1952 Belgian Grand Prix

F1 Belgium Belgian XIV Grand Prix de Belgique Spa 1947.png 22 June 1952 1952 Indianapolis 500#World Drivers' Championship 1952 French Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium Grand Prix Circuit 8.774 14.12 36 315.864 508.320 Rain Alberto Ascari Ferrari 4:37.0 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 4:54.0 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari Italy Nino Farina Ferrari Italy Robert Manzon Gordini France BEL The 1952 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 22 June 1952 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. It was race 3 of 8 in the 1952 World Championship of Drivers, in which each Grand Prix was run to Formula Two rules rather than the Formula One regulations normally used. Report Maserati's new A6GCM was still not ready, and, to compound this, their lead driver Juan Manuel Fangio had suffered back injuries at the non-championship Monza Grand Prix. This meant that Ferrari were once again favoured for success in the race, with their driver lineup consisting of Alberto Ascari (in place of André Simon), Nino Farina and Piero Taruffi. There were also two privateer Ferrari entries: local driver Charles de Tornaco of Ecurie Francorchamps, and Louis Rosier. The Gordini team expanded their lineup to include Belgian driver Johnny Claes, alongside Behra, Manzon and Bira. American Robert O'Brien also drove a Simca-Gordini for this race. HWM also recruited a pair of Belgian drivers — Paul Frère and Roger Laurent — who raced alongside regular drivers Peter Collins and Lance Macklin. Stirling Moss switched from HWM to ERA for this race. A handful of other privateer entrants also took part, including future World Champion Mike Hawthorn, who made his debut in a Cooper-Bristol. Ascari headed an all-Ferrari front row, with teammates Farina and Taruffi in second and third, respectively. The Gordinis of Manzon and Behra made up row two, while the third row consisted of Hawthorn, Ken Wharton (in a Frazer-Nash), and Frère, who was the highest qualifier of the five Belgian drivers on the grid. Taruffi started badly in the rain, dropping to ninth by the end of the first lap, while Behra overhauled the two leading Ferraris to take the lead of the race. Moss also started well, before his car broke down halfway through the first lap. Behra's lead was short-lived, as both Ascari and Farina overtook him on the second lap, subsequently holding first and second for the remainder of the race. Behra dropped to fourth when the recovering Taruffi passed him on lap 13. On the following lap Taruffi spun at Malmédy and Behra hit him, causing both to retire. Manzon overtook Hawthorn to assume what was now third place. Despite suffering from fuel leakage problems, Hawthorn was able to maintain fourth place until the end of the race. His fellow debutant Paul Frère also finished in the points, in fifth.http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr018.html Belgian GP, 1952 Race Report Grandprix.com 15 August 2012 Ascari's win (with fastest lap), and Taruffi's retirement, meant that the two now shared the lead of the Championship, on nine points each. Indianapolis 500 winner Troy Ruttman was in third, while Farina's second-place finish raised him to fourth in the standings, three points adrift of the joint Championship leaders. Entries No Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre 2 Italy Nino Farina Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Pirelli 4 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Pirelli 6 Italy Piero Taruffi Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Pirelli 8 UK Mike Hawthorn Leslie D. Hawthorn Cooper-Bristol Cooper T20 Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Dunlop 10 UK Alan Brown Ecurie Richmond Cooper-Bristol Cooper T20 Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Dunlop 12 UK Eric Brandon Cooper-Bristol Cooper T20 Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Dunlop 14 France Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini Gordini T16 Gordini 20 2.0 L6 Englebert 16 France Jean Behra Gordini Gordini T16 Gordini 20 2.0 L6 Englebert 18 Belgium Johnny Claes Gordini Gordini T16 Gordini 20 2.0 L6 Englebert 20 Thailand Prince Bira Simca-Gordini Simca-Gordini T15 Gordini 1500 1.5 L4 Englebert 22 France Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Dunlop 24 UK Lance Macklin HW Motors HWM-Alta HWM 52 Alta F2 2.0 L4 Dunlop 26 UK Peter Collins HWM-Alta HWM 52 Alta F2 2.0 L4 Dunlop 28 Belgium Paul Frère HWM-Alta HWM 52 Alta F2 2.0 L4 Dunlop 30 Belgium Roger Laurent HWM-Alta HWM 52 Alta F2 2.0 L4 Dunlop 32 UK Stirling Moss English Racing Automobiles