1952 Circuit du Lac

Formula Two race France Circuit du Lac 8 June 1952 Circuit du Lac Aix les Bains plan.JPG IV Circuit du Lac Aix-les-Bains Circuit du Lac, Savoie, France Temporary Street Circuit 2.456 km mi on 2 x 40 196.483 km mi on Jean Behra FRA Gordini Jean Behra Gordini 1:35.2 FRA Jean Behra FRA Gordini Lance Macklin UK HWM-Alta Emmanuel de Graffenried CH Maserati The IV Circuit du Lac was a Formula Two motor race held on 8 June 1952 at the Aix-les-Bains Circuit du Lac, France. The race was run over two heats each of 40 laps, with the winner being decided by aggregate time. The winner was Jean Behra in a Gordini Type 16, who started from pole in both heats, won both heats and set overall fastest lap. Lance Macklin was second in an HWM-Alta and Emmanuel de Graffenried third in a Maserati 4CLT/48. Behra's teammate Robert Manzon set fastest lap in heat 1, but succumbed to mechanical failure in heat 2.http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F252_19.htm IV Circuit du Lac 1952 2022-06-14http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1952/1952.html#lac 1952 Non-World Championship Grands Prix 2022-06-14 Classification Race Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid1 Heat 1 Heat 2 1 4 FRA Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 2:10:42.1, 90.19 kph 1 1 1 2 12 UK Lance Macklin HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta +44.2s 5 3 2 3 8 CH Emmanuel de Graffenried Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati 4CLT/48 +1:26.2 4 4 3 4 10 USA 1912 Harry Schell Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati 4CLT/48 +1 lap 3 5 4 5 6 Siam B. Bira Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15 +2 laps 10 6 5 6 20 FRA Élie Bayol Élie Bayol O.S.C.A. MT4 +3 laps 12 8 7 NC 18 FRA Armand PhilippeFRA Maurice Trintignant2 Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 166 +4 laps 8 NC 6 Ret 14 UK John Heath HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta - 9 7 24 laps, ignition Ret 2 FRA Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 - 6 2 2 laps, rear axle Ret 24 FRA Jean Thepenier Jean Thepenier Simca Gordini Type 15 - 11 valve - Ret 16 FRA Maurice Trintignant Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 - 2 28 laps, magneto - Ret 22 FRA Eugene Martin Eugene Martin Jicey-Veritas - 7 13 laps, front wheel - 1Heat 1 grid; grid places for heat 2 were determined by the finishing order in heat 1 2Trintignant drove in heat 2 References Circuit du Lac 1952 1952 Monza Grand Prix 1952 West Essex CC Race 1951 Circuit du Lac 1953 Circuit du Lac Circuit du Lac Circuit du Lac Circuit du Lac Category:Sport in Aix-les-Bains