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French Grand Prix

Grand Prix de France 1952

Round 4 of 8Rouen-Les-Essarts, RouenJul 6 195277 laps

Podium

FARFerrari
2
ASCFerrari
1
TARFerrari
3

Key facts

WinnerASC3:00:00.000 from P1
PoleASC2:14.800
Fastest lapASC2:17.300 on lap 28
Finishers13 / 23classified

Race result

PosDriverTeamGrid+/-LapsTime / gapPtsFastest lap
1ASCAlberto AscariFerrari1–773:00:00.00092:17.300
2FARNino FarinaFerrari2–76+1 lap6–
3TARPiero TaruffiFerrari3–75+2 laps4–
4MANRobert ManzonGordini5▲174+3 laps3–
5TRIMaurice TrintignantGordini6▲172+5 laps2–
6COLPeter CollinsHWM8▲270+7 laps–
7BEHJean BehraGordini4▼370+7 laps–
8ETAPhilippe ÉtancelinMaserati18▲1070+7 laps–
9MACLance MacklinHWM14▲570+7 laps–
10CABYves Giraud-CabantousHWM10–68+9 laps–
11FISRudi FischerFerrari17▲666+11 laps–
12HIRPeter HirtFerrari–0+77 laps–
13COMFranco ComottiFerrari16▲363+14 laps–
DNFBIRBirabongse BhanudejGordini756Axle–
DNFHAWMike HawthornCooper1551Ignition–
DNFDEGEmmanuel De GraffenriedMaserati1234Brakes–
DNFSCHHarry SchellMaserati–0Retired–
DNFWHIPeter WhiteheadAlta1326Clutch–
DNFROSLouis RosierFerrari917Engine–
DNFCLAJohnny ClaesSimca-Gordini2015Engine–
DNFSCHHarry SchellMaserati117Gearbox–
DNFPCAPiero CariniFerrari192Engine–
DNSFISRudi FischerFerrari–0Engine–

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamTimeGap to pole
1ASCAlberto AscariFerrari2:14.800
2FARNino FarinaFerrari2:16.200+1.400s
3TARPiero TaruffiFerrari2:17.100+2.300s
4BEHJean BehraGordini2:19.300+4.500s
5MANRobert ManzonGordini2:20.400+5.600s
6TRIMaurice TrintignantGordini2:21.600+6.800s
7COLPeter CollinsHWM2:21.900+7.100s
8BIRBirabongse BhanudejGordini2:23.000+8.200s
9ROSLouis RosierFerrari2:27.000+12.200s
10CABYves Giraud-CabantousHWM2:27.500+12.700s
11DEGEmmanuel De GraffenriedMaserati2:28.600+13.800s
12SCHHarry SchellMaserati2:29.000+14.200s
13WHIPeter WhiteheadAlta2:29.500+14.700s
14MACLance MacklinHWM2:30.900+16.100s
15HAWMike HawthornCooper2:32.000+17.200s
16ETAPhilippe ÉtancelinMaserati2:33.700+18.900s
17FISRudi FischerFerrari2:34.600+19.800s
18COMFranco ComottiFerrari2:36.000+21.200s
19PCAPiero CariniFerrari2:37.700+22.900s
20CLAJohnny ClaesSimca-Gordini2:39.600+24.800s

Rouen-Les-Essarts

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1952. Outline from F1DB.

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