Ltd. ERA-Bristol ERA G Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Dunlop 34 Belgium Charles de Tornaco Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Englebert 36 UK Ken Wharton Scuderia Franera Frazer Nash-Bristol Frazer Nash FN48 Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Dunlop 38 Belgium Arthur Legat Arthur Legat Veritas Veritas Meteor Veritas 2.0 L6 Englebert 40 UK Robin Montgomerie-Charrington Robin Montgomerie-Charrington Aston Butterworth Aston NB41 Aston Butterworth F4 2.0 L6 Dunlop 42 Australia Tony Gaze Tony Gaze HWM-Alta HWM 51 Alta F2 2.0 L4 Dunlop 44 United States 1912 Robert O'Brien Robert O'Brien Simca-Gordini Simca-Gordini T15 Gordini 1500 1.5 L4 Englebert Sources:http://www.manipef1.com/results/1952/belgium/entries/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120509150113/http://www.manipef1.com/results/1952/belgium/entries/ 9 May 2012 1952 Belgian Grand Prix - Race Entries manipef1.com usurped 6 January 2016http://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1952&gp=Belgian%20GP&r=1&type=ent 1952 Belgian GP - Entry List chicanef1.com 15 December 2013 Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 4 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 4:37.0 – 2 2 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari 4:40.0 + 3.0 3 6 Italy Piero Taruffi Ferrari 4:46.0 + 9.0 4 14 France Robert Manzon Gordini 4:52.0 + 15.0 5 16 France Jean Behra Gordini 4:56.0 + 19.0 6 8 UK Mike Hawthorn Cooper-Bristol 4:58.0 + 21.0 7 36 UK Ken Wharton Frazer Nash-Bristol 5:01.0 + 24.0 8 28 Belgium Paul Frère HWM-Alta 5:05.0 + 28.0 9 10 UK Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 5:07.0 + 30.0 10 32 UK Stirling Moss ERA-Bristol 5:07.6 + 30.6 11 26 UK Peter Collins HWM-Alta 5:09.0 + 32.0 12 12 UK Eric Brandon Cooper-Bristol 5:11.0 + 34.0 13 34 Belgium Charles de Tornaco Ferrari 5:14.5 + 37.5 14 24 UK Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 5:17.1 + 40.1 15 40 UK Robin Montgomerie-Charrington Aston Butterworth 5:19.3 + 42.3 16 42 Australia Tony Gaze HWM-Alta 5:22.8 + 45.8 17 22 France Louis Rosier Ferrari 5:25.7 + 48.7 18 20 Thailand Prince Bira Simca-Gordini-Gordini 5:28.4 + 51.4 19 18 Belgium Johnny Claes Gordini 5:31.1 + 54.1 20 30 Belgium Roger Laurent HWM-Alta 5:37.9 + 60.9 21 38 Belgium Arthur Legat Veritas 5:45.0 + 68.0 22 44 USA 1912 Robert O'Brien Simca-Gordini-Gordini 5:51.0 + 74.0 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 36 3:03:46.3 1 91 1 2 2 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari 36 +1:55.2 2 6 3 14 France Robert Manzon Gordini 36 +4:28.4 4 4 4 8 UK Mike Hawthorn Cooper-Bristol 35 +1 lap 6 3 5 28 Belgium Paul Frère HWM-Alta 34 +2 laps 8 2 6 10 UK Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 34 +2 laps 9 7 34 Belgium Charles de Tornaco Ferrari 33 +3 laps 13 8 18 Belgium Johnny Claes Gordini 33 +3 laps 19 9 12 UK Eric Brandon Cooper-Bristol 33 +3 laps 12 10 20 Thailand Prince Bira Simca-Gordini-Gordini 32 +4 laps 18 11 24 UK Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 32 +4 laps 14 12 30 Belgium Roger Laurent HWM-Alta 32 +4 laps 20 13 38 Belgium Arthur Legat Veritas 31 +5 laps 21 14 44 United States 1912 Robert O'Brien Simca-Gordini-Gordini 30 +6 laps 22 15 42 Australia Tony Gaze HWM-Alta 30 +6 laps 16 Ret Retired 40 UK Robin Montgomerie-Charrington Aston Butterworth 17 Engine 15 Ret Retired 6 Italy Piero Taruffi Ferrari 13 Accident 3 Ret Retired 16 France Jean Behra Gordini 13 Accident 5 Ret Retired 36 UK Ken Wharton Frazer-Nash-Bristol 10 Spun off 7 Ret Retired 22 France Louis Rosier Ferrari 6 Transmission 17 Ret Retired 26 UK Peter Collins HWM-Alta 3 Halfshaft 11 Ret Retired 32 UK Stirling Moss ERA-Bristol 0 Engine 10 Source: 1952 Belgian Grand Prix formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1952/611/ 4 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20091201112751/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1952/611/ 1 December 2009 Notes 1 1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Italy Piero Taruffi 9 10px 41 2 Italy Alberto Ascari 9 10px 1 3 USA 1912 Troy Ruttman 8 10px 26 4 Italy Nino Farina 6 10px 2 5 Switzerland Rudi Fischer 6Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1952/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1952 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 1 March 2019 Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. References 30em Belgian Grand Prix 1952 1952 Indianapolis 500 1952 French Grand Prix 1951 Belgian Grand Prix 1953 Belgian Grand Prix 1951 French Grand Prix 1954 German Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:European Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix