1952 Monaco Grand Prix
43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
| 1952 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-championship sports car race | |||
 | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 2 June 1952 | ||
| Official name | XII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.180 km (1.976 miles) | ||
| Distance | 100 laps, 318.0 km (197.6 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Talbot-Lago | ||
| Time | 2:00.2 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Antonio Stagnoli | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:56.4 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 1952 Monaco Grand Prix was a non-championship sports car race held on 2 June 1952 at Monaco.
For the second time in two races, the Grand Prix suffered a multi-car pileup.[1] In addition, it was marred by Luigi Fagioli's accident in practice, which ultimately proved fatal.[2]
Entries
[edit]Classification
[edit]Race
[edit]| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 94 | Vittorio Marzotto
|
Ferrari | 100 | 3:21:28.4 | 11 |
| 2 | 92 | Eugenio Castellotti
|
Ferrari | 100 | +15.5 | 10 |
| 3 | 90 | Antonio Stagnoli Clemente Biondetti
|
Ferrari | 98 | +2 Laps | 3 |
| 4 | 58 |  Jean Lucas
|
Ferrari | 96 | +4 Laps | 15 |
| 5 | 60 | Pierre Boncompagni
|
Ferrari | 95 | +5 Laps | 8 |
| 6 | 82 |  Tommy Wisdom
|
Jaguar | 95 | +5 Laps | 16 |
| 7 | 74 | Peter Collins
|
Aston Martin | 92 | +8 Laps | 12 |
| 8 | 62 | René Cotton
|
Delahaye | 85 | +15 Laps | 18 |
| Ret | 76 | Lance Macklin
|
Aston Martin | 73 | Engine | 6 |
| Ret | 100 |  Fernando Mascarenhas
|
Allard | 64 | Split tank | 17 |
| Ret | 78 | Stirling Moss
|
Jaguar | 46 | Accident | 2 |
| Ret | 64 | Louis Rosier Maurice Trintignant
|
Talbot-Lago | 37 | 7 | |
| Ret | 96 | Piero Carini
|
Ferrari | 37 | Accident | 13 |
| Ret | 56 | Robert Manzon
|
Gordini | 24 | Accident | 5 |
| Ret | 84 | Anthony Hume
|
Allard | 22 | Accident | 14 |
| Ret | 72 | Reg Parnell
|
Aston Martin | 18 | Engine | 4 |
| Ret | 88 | Giovanni Bracco
|
Ferrari | 8 | Brakes | 9 |
| Ret | 68 | Pierre Levegh
|
Talbot-Lago | 5 | Camshaft | 1 |
| DNS | 54 |  Joaquín Palacio Pover
|
Pegaso | |||
| DNQ | 52 | Juan Jover
|
Pegaso |
References
[edit]Race result taken from "World Sports Racing Prototypes". Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
- ^ "Monaco 1952: When sportscars ran in the Monaco Grand Prix | GRR". www.goodwood.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p. 1383.
- Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381-4. London: Orbis, 1974.
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