Season 1952 · Round 3

Belgian Grand Prix

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1952-06-22 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 36Lap · 508.320km
12 Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 3:03:46.300
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 · P7 · P17 · P20 1-2
10 Nino Farina
Ferrari +1:55.200
2 Robert Manzon
Gordini +4:28.400
Fastest Lap
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DNF
7
Robin Montgomerie-Charrington L17 Piero Taruffi L13 Jean Behra L13 Ken Wharton L10 Louis Rosier L6 Peter Collins L3 Stirling Moss L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/59 37.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
36Lap 508.320km 59 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:44.701 · Sergio Pérez (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P10 Alberto Ascari 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 Nino Farina 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P14 Peter Collins 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P16 Alberto Ascari 3 · → Damon Hill -1
P16 Nino Farina 3 · → Damon Hill -1
P29 Luigi Villoresi 2 · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P68 Maurice Trintignant 7 starts · → Ralf Schumacher -1
P68 Stirling Moss 7 starts · → Ralf Schumacher -1
P81 Nino Farina 6 starts · → Adrian Sutil -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L36 Ascari · P1 → P1 1 Ascari ASC 1 Ascari ASC Farina · P2 → P2 2 Farina FAR 2 Farina FAR Manzon · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Manzon MAN 3 Manzon MAN Hawthorn · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Hawthorn HAW 4 Hawthorn HAW Frère · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Frère FRÈ 5 Frère FRÈ Brown · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Brown BRO 6 Brown BRO de Tornaco · P13 → P7 · +6 13 de Tornaco DE 7 de Tornaco DE Claes · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Claes CLA 8 Claes CLA Brandon · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Brandon BRA 9 Brandon BRA Bira · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Bira BIR 10 Bira BIR Macklin · P14 → P11 · +3 14 Macklin MAC 11 Macklin MAC Laurent · P20 → P12 · +8 20 Laurent LAU 12 Laurent LAU Legat · P21 → P13 · +8 21 Legat LEG 13 Legat LEG O'Brien · P22 → P14 · +8 22 O'Brien O'B 14 O'Brien O'B Gaze · P16 → P15 · +1 16 Gaze GAZ 15 Gaze GAZ Montgomerie-Charrington · P15 → retired L17 Montgomerie-Charrington · retired L17 15 Montgomerie-Charrington MON R Montgomerie-Charrington MON Taruffi · P3 → retired L13 Taruffi · retired L13 3 Taruffi TAR R Taruffi TAR Behra · P5 → retired L13 Behra · retired L13 5 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Wharton · P7 → retired L10 Wharton · retired L10 7 Wharton WHA R Wharton WHA Rosier · P17 → retired L6 Rosier · retired L6 17 Rosier ROS R Rosier ROS Collins · P11 → retired L3 Collins · retired L3 11 Collins COL R Collins COL Moss · P10 → retired L0 Moss · retired L0 10 Moss MOS R Moss MOS
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1 36 3:03:46.300 9
2 10 Nino Farina Ferrari 2 36 +1:55.200 6
3 2 Robert Manzon Gordini 4 36 +4:28.400 4
4 42 Mike Hawthorn Cooper 6 35 +1 Lap 3
5 14 Paul Frère HWM 8 34 +2 Laps 2
6 38 Alan Brown Cooper 9 34 +2 Laps
7 24 Charles de Tornaco Ferrari 13 33 +3 Laps
8 113 Johnny Claes Gordini 19 33 +3 Laps
9 36 Eric Brandon Cooper 12 33 +3 Laps
10 26 Prince Bira Simca 18 32 +4 Laps
11 26 Lance Macklin HWM 14 32 +4 Laps
12 119 Roger Laurent HWM 20 32 +4 Laps
13 38 Arthur Legat Veritas 21 31 +5 Laps
14 44 Robert O'Brien Simca 22 30 +6 Laps
15 120 Tony Gaze HWM 16 30 +6 Laps
R 40 Robin Montgomerie-Charrington Aston Butterworth 15 17 Engine
R 14 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 3 13 Accident
R 6 Jean Behra Gordini 5 13 Accident
R 40 Ken Wharton Frazer Nash 7 10 Spun off
R 62 Louis Rosier Ferrari 17 6 Transmission
R 29 Peter Collins HWM 11 3 Halfshaft
R 32 Stirling Moss ERA 10 0 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Alberto Ascari
2
10 Nino Farina
3
14 Piero Taruffi
4
2 Robert Manzon
5
6 Jean Behra
6
42 Mike Hawthorn
7
40 Ken Wharton
8
14 Paul Frère
9
38 Alan Brown
10
32 Stirling Moss
11
29 Peter Collins
12
36 Eric Brandon
13
24 Charles de Tornaco
14
26 Lance Macklin
15
40 Robin Montgomerie-Charrington
16
120 Tony Gaze
17
62 Louis Rosier
18
26 Prince Bira
19
113 Johnny Claes
20
119 Roger Laurent
21
38 Arthur Legat
22
44 Robert O'Brien
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15