1952 Belgian Grand Prix

  1952 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 8 in the 1952 Formula One season
Date	22 June 1952
Official name	XIV GROTE PRIJS VAN BELGIE
Location	Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium
Course	Grand Prix Circuit 14.12 km (8.774 mi)
Distance	36 laps, 508.320 km (315.864 mi)
Weather	Rain
Pole position
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time	4:37.0
Fastest lap
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time	4:54.0
Podium
First	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Second	Nino Farina	Ferrari
Third	Robert Manzon	Gordini
Lap leaders

The 1952 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 22 June 1952 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. It was the third round of the 1952 World Drivers' Championship, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	4	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	4:37.0	–
2	2	Nino Farina	Ferrari	4:40.0	+ 3.0
3	6	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	4:46.0	+ 9.0
4	14	Robert Manzon	Gordini	4:52.0	+ 15.0
5	16	Jean Behra	Gordini	4:56.0	+ 19.0
6	8	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper-Bristol	4:58.0	+ 21.0
7	36	Ken Wharton	Frazer Nash-Bristol	5:01.0	+ 24.0
8	28	Paul Frère	HWM-Alta	5:05.0	+ 28.0
9	10	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol	5:07.0	+ 30.0
10	32	Stirling Moss	ERA-Bristol	5:07.6	+ 30.6
11	26	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	5:09.0	+ 32.0
12	12	Eric Brandon	Cooper-Bristol	5:11.0	+ 34.0
13	34	Charles de Tornaco	Ferrari	5:14.5	+ 37.5
14	24	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	5:17.1	+ 40.1
15	40	Robin Montgomerie-Charrington	Aston Butterworth	5:19.3	+ 42.3
16	42	Tony Gaze	HWM-Alta	5:22.8	+ 45.8
17	22	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	5:25.7	+ 48.7
18	20	Prince Bira	Simca-Gordini-Gordini	5:28.4	+ 51.4
19	18	Johnny Claes	Gordini	5:31.1	+ 54.1
20	30	Roger Laurent	HWM-Alta	5:37.9	+ 60.9
21	38	Arthur Legat	Veritas	5:45.0	+ 68.0
22	44	Robert O'Brien	Simca-Gordini-Gordini	5:51.0	+ 74.0

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	36	3:03:46.3	1	9
2	2	Nino Farina	Ferrari	36	+1:55.2	2	6
3	14	Robert Manzon	Gordini	36	+4:28.4	4	4
4	8	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper-Bristol	35	+1 lap	6	3
5	28	Paul Frère	HWM-Alta	34	+2 laps	8	2
6	10	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol	34	+2 laps	9
7	34	Charles de Tornaco	Ferrari	33	+3 laps	13
8	18	Johnny Claes	Gordini	33	+3 laps	19
9	12	Eric Brandon	Cooper-Bristol	33	+3 laps	12
10	20	B. Bira	Simca-Gordini-Gordini	32	+4 laps	18
11	24	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	32	+4 laps	14
12	30	Roger Laurent	HWM-Alta	32	+4 laps	20
13	38	Arthur Legat	Veritas	31	+5 laps	21
14	44	Robert O'Brien	Simca-Gordini-Gordini	30	+6 laps	22
15	42	Tony Gaze	HWM-Alta	30	+6 laps	16
Ret	40	Robin Montgomerie-Charrington	Aston Butterworth	17	Engine	15
Ret	6	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	13	Accident	3
Ret	16	Jean Behra	Gordini	13	Accident	5
Ret	36	Ken Wharton	Frazer-Nash-Bristol	10	Spun off	7
Ret	22	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	6	Transmission	17
Ret	26	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	3	Halfshaft	11
Ret	32	Stirling Moss	ERA-Bristol	0	Engine	10

Drivers' Championship standings after the race

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Piero Taruffi	9
41	2	Alberto Ascari	9
1	3	Troy Ruttman	8
26	4	Nino Farina	6
2	5	Rudi Fischer	6

• Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship.

References

• "The Official Formula 1 website". Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1952/611/. Retrieved 2009-12-01.