1952 Monaco Grand Prix

43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title CUST Non-championship sports car race Monaco Monaco XII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo circuit 1955-1971.png 2 June 1952 Street circuit 1.976 3.180 100 197.6 318.0 Pierre Levegh France Talbot-Lago 2:00.2 Antonio Stagnoli Ferrari 1:56.4 Italy Vittorio Marzotto Italy Ferrari Eugenio Castellotti Italy Ferrari Antonio StagnoliItaly Clemente Biondetti Italy Ferrari The 1952 Monaco Grand Prix was a non-championship sports car race held on 2 June 1952 at Monaco. After the 1937 Monaco Grand Prix, the race was discontinued due to financial reasons. Until resuming with the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix, only two attempts to re-establish single-seater racing were made, the 1948 Monaco Grand Prix and the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix for the new F1 World Championship, which due to lack of F1 cars in 1952 was run with Formula 2. Monaco decided to skip the small F2 cars and invite sportscars instead. The race for the smaller cars up to 2 liter saw a practise crash of Luigi Fagioli who had driven his Lancia Aurelia B20 GT to a surprise 3rd overall at the Mille Miglia. He suffered broken bones and died after three weeks.Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p. 1383. For the second time since the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, the 1952 Grand Prix suffered a multi-car pileup.Monaco 1952: When sportscars ran in the Monaco Grand Prix GRR https://www.goodwood.com/grr/f1/monaco-1952-when-sportscars-ran-in-the-monaco-grand-prix/ 2024-01-02 www.goodwood.com thumb|Talbot-Lago Type 26 Grand Sport as driven by Pierre Levegh at 1952 Le Mans. In Monaco he set pole at 2:00.2 thumb|Ferrari 225 S Nr. 90 with Vignale-cycle-type wings styled by Vignale but featured an ugly amalgam of cycle-type wings fared in with the bodywork - https://www.goodwood.com/grr/f1/monaco-1952-when-sportscars-ran-in-the-monaco-grand-prix/ driven by Antonio Stagnoli or Clemente Biondetti at the harbour. Stagnoli set fastest race lap at 1:56.4 Entries No Driver Entrant Car 52 ESP 1945 Juan Jover Pegaso Pegaso Z-102 54 ESP 1945 Joaquin Palacio Pover Pegaso Pegaso Z-102 56 FRA Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini T15S 58 FRA Jean Lucas Luigi Chinetti Ferrari 225 S 60 FRA Pierre Boncompagni Private Ferrari 225 S 62 FRA René Cotton Private Delahaye 135S 64 FRA Louis RosierFRA Maurice Trintignant Private Talbot-Lago T26GS 66 FRA Louis RosierFRA Maurice Trintignant Private Talbot-Lago T26GS 68 FRA Pierre Levegh Private Talbot-Lago T26GS 70 FRA Pierre Meyrat Private Talbot-Lago T26GS 72 GBR Reg Parnell Aston Martin Aston Martin DB3 74 GBR Peter Collins Aston Martin Aston Martin DB3 76 GBR Lance Macklin Aston Martin Aston Martin DB3 78 GBR Stirling Moss Jaguar Cars Jaguar C-Type 80 GBR Leslie Johnson Jaguar C-Type 82 GBR Tommy Wisdom Private Jaguar C-Type 84 GBR Anthony Hume Archie Bride Allard J2X 86 ITA Francesco Buonaccorsi Ferrari 166 MM/Ferrari 225 S 88 ITA Giovanni Bracco Scuderia Guastalla Ferrari 225 S 90 ITA Antonio StagnoliITA Clemente Biondetti Scuderia Guastalla Ferrari 225 S 92 ITA Eugenio Castellotti Scuderia Guastalla Ferrari 225 S 94 ITA Vittorio Marzotto Scuderia Marzotto Ferrari 225 S 96 ITA Piero Carini Scuderia Marzotto Ferrari 340 America 98 FRA André Simon Ferrari 225 S 100 PRT Fernando Mascarenhas Private Allard J2X Classification Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 94 Italy Vittorio Marzotto Ferrari 100 3:21:28.4 11 2 92 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 100 +15.5 10 3 90 Italy Antonio StagnoliItaly Clemente Biondetti Ferrari 98 +2 Laps 3 4 58 France Jean Lucas Ferrari 96 +4 Laps 15 5 60 France Pierre Boncompagni Ferrari 95 +5 Laps 8 6 82 United Kingdom Tommy Wisdom Jaguar 95 +5 Laps 16 7 74 United Kingdom Peter Collins Aston Martin 92 +8 Laps 12 8 62 France René Cotton Delahaye 85 +15 Laps 18 Ret 76 United Kingdom Lance Macklin Aston Martin 73 Engine 6 Ret 100 Portugal Fernando Mascarenhas Allard 64 Split tank 17 Ret 78 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Jaguar 46 Accident 2 Ret 64 France Louis RosierFrance Maurice Trintignant Talbot-Lago 37 7 Ret 96 Italy Piero Carini Ferrari 37 Accident 13 Ret 56 France Robert Manzon Gordini 24 Accident 5 Ret 84 United Kingdom Anthony Hume Allard 22 Accident 14 Ret 72 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Aston Martin 18 Engine 4 Ret 88 Italy Giovanni Bracco Ferrari 8 Brakes 9 Ret 68 France Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 5 Camshaft 1 DNS 54 Spain 1945 Joaquín Palacio Pover Pegaso DNQ 52 Spain 1945 Juan Jover Pegaso References Race result taken from World Sports Racing Prototypes http://wsrp.ic.cz/nonchamp1952.html#22 2007-06-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150222004410/http://wsrp.ic.cz/nonchamp1952.html 2015-02-22 Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381-4. London: Orbis, 1974. Previous race:1950 Monaco Grand PrixMonaco Grand PrixNext race:1955 Monaco Grand Prix Category:Monaco Grand Prix Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix