1952 Modena Grand Prix

Italy Modena III Gran Premio di Modena Aerautodromo di Modena.svg 14 September 1952 Aerautodromo di Modena, Modena, Italy Permanent racing facility 2.306 km mi on 100 230.620 km mi on Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1:04.4 ITA Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1:05.0 ITA José Froilán González Maserati ARG Luigi Villoresi Ferrari ITA José Froilán González Maserati ARG Sergio Sighinolfi Ferrari ITA Alberto Ascari ITA The 3rd Gran Premio di Modena was a Formula Two motor race held on 14 September 1952 at the Aerautodromo di Modena, Italy. The race was run over 100 laps of the circuit, and was won by Italian driver Luigi Villoresi in a Ferrari 500 in a near dead-heat with José Froilán González in a Maserati A6GCM. Villoresi and Gonzalez shared fastest lap. Sergio Sighinolfi and Alberto Ascari shared third place in a Ferrari 500. Ascari had started from pole but retired with mechanical problems, and took over Sighinolfi's car.https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F252_39.htm III Gran Premio di Modena 1952 2022-06-20http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1952/1952.html#mode 1952 Non-World Championship Grands Prix silhouet.com 2022-06-20 Classification Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 4 ITA Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 1:51:21.0, 123.99 km/h 2 2 14 ARG José Froilán González Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM +0.0s 4 3 8 ITA Sergio SighinolfiITA Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 +28.6s 6 4 6 ITA Giuseppe Farina Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 +1:38.8 3 5 10 CH Rudi Fischer Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 500 +3 laps 10 6 30 FRA Élie Bayol Élie Bayol O.S.C.A. Tipo 20 +4 laps 8 7 18 URU Eitel Cantoni Escuderia Bandeirantes Maserati A6GCM +6 laps 12 8 34 ITA Piero Carini HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta +8 laps 9 9 12 GER Hans Stuck Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 212 +10 laps 14 NC 26 BEL Johnny Claes Vicomtesse de Walckiers Simca Gordini Type 15 +11 laps 16 Ret 28 UK Roy Salvadori Leslie Hawthorn Cooper T20-Bristol 66 laps, accident 15 Ret 20 BRA Chico Landi Escuderia Bandeirantes Maserati A6GCM 44 laps 11 Ret 32 UK Lance Macklin HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta 41 laps, transmission 13 Ret 22 FRA Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 37 laps, ignition 5 Ret 2 ITA Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 18 laps, oil system 1 Ret 24 FRA Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 9 laps, differential 7 DNS 16 ITA Felice Bonetto Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM core plug - DNA 28 UK Mike Hawthorn Leslie Hawthorn Cooper T20-Bristol practice crash, car raced by Salvadori - References Modena Grand Prix 1952 1952 Baule Grand Prix 1952 Circuit de Cadours 1951 Modena Grand Prix 1953 Modena Grand Prix Modena Grand Prix Category:Modena Grand Prix Modena Grand Prix