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The 1952 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on September 7, 1952 at Monza. It was part of the 1952 World Drivers' Championship, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used.

[edit] Race report

Fangio was still injured, so Bonetto and Gonzalez were given the task of trying to beat Ferrari on home soil,with the aid of two new six-cylinder cars with twin-plug heads. Gonzalez rocketed into the lead,whilst Trintignant was fighting wheel-to-wheel with Ascari for second place. Ascari won that particular duel,but then had to contend with Villoresi. By now,Gonzalez had opened up a 20-second lead-but this only on half tanks. On lap 32 he pitted and emerged 5th. He battled back to second, but could not beat Ascari who came home 50 seconds ahead. This meant Ascari had won every race he had competed in that year,whilst Ferrari won every race-a dominance rarely seen in Formula 1.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	80	2:50:45.6	1	8.5
2	26	José Froilán González	Maserati	80	+1:01.8	5	6.5
3	16	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	80	+2:04.2	2	4
4	10	Nino Farina	Ferrari	80	+2:11.4	3	3
5	22	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	79	+1 lap	13	2
6	8	André Simon	Ferrari	79	+1 lap	8
7	14	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	77	+3 laps	6
8	48	Chico Landi	Maserati	76	+4 laps	18
9	40	Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol	76	+4 laps	15
10	62	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	75	+5 laps	17
11	50	Eitel Cantoni	Maserati	75	+5 laps	23
12	30	Dennis Poore	Connaught-Lea-Francis	74	+6 laps	19
13	36	Eric Brandon	Cooper-Bristol	73	+7 laps	20
14	2	Robert Manzon	Gordini	71	+9 laps	7
15	38	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol	68	+12 laps	12
Ret	32	Stirling Moss	Connaught-Lea-Francis	60	Suspension	1
Ret	46	Gino Bianco	Maserati	46	Engine	25
Ret	6	Jean Behra	Gordini	42	Engine	11
Ret	42	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper-Bristol	38	Not classified	12
Ret	24	Franco Rol	Maserati	24	Engine	16
Ret	4	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	5	Engine	4
Ret	28	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught-Lea-Francis	4	Suspension	2
Ret	18	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	3	Engine	16
Ret	34	Élie Bayol	Osca	0	Gearbox	10
DNQ	70	Charles de Tornaco	Ferrari		Did not qualify	—
DNQ	58	Alberto Crespo	Maserati		Did not qualify	—
DNQ	60	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati		Did not qualify	—
DNQ	54	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta		Did not qualify	—
DNQ	68	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari		Did not qualify	—
DNQ	56	Tony Gaze	HWM-Alta		Did not qualify	—
DNQ	64	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth		Did not qualify	—
DNQ	52	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta		Did not qualify	—
DNQ	20	Hans Von Stuck	Ferrari		Did not qualify	—
DNQ	44	Piero Dusio	Cisitalia-BPM		Did not qualify	—
DNQ	66	Johnny Claes	Simca-Gordini-Gordini		Did not qualify	—

[edit] Notes

Pole position: Alberto Ascari - 2:05.7
Fastest lap: Alberto Ascari & José Froilán González - 2:06.1
Ascari and González set equal fastest lap times, and shared the one world championship point.

[edit] Drivers' Championship standings after the race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alberto Ascari	36 (53.5)
2	Nino Farina	24 (27)
3	Piero Taruffi	22
4	Rudi Fischer	10
5	Mike Hawthorn	10

Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

[edit] References

"The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1952/623/. Retrieved 2009-12-01.

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Contents

[edit] Race report

[edit] Classification

[edit] Notes

[edit] Drivers' Championship standings after the race

[edit] References