Season 1952 · Round 4

French Grand Prix

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1952-07-06 · Rouen-Les-Essarts · France · French Grand Prix · 77Lap · 392.700km
12 Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 3:00
Team win 19pt P1 · P2 · P3 · P11 · P11 · P12 · P17 · P20 1-2
10 Nino Farina
Ferrari
14 Piero Taruffi
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Prince Bira L56 Mike Hawthorn L51 Toulo de Graffenried L34 Peter Whitehead L17 Louis Rosier L17 Johnny Claes L15 Harry Schell L7 Piero Carini L2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Circuit Info
Rouen-Les-Essarts Rouen, France
77Lap 392.700km 5 races held (1952–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P7 Mike Hawthorn 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P15 Alberto Ascari 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P15 Peter Collins 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Starts
P6 Maurice Trintignant 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P48 Harry Schell 8 starts · → Nick Heidfeld -1
P58 Jean Behra 7 starts · → Pierluigi Martini -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L77 Ascari · P1 → P1 1 Ascari ASC 1 Ascari ASC Farina · P2 → P2 2 Farina FAR 2 Farina FAR Taruffi · P3 → P3 3 Taruffi TAR 3 Taruffi TAR Manzon · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Manzon MAN 4 Manzon MAN Trintignant · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Trintignant TRI 5 Trintignant TRI Collins · P8 → P6 · +2 8 Collins COL 6 Collins COL Behra · P4 → P7 · -3 4 Behra BEH 7 Behra BEH Étancelin · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Étancelin ÉTA 8 Étancelin ÉTA Macklin · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Macklin MAC 9 Macklin MAC Cabantous · P10 → P10 10 Cabantous CAB 10 Cabantous CAB Hirt · P17 → P11 · +6 17 Hirt HIR 11 Hirt HIR Fischer · P17 → P11 · +6 17 Fischer FIS 11 Fischer FIS Comotti · P16 → P12 · +4 16 Comotti COM 12 Comotti COM Bira · P7 → retired L56 Bira · retired L56 7 Bira BIR R Bira BIR Hawthorn · P15 → retired L51 Hawthorn · retired L51 15 Hawthorn HAW R Hawthorn HAW de Graffenried · P12 → retired L34 de Graffenried · retired L34 12 de Graffenried DE R de Graffenried DE Whitehead · P13 → retired L17 Whitehead · retired L17 13 Whitehead WHI R Whitehead WHI Rosier · P9 → retired L17 Rosier · retired L17 9 Rosier ROS R Rosier ROS Claes · P20 → retired L15 Claes · retired L15 20 Claes CLA R Claes CLA Schell · P11 → retired L7 Schell · retired L7 11 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Carini · P19 → retired L2 Carini · retired L2 19 Carini CAR R Carini CAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1 77 3:00 9
2 10 Nino Farina Ferrari 2 76 +1 Lap 6
3 14 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 3 75 +2 Laps 4
4 2 Robert Manzon Gordini 5 74 +3 Laps 3
5 4 Maurice Trintignant Simca 6 72 +5 Laps 2
6 29 Peter Collins HWM 8 70 +7 Laps
7 6 Jean Behra Gordini 4 70 +7 Laps
8 28 Philippe Étancelin Maserati 18 70 +7 Laps
9 26 Lance Macklin HWM 14 70 +7 Laps
10 24 Yves Cabantous HWM 10 68 +9 Laps
11 20 Peter Hirt Ferrari 17 66 +11 Laps
11 18 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 17 66 +11 Laps
12 38 Franco Comotti Ferrari 16 63 +14 Laps
R 26 Prince Bira Gordini 7 56 Axle
R 42 Mike Hawthorn Cooper 15 51 Ignition
R 32 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 12 34 Brakes
R 21 Peter Whitehead Alta 13 17 Clutch
R 62 Louis Rosier Ferrari 9 17 Engine
R 113 Johnny Claes Simca 20 15 Engine
R 33 Harry Schell Maserati 11 7 Gearbox
R 104 Piero Carini Ferrari 19 2 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
6 Jean Behra
5
2 Robert Manzon
6
4 Maurice Trintignant
7
26 Prince Bira
8
29 Peter Collins
9
62 Louis Rosier
10
24 Yves Cabantous
11
33 Harry Schell
12
32 Toulo de Graffenried
13
21 Peter Whitehead
14
26 Lance Macklin
15
42 Mike Hawthorn
16
38 Franco Comotti
17
20 Peter Hirt
17
18 Rudi Fischer
18
28 Philippe Étancelin
19
104 Piero Carini
20
113 Johnny Claes
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