1952 Marne Grand Prix

NC France Marne 29 June 1952 Circuit-Reims-1952.png XX Grand Prix de la Marne Reims-Gueux, Reims Permanent racing facility 7.198 km mi on 71 511.058 km mi on Alberto Ascari ITA Ferrari 2:26.2 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2:28.2 ITA Jean Behra FRA Gordini Giuseppe Farina ITA Ferrari Alberto Ascari ITA Luigi Villoresi ITA Ferrari The 20th Grand Prix de la Marne was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held on 29 June 1952 at the Reims-Gueux circuit. It was the fourth round of the 1952 Les Grands Prix de France championship. Race distance was decided not by distance but by time, the duration being 3 hours. The race was won by Jean Behra driving a Gordini Type 16. Giuseppe Farina was second in a Ferrari 500, and his teammates Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi shared third place, Villoresi's own car having suffered engine failure. Ascari set pole and fastest lap.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1952/1952.html#marne 1952 Non-World Championship Formula One Raceshttps://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F252_23.htm XX Grand Prix de la Marne 1952 Classification Race Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 4 FRA Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 71 laps, 169.52kph 4 2 12 ITA Giuseppe Farina Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 +1 lap 2 3 10 ITA Alberto AscariITA Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 +1 lap 1 4 6 Siam B. Bira Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +2 laps 6 5 38 FRA Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 +6 laps 11 6 44 BEL Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Simca Gordini Type 15 +7 laps 19 7 42 GBR Mike Hawthorn Archie Bryde Cooper T20-Bristol +7 laps 9 8 20 FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous HW Motors HWM-Alta +7 laps 13 NC 22 CH Emmanuel de Graffenried Scuderio Enrico Platé Maserati 4CLT/48 +10 laps 20 NC 26 UK Stirling Moss HW Motors HWM-Alta +11 laps 10 NC 34 UK Eric BrandonUK Alan Brown Ecurie Richmond Cooper T20-Bristol +13 laps 12 Ret 2 FRA Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 49 laps, driver injury 3 Ret 24 USA 1912 Harry Schell Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati 4CLT/48 24 laps 23 Ret 16 GBR Lance Macklin HW Motors HWM-Alta 23 laps, ignition 18 Ret 30 ITA Piero Carini Scuderia Marzotto Ferrari 166 17 laps 8 Ret 40 GBR Robin Montgomerie-Charrington Bill Aston Aston Butterworth 15 laps, transmission 22 Ret 18 GBR Peter Collins HW Motors HWM-Alta 13 laps, engine 16 Ret 28 ITA Gianfranco Comotti Scuderia Marzotto Ferrari 166 11 laps 17 Ret 32 GBR Alan Brown Ecurie Richmond Cooper T20-Bristol 5 laps, engine 7 Ret 14 ITA Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 4 laps, engine 5 Ret 46 GBR Peter Whitehead Peter Whitehead Alta F2 3 laps, gearbox 15 Ret 8 FRA Maurice Trintignant Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15 2 laps, engine 14 DNS 36 FRA Élie Bayol Élie Bayol O.S.C.A. MT4 car not ready References Marne Grand Prix 1952 1952 West Essex CC Race 1952 Sables Grand Prix 1937 Marne Grand Prix — Marne Marne Marne