1952 Season

Races

Champion

Alberto Ascari

The 1952 Formula 1 World Championship featured 8 Grand Prix races across the season. Alberto Ascari of Italian claimed the Drivers' Championship with 36 points and 6 race victories. Nino Farina finished as runner-up, 12 points behind. 3 different drivers stood on the top step of the podium during the 1952 campaign. The top three in the final standings were Alberto Ascari, Nino Farina, Piero Taruffi.

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What races were in the 1952 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Swiss Grand Prix	Circuit Bremgarten	1952-05-18	Piero Taruffi(Ferrari)
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	1952-05-30	Troy Ruttman(Kuzma)
3	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1952-06-22	Alberto Ascari(Ferrari)
4	French Grand Prix	Rouen-Les-Essarts	1952-07-06	Alberto Ascari(Ferrari)
5	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	1952-07-19	Alberto Ascari(Ferrari)
6	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	1952-08-03	Alberto Ascari(Ferrari)
7	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	1952-08-17	Alberto Ascari(Ferrari)
8	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1952-09-07	Alberto Ascari(Ferrari)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Taruffi	Fischer	Behra	Ruttman	Ascari
R1Swiss Grand Prix	9	6	4	—	—
R2Indianapolis 500	9	6	4	8	—
R3Belgian Grand Prix	9	6	—	8	9
R4French Grand Prix	13	—	—	8	18
R5British Grand Prix	19	—	—	8	27
R6German Grand Prix	22	10	—	8	36
R7Dutch Grand Prix	22	10	—	—	36
R8Italian Grand Prix	22	10	—	—	36

Who won the 1952 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Alberto Ascari	Italian	6	36
2	Nino Farina	Italian	0	24
3	Piero Taruffi	Italian	1	22
4	Rudi Fischer	Swiss	0	10
5	Mike Hawthorn	British	0	10
6	Robert Manzon	French	0	9
7	Troy Ruttman	American	1	8
8	Luigi Villoresi	Italian	0	8
9	José Froilán González	Argentine	0	6.5
10	Jim Rathmann	American	0	6
11	Jean Behra	French	0	6
12	Sam Hanks	American	0	4
13	Ken Wharton	British	0	3
14	Dennis Poore	British	0	3
15	Duane Carter	American	0	3
16	Alan Brown	British	0	2
17	Maurice Trintignant	French	0	2
18	Paul Frère	Belgian	0	2
19	Felice Bonetto	Italian	0	2
20	Art Cross	American	0	2
21	Eric Thompson	British	0	2
22	Bill Vukovich	American	0	1
23	Roger Laurent	Belgian	0	0
24	Toulo de Graffenried	Swiss	0	0
25	André Simon	French	0	0
26	Peter Collins	British	0	0
27	Jimmy Bryan	American	0	0
28	Peter Hirt	Swiss	0	0
29	Charles de Tornaco	Belgian	0	0
30	Duncan Hamilton	British	0	0
31	Reg Parnell	British	0	0
32	Jimmy Reece	American	0	0
33	Fritz Riess	German	0	0
34	Lance Macklin	British	0	0
35	Eric Brandon	British	0	0
36	Chico Landi	Brazilian	0	0
37	Johnny Claes	Belgian	0	0
38	Toni Ulmen	German	0	0
39	Philippe Étancelin	French	0	0
40	George Connor	American	0	0
41	Roy Salvadori	British	0	0
42	Ken Downing	British	0	0
43	Jan Flinterman	Dutch	0	0
44	Cliff Griffith	American	0	0
45	Helmut Niedermayr	German	0	0
46	Prince Bira	Thai	0	0
47	Peter Whitehead	British	0	0
48	Louis Rosier	French	0	0
49	Yves Cabantous	French	0	0
50	Johnnie Parsons	American	0	0
51	Eitel Cantoni	Uruguayan	0	0
52	Hans Klenk	German	0	0
53	Jack McGrath	American	0	0
54	Franco Comotti	Italian	0	0
55	Ernst Klodwig	East German	0	0
56	Jim Rigsby	American	0	0
57	Graham Whitehead	British	0	0
58	Joe James	American	0	0
59	Arthur Legat	Belgian	0	0
60	Robert O'Brien	American	0	0
61	Bill Schindler	American	0	0
62	Tony Gaze	Australian	0	0
63	George Fonder	American	0	0
64	Kenneth McAlpine	British	0	0
65	Eddie Johnson	American	0	0
66	Harry Schell	American	0	0
67	Gino Bianco	Brazilian	0	0
68	Chuck Stevenson	American	0	0
69	Henry Banks	American	0	0
70	Manny Ayulo	American	0	0
71	Tony Crook	British	0	0
72	Johnny McDowell	American	0	0
73	Stirling Moss	British	0	0
74	Dries van der Lof	Dutch	0	0
75	Willi Heeks	German	0	0
76	Adolf Brudes	German	0	0
77	Robin Montgomerie-Charrington	British	0	0
78	George Abecassis	British	0	0
79	Marcel Balsa	French	0	0
80	Hans von Stuck	German	0	0
81	Günther Bechem	German	0	0
82	Piero Carini	Italian	0	0
83	Rudolf Krause	East German	0	0
84	Franco Rol	Italian	0	0
85	Max de Terra	Swiss	0	0
86	Rudolf Schoeller	Swiss	0	0
87	Bill Aston	British	0	0
88	Travis Webb	American	0	0
89	Rodger Ward	American	0	0
90	Élie Bayol	French	0	0
91	Tony Bettenhausen	American	0	0
92	Paul Pietsch	German	0	0
93	Duke Nalon	American	0	0
94	Alberto Crespo	Argentine	0	0
95	Bob Sweikert	American	0	0
96	Fred Agabashian	American	0	0
97	Theo Helfrich	German	0	0
98	Gene Hartley	American	0	0
99	David Murray	British	0	0
100	Josef Peters	German	0	0
101	Bob Scott	American	0	0
102	Chet Miller	American	0	0
103	Bobby Ball	American	0	0
104	Andy Linden	American	0	0
105	Piero Dusio	Italian	0	0