Season 1952 · Round 6

German Grand Prix

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1952-08-03 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 18Lap · 410.580km
12 Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 3:06:13.300
Team win 22pt P1 · P2 · P3 · P4 · P6 · P21 · P29 1-2
10 Nino Farina
Ferrari +14.100
18 Rudi Fischer
Ferrari +7:10.100
Fastest Lap
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DNF
17
Robert Manzon L8 Willi Heeks L7 Tony Gaze L6 Adolf Brudes L5 Marcel Balsa L5 Günther Bechem L5 Eitel Cantoni L4 Rudolf Krause L3 Rudolf Schoeller L3 Bill Aston L2 +7
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
18Lap 410.580km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P8 Alberto Ascari 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Nino Farina 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
P15 Stirling Moss 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Starts
P40 Maurice Trintignant 9 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P63 Stirling Moss 7 starts · → Pierluigi Martini -1
P74 Harry Schell 6 starts · → Pedro de la Rosa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 L18 Ascari · P1 → P1 1 Ascari ASC 1 Ascari ASC Farina · P2 → P2 2 Farina FAR 2 Farina FAR Fischer · P6 → P3 · +3 6 Fischer FIS 3 Fischer FIS Taruffi · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Taruffi TAR 4 Taruffi TAR Behra · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Behra BEH 5 Behra BEH Laurent · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Laurent LAU 6 Laurent LAU Riess · P12 → P7 · +5 12 Riess RIE 7 Riess RIE Ulmen · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Ulmen ULM 8 Ulmen ULM Niedermayr · P22 → P9 · +13 22 Niedermayr NIE 9 Niedermayr NIE Claes · P32 → P10 · +22 32 Claes CLA 10 Claes CLA Klenk · P8 → P11 · -3 8 Klenk KLE 11 Klenk KLE Klodwig · P29 → P12 · +17 29 Klodwig KLO 12 Klodwig KLO Manzon · P4 → retired L8 Manzon · retired L8 4 Manzon MAN R Manzon MAN Heeks · P9 → retired L7 Heeks · retired L7 9 Heeks HEE R Heeks HEE Gaze · P14 → retired L6 Gaze · retired L6 14 Gaze GAZ R Gaze GAZ Brudes · P19 → retired L5 Brudes · retired L5 19 Brudes BRU R Brudes BRU Balsa · P25 → retired L5 Balsa · retired L5 25 Balsa BAL R Balsa BAL Bechem · P30 → retired L5 Bechem · retired L5 30 Bechem BEC R Bechem BEC Cantoni · P26 → retired L4 Cantoni · retired L4 26 Cantoni CAN R Cantoni CAN Krause · P23 → retired L3 Krause · retired L3 23 Krause KRA R Krause KRA Schoeller · P24 → retired L3 Schoeller · retired L3 24 Schoeller SCH R Schoeller SCH Aston · P21 → retired L2 Aston · retired L2 21 Aston AST R Aston AST Trintignant · P3 → retired L1 Trintignant · retired L1 3 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Pietsch · P7 → retired L1 Pietsch · retired L1 7 Pietsch PIE R Pietsch PIE Bonetto · P10 → P25 · -15 10 Bonetto BON 25 Bonetto BON Frère · P13 → retired L1 Frère · retired L1 13 Frère FRÈ R Frère FRÈ Helfrich · P18 → retired L1 Helfrich · retired L1 18 Helfrich HEL R Helfrich HEL Peters · P20 → retired L1 Peters · retired L1 20 Peters PET R Peters PET Carini · P27 → retired L1 Carini · retired L1 27 Carini CAR R Carini CAR Bianco · P16 → retired L0 Bianco · retired L0 16 Bianco BIA R Bianco BIA
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1 18 3:06:13.300 9
2 10 Nino Farina Ferrari 2 18 +14.100 6
3 18 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 6 18 +7:10.100 4
4 14 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 5 17 +1 Lap 3
5 6 Jean Behra Gordini 11 17 +1 Lap 2
6 119 Roger Laurent Ferrari 17 16 +2 Laps
7 121 Fritz Riess Veritas 12 16 +2 Laps
8 125 Toni Ulmen Veritas 15 16 +2 Laps
9 124 Helmut Niedermayr AFM 22 15 +3 Laps
10 113 Johnny Claes HWM 32 15 +3 Laps
11 128 Hans Klenk Veritas 8 14 +4 Laps
12 135 Ernst Klodwig BMW 29 14 +4 Laps
R 2 Robert Manzon Gordini 4 8 Accident
R 123 Willi Heeks AFM 9 7 Retired
R 120 Tony Gaze HWM 14 6 Gearbox
R 126 Adolf Brudes Veritas 19 5 Engine
R 110 Marcel Balsa BMW 25 5 Retired
R 130 Günther Bechem BMW 30 5 Ignition
R 50 Eitel Cantoni Maserati 26 4 Axle
R 136 Rudolf Krause BMW 23 3 Retired
R 118 Rudolf Schoeller Ferrari 24 3 Suspension
R 114 Bill Aston Aston Butterworth 21 2 Oil pressure
R 4 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 3 1 Accident
R 127 Paul Pietsch Veritas 7 1 Gearbox
D 22 Felice Bonetto Maserati 10 1 Disqualified
R 14 Paul Frère HWM 13 1 Gearbox
R 122 Theo Helfrich Veritas 18 1 Retired
R 129 Josef Peters Veritas 20 1 Retired
R 104 Piero Carini Ferrari 27 1 Brakes
R 46 Gino Bianco Maserati 16 0 Retired
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Alberto Ascari
2
10 Nino Farina
3
4 Maurice Trintignant
4
2 Robert Manzon
5
14 Piero Taruffi
6
18 Rudi Fischer
7
127 Paul Pietsch
8
128 Hans Klenk
9
123 Willi Heeks
10
22 Felice Bonetto
11
6 Jean Behra
12
121 Fritz Riess
13
14 Paul Frère
14
120 Tony Gaze
15
125 Toni Ulmen
16
46 Gino Bianco
17
119 Roger Laurent
18
122 Theo Helfrich
19
126 Adolf Brudes
20
129 Josef Peters
21
114 Bill Aston
22
124 Helmut Niedermayr
23
136 Rudolf Krause
24
118 Rudolf Schoeller
25
110 Marcel Balsa
26
50 Eitel Cantoni
27
104 Piero Carini
29
135 Ernst Klodwig
30
130 Günther Bechem
32
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.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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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