France

French Grand Prix 1952

6 July 1952

Round 4 of 8

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Rouen-Les-Essarts, France

Location
Rouen, France
Laps
77
Previous winners
  • 1968Jacky IckxFerrari
  • 1964Dan GurneyBrabham-Climax
  • 1962Dan GurneyPorsche
  • 1957Juan FangioMaserati

Qualifying

#DriverTeamQ1Q2Q3
Alberto AscariFerrari
Nino FarinaFerrari
Piero TaruffiFerrari
Robert ManzonGordini
Maurice TrintignantSimca
Peter CollinsHWM
Jean BehraGordini
Philippe ÉtancelinMaserati
Lance MacklinHWM
Yves CabantousHWM
Rudi FischerFerrari
Peter HirtFerrari
Franco ComottiFerrari
Prince BiraGordini
Mike HawthornCooper
Toulo de GraffenriedMaserati
Harry SchellMaserati
Peter WhiteheadAlta
Louis RosierFerrari
Johnny ClaesSimca
Harry SchellMaserati
Piero CariniFerrari

4th

pole

Alberto Ascari

2nd

consecutive pole

Alberto Ascari

6th

pole

Ferrari

Starting Grid

  1. 1

    Alberto Ascari

    Ferrari

    No time set

  2. 2

    Nino Farina

    Ferrari

    No time set

  3. 3

    Piero Taruffi

    Ferrari

    No time set

  4. 4

    Jean Behra

    Gordini

    No time set

  5. 5

    Robert Manzon

    Gordini

    No time set

  6. 6

    Maurice Trintignant

    Simca

    No time set

  7. 7

    Prince Bira

    Gordini

    No time set

  8. 8

    Peter Collins

    HWM

    No time set

  9. 9

    Louis Rosier

    Ferrari

    No time set

  10. 10

    Yves Cabantous

    HWM

    No time set

  11. 11

    Harry Schell

    Maserati

    No time set

  12. 12

    Toulo de Graffenried

    Maserati

    No time set

  13. 12

    Harry Schell

    Maserati

    No time set

  14. 13

    Peter Whitehead

    Alta

    No time set

  15. 14

    Lance Macklin

    HWM

    No time set

  16. 15

    Mike Hawthorn

    Cooper

    No time set

  17. 16

    Franco Comotti

    Ferrari

    No time set

  18. 17

    Rudi Fischer

    Ferrari

    No time set

  19. 17

    Peter Hirt

    Ferrari

    No time set

  20. 18

    Philippe Étancelin

    Maserati

    No time set

  21. 19

    Piero Carini

    Ferrari

    No time set

  22. 20

    Johnny Claes

    Simca

    No time set

As it happened

Laps Lead

    Results

    10 Alberto Ascari Ferrari77 laps3:00:00.09pts
    20 Nino Farina Ferrari76 laps6pts
    30 Piero Taruffi Ferrari75 laps4pts
    4+1 Robert Manzon Gordini74 laps3pts
    5+1 Maurice Trintignant Simca72 laps2pts
    6+2 Peter Collins HWM70 laps
    7-3 Jean Behra Gordini70 laps
    8+10 Philippe Étancelin Maserati70 laps
    9+5 Lance Macklin HWM70 laps
    100 Yves Cabantous HWM68 laps
    11+6 Rudi Fischer Ferrari66 laps
    11+6 Peter Hirt Ferrari66 laps
    12+4 Franco Comotti Ferrari63 laps
    R- Prince Bira Gordini56 laps
    R- Mike Hawthorn Cooper51 laps
    R- Toulo de Graffenried Maserati34 laps
    R- Harry Schell Maserati34 laps
    R- Peter Whitehead Alta17 laps
    R- Louis Rosier Ferrari17 laps
    R- Johnny Claes Simca15 laps
    R- Harry Schell Maserati7 laps
    R- Piero Carini Ferrari2 laps

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