Race · Round 8 of 8 · 7 September 1952

1952 Italian Grand Prix

Alberto Ascari won for Ferrari from pole at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. 9 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Alberto Ascari set a new record of 8 championship Grand Prix wins.

Circuit: Autodromo Nazionale MonzaMonza, Italy
Winner: Alberto AscariFerrari
Pole: Alberto Ascari
Fastest lap: Alberto Ascari / Jose Froilan Gonzalez
Entries: 3515 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	—	1	80	Finished	8.5	fastest lap
2	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati	A6GCM	5	80	Finished	6.5	fastest lap
3	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	—	2	80	Finished	4
4	Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	Ferrari	—	3	80	Finished	3
5	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	A6GCM	13	79	Finished	2
6	André Simon	Ferrari	—	8	79	Finished	0
7	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	—	6	77	Finished	0
8	Chico Landi	Maserati	A6GCM	18	76	Finished	0
9	Ken Wharton	Cooper	T20	15	76	Finished	0
10	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	—	17	75	Finished	0
11	Eitel Cantoni	Maserati	A6GCM	23	75	Finished	0
12	Dennis Poore	Connaught	A	19	74	Finished	0
13	Eric Brandon	Cooper	T20	20	73	Finished	0
14	Robert Manzon	Gordini	—	7	71	Finished	0
15	Alan Brown	Cooper	T20	21	68	Finished	0
DNF	Sir Stirling Moss	Connaught	A	9	60	Suspension	0
DNF	Gino Bianco	Maserati	A6GCM	24	46	Engine	0
DNF	Jean Behra	Gordini	—	11	42	Engine	0
NC	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper	T20	12	38	NC	0
DNF	Franco Rol	Maserati	A6GCM	16	24	Engine	0
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	—	4	5	Engine	0
DNF	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	A	22	4	Suspension	0
DNF	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	—	14	3	Engine	0
DNF	Élie Bayol	O.S.C.A.	20	10	0	Gearbox	0
DNQ	Charles de Tornaco	Ferrari	500	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Alberto Crespo	Maserati	4CLT/48	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	4CLT/48	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Peter Collins	HWM	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	125	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Tony Gaze	HWM	52	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	NB41	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Lance Macklin	HWM	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Hans Stuck	Ferrari	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Johnny Claes	Simca-Gordini	T15	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Piero Dusio	Cisitalia	D46	—	—	DNQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout monza-1 · 6.3 km · 5 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Alberto Ascari	1	1	80
Jose Froilan Gonzalez	5	2	80
Luigi Villoresi	2	3	80
Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	3	4	80
Felice Bonetto	13	5	79
André Simon	8	6	79
Piero Taruffi	6	7	77
Chico Landi	18	8	76
Ken Wharton	15	9	76
Louis Rosier	17	10	75
Eitel Cantoni	23	11	75
Dennis Poore	19	12	74
Eric Brandon	20	13	73
Robert Manzon	7	14	71
Alan Brown	21	15	68
Sir Stirling Moss	9	DNF	60
Gino Bianco	24	DNF	46
Jean Behra	11	DNF	42
Mike Hawthorn	12	NC	38
Franco Rol	16	DNF	24
Maurice Trintignant	4	DNF	5
Kenneth McAlpine	22	DNF	4
Rudi Fischer	14	DNF	3
Élie Bayol	10	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	12	2:05.700	—	—
2	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	16	2:06.600	+0.900	+0.900
3	Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	Ferrari	10	2:07.000	+1.300	+0.400
4	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	4	2:07.200	+1.500	+0.200
5	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati	26	2:07.600	+1.900	+0.400
6	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	14	2:07.800	+2.100	+0.200
7	Robert Manzon	Gordini	2	2:08.200	+2.500	+0.400
8	André Simon	Ferrari	8	2:09.100	+3.400	+0.900
9	Sir Stirling Moss	Connaught	32	2:09.800	+4.100	+0.700
10	Élie Bayol	O.S.C.A.	34	2:10.600	+4.900	+0.800
11	Jean Behra	Gordini	6	2:10.800	+5.100	+0.200
12	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper	42	2:11.200	+5.500	+0.400
13	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	22	2:11.600	+5.900	+0.400
14	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	18	2:11.800	+6.100	+0.200
15	Ken Wharton	Cooper	40	2:12.200	+6.500	+0.400
16	Franco Rol	Maserati	24	2:12.700	+7.000	+0.500
17	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	62	2:12.700	+7.000	+0.000
18	Chico Landi	Maserati	48	2:13.000	+7.300	+0.300
19	Dennis Poore	Connaught	30	2:14.000	+8.300	+1.000
20	Eric Brandon	Cooper	36	2:14.000	+8.300	+0.000
21	Alan Brown	Cooper	38	2:15.000	+9.300	+1.000
22	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	28	2:15.100	+9.400	+0.100
23	Eitel Cantoni	Maserati	50	2:15.900	+10.200	+0.800
24	Gino Bianco	Maserati	46	2:17.100	+11.400	+1.200
25	Charles de Tornaco	Ferrari	70	2:17.500	+11.800	+0.400
26	Alberto Crespo	Maserati	58	2:17.800	+12.100	+0.300
27	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	60	2:18.400	+12.700	+0.600
28	Peter Collins	HWM	54	2:18.600	+12.900	+0.200
29	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	68	2:18.800	+13.100	+0.200
30	Tony Gaze	HWM	56	2:20.300	+14.600	+1.500
31	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	64	2:20.700	+15.000	+0.400
32	Lance Macklin	HWM	52	2:21.000	+15.300	+0.300
33	Hans Stuck	Ferrari	20	2:22.800	+17.100	+1.800
34	Johnny Claes	Simca-Gordini	66	—	—	—
35	Piero Dusio	Cisitalia	44	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Photographs from this race

Filed on Wikimedia Commons under this race's own category, each shown with the photographer and licence its terms require. The filing is the Commons editors' and has not been checked here.

At the 1952 Italian Grand Prix — 1952-09-07 GP Italia Monza Ferrari 500 F2 Villoresi Ascari · Piero, Casucci, Dossier Quattroruote: Ferrari F1 1948-1963 , Editoriale Domus, Milano 1985 (pag. 23) · Public domain

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The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Where this comes from

Round: 8 of 1952
Grand Prix: Italian Grand Prix
Dates: 7 Sep 1952
Layout raced: Road course · 6.3 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.