1952 Marseille Grand Prix

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1952 Marseille Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1952 Formula One season
Race details
Date 27 April 1952
Official name X Grand Prix de Marseille
Location Parc Borély, Marseille
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.629 km (1.639 miles)
Distance 134 laps, 352.28 km (219.63 miles)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:17.8
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Giuseppe Farina Ferrari
Time 1:15.4
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Simca Gordini
Third Simca Gordini

The 10th Grand Prix de Marseille was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held on 27 April 1952 at the Parc Borély in Marseille. Race distance was decided not by distance but by time, the duration being 3 hours. The race was won by pole-setter Alberto Ascari driving a Ferrari 500. B. Bira and Robert Manzon shared second place in a Simca Gordini Type 15 and Johnny Claes was third in another Type 15. Ascari's teammate Giuseppe Farina set fastest lap but failed to finish the race.

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid
1 8 Italy Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 134 laps, 119.79kph 1
2 6 Thailand B. Bira
France Robert Manzon
Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15 +5 laps 14
3 34 Belgium Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Simca Gordini Type 15 +7 laps 16
4 24 Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Scuderio Enrico Platé Maserati 4CLT/48 +10 laps 9
5 30 France Élie Bayol Élie Bayol O.S.C.A. MT4 +11 laps 11
NC 4 France Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15 +23 laps 4
NC 10 Italy Giuseppe Farina Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 +23 laps, crash 6
NC 22 United Kingdom Peter Collins HW Motors HWM-Alta +35 laps 12
NC 28 Germany Hans Stuck Hans Stuck AFM-Küchen +38 laps 15
Ret 18 United Kingdom Lance Macklin HW Motors HWM-Alta 60 laps, fuel tank 8
Ret 16 France Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 59 laps, oil loss 7
Ret 14 France Maurice Trintignant Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 166 48 laps, oil loss 5
Ret 26 Italy Franco Cortese Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati 4CLT/48 32 laps, lubrication 10
Ret 32 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Peter Whitehead Alta F2 30 laps, oil pipe 18
Ret 2 France Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15 25 laps, gearbox 2
Ret 12 Italy Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 9 laps, engine 3
Ret 20 France Yves Giraud-Cabantous HW Motors HWM-Alta 3 laps, oil pump 13
DNS 36 France Eugène Martin Eugène Martin Jicey-Veritas car not ready 17

References

  1. ^ "1952 Non-World Championship Formula One Races".
  2. ^ "X Grand Prix de Marseille 1952".


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