrs. Hammersley	Peugeot 203A
51		15th		Guesquiere Francomme	Peter 235
52				Koehl Fanfani	Renault Frégate
53				J. Ortéga Vincent	Citroën 15/6
54				P. Molinelli Jean Heurtaux	Porsche 356
55				P. Rowell Mme. E. Rowell	Simca Aronde
56				Bandon Cotta	Simca Aronde
57	S 1.1			Bagary Renée	Renault 4CV 1063
Disqualified
58		62		Gilberte Thirion Ingeborg Polensky	Porsche 356 SL
Failed
59	S 1.1			Debuts Daniel Pouget	Renault 4CV
60				Gilbert Riche	Peugeot 203
61	S 1.1			Escoffier Georges Claude	Renault 4CV 1063
62	S 1.1	102	Paolo Butti	Paolo Butti Gianni Balzarini	Osca MT4 1100
63				François Picard G. Castellano	Porsche
64				Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Healey
65				Claude Storez	Porsche
66				Annie Bousquet Dubor	Panhard X86
67	S 1.1			Paul Condrillier	Renault 4CV 1063
67	S + 3.0	4th		Moffett Marion	Jaguar XK 120
68		40		Marcel Schwob d'Hérincourt Frederic Albertini	Maserati A6G
69		44		Fanfani Trouillet	Renault Frégate
70	S 750	130		Alfred Barraquet Embe	DB 750
71		164		Lebas Dehullu	Panhard X86
72			XXX	XXX
73			XXX	XXX
74			XXX	XXX
75			XXX	XXX
76			XXX	XXX
77			XXX	XXX
78			XXX	XXX
79			XXX	XXX
80			XXX	XXX
81			XXX	XXX
82			XXX	XXX
83			XXX	XXX
84			XXX	XXX
85			XXX	XXX
86			XXX	XXX
87			XXX	XXX
88			XXX	XXX
89			XXX	XXX
90			XXX	XXX
91			XXX	XXX
92			XXX	XXX
93			XXX	XXX
94			XXX	XXX
95			XXX	XXX
96			XXX	XXX
97			XXX	XXX
98			XXX	XXX
99			XXX	XXX
100			XXX	XXX
101			XXX	XXX
102			XXX	XXX
103			XXX	XXX
104			XXX	XXX
105			XXX	XXX
106			XXX	XXX
107			XXX	XXX
Not started
108	S 2.3	16	Equipe Gordini	Jean Behra Julio Quinlin	Gordini T15S 2.3	1

¹ technical acceptance failed

XXX in the table stands for participant unknown

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 3.0	Jacques Herzet	Lucien Bianchi	Jaguar XK 120	Rank 38
S + 2.0	Pierre Boncompagni	Adolfo Macchieraldo	Ferrari 225S	Rank 2
S 1.5	Jean-Louis Armengaud	René Chaix	Osca MT4 1350	Rank 4
S 1.1	Jean Rédélé	Paul Moser	Renault 4CV 1063	Rank 3
Series touring car	Fabre	J. Cazon	Panhard X86	Rank 28
S 750	Marc Gignoux	Mme. Gignoux	DB 750	Overall victory

Racing data

• Registered: 108
• Started: 108
• Rated: 57
• Race classes: 6
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: unknown
• Driving time of the winning team: unknown
• Overall laps of the winning team: none
• Total distance of the winning team: unknown
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: none
• Fastest race lap: none
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

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