1952 Marseille Grand Prix

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.[1][2]

Classification

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Race

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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

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


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