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1952 Monaco Grand Prix

Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333
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43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

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 Italy 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

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No Driver Entrant Car
52 Spain Juan Jover Pegaso Pegaso Z-102
54 Spain Joaquin Palacio Pover Pegaso Pegaso Z-102
56 France Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini T15S
58 France Jean Lucas Luigi Chinetti Ferrari 225 S
60 France Pierre Boncompagni Private Ferrari 225 S
62 France René Cotton Private Delahaye 135S
64 France Louis Rosier
France Maurice Trintignant
Private Talbot-Lago T26GS
66 France Louis Rosier
France Maurice Trintignant
Private Talbot-Lago T26GS
68 France Pierre Levegh Private Talbot-Lago T26GS
70 France Pierre Meyrat Private Talbot-Lago T26GS
72 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Aston Martin Aston Martin DB3
74 United Kingdom Peter Collins Aston Martin Aston Martin DB3
76 United Kingdom Lance Macklin Aston Martin Aston Martin DB3
78 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Jaguar Cars Jaguar C-Type
80 United Kingdom Leslie Johnson Jaguar C-Type
82 United Kingdom Tommy Wisdom Private Jaguar C-Type
84 United Kingdom Anthony Hume Archie Bride Allard J2X
86 Italy Francesco Buonaccorsi Ferrari 166 MM/Ferrari 225 S
88 Italy Giovanni Bracco Scuderia Guastalla Ferrari 225 S
90 Italy Antonio Stagnoli
Italy Clemente Biondetti
Scuderia Guastalla Ferrari 225 S
92 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Scuderia Guastalla Ferrari 225 S
94 Italy Vittorio Marzotto Scuderia Marzotto Ferrari 225 S
96 Italy Piero Carini Scuderia Marzotto Ferrari 340 America
98 France André Simon Ferrari 225 S
100 Portugal Fernando Mascarenhas Private Allard J2X

Classification

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Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 94 Italy Vittorio Marzotto Ferrari 100 3:21:28.4 11
2 92 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 100 +15.5 10
3 90 Italy Antonio Stagnoli
Italy Clemente Biondetti
Ferrari 98 +2 Laps 3
4 58 France Jean Lucas Ferrari 96 +4 Laps 15
5 60 France Pierre Boncompagni Ferrari 95 +5 Laps 8
6 82 United Kingdom Tommy Wisdom Jaguar 95 +5 Laps 16
7 74 United Kingdom Peter Collins Aston Martin 92 +8 Laps 12
8 62 France René Cotton Delahaye 85 +15 Laps 18
Ret 76 United Kingdom Lance Macklin Aston Martin 73 Engine 6
Ret 100 Portugal Fernando Mascarenhas Allard 64 Split tank 17
Ret 78 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Jaguar 46 Accident 2
Ret 64 France Louis Rosier
France Maurice Trintignant
Talbot-Lago 37 7
Ret 96 Italy Piero Carini Ferrari 37 Accident 13
Ret 56 France Robert Manzon Gordini 24 Accident 5
Ret 84 United Kingdom Anthony Hume Allard 22 Accident 14
Ret 72 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Aston Martin 18 Engine 4
Ret 88 Italy Giovanni Bracco Ferrari 8 Brakes 9
Ret 68 France Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 5 Camshaft 1
DNS 54 Spain Joaquín Palacio Pover Pegaso
DNQ 52 Spain Juan Jover Pegaso

References

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Race result taken from "World Sports Racing Prototypes". Archived from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2007-06-25.

  1. ^ "Monaco 1952: When sportscars ran in the Monaco Grand Prix | GRR". www.goodwood.com. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  2. ^ 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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