German Grand Prix 1952

Nürburgring
Nürburg
3 August 1952
18 laps
410.6 km
22.810 km a lap
Title decided here

Pole positionAlberto AscariFerrari · 10:04.400
Fastest lapAlberto Ascari10:05.100 · lap 5
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Alberto Ascarifastest lap	101	Ferrari	1	18	3:06:13.300	9
2	Nino Farina	102	Ferrari	2	18	+14.100	6
3	Rudi Fischer	117	Ferrari	6	18	+7:10.100	4
4	Piero Taruffi	103	Ferrari	5	17	+1 lap	3
5	Jean Behra	108	Gordini	11	17	+1 lap	2
6	Roger Laurent	119	Ferrari	17	16	+2 laps
7	Fritz Riess	121	Veritas	12	16	+2 laps
8	Toni Ulmen	125	Veritas	15	16	+2 laps
9	Helmut Niedermayr	124	AFM · BMW	22	15	+3 laps
10	Johnny Claes	113	HWM · Alta	32	15	+3 laps
11	Hans Klenk	128	Veritas	8	14	+4 laps
12	Ernst Klodwig	135	Heck · BMW	29	14	+4 laps
DNF	Robert Manzon	107	Gordini	4	8	Accident
DNF	Willi Heeks	123	AFM · BMW	9	7	Engine
DNF	Tony Gaze	120	HWM · Alta	14	6	Gearbox
DNF	Marcel Balsa	110	Balsa · BMW	25	5	Engine
DNF	Adolf Brudes	126	Veritas	19	5	Engine
DNF	Karl-Günther Bechem	130	Nacke · BMW	30	5	Ignition
DNF	Eitel Cantoni	116	Maserati	26	4	Axle
DNF	Rudolf Krause	136	Reif · BMW	23	3	Engine
DNF	Rudolf Schoeller	118	Ferrari	24	3	Suspension
DNF	Bill Aston	114	Aston Butterworth · Butterworth	21	2	Oil pressure
DNF	Piero Carini	104	Ferrari	27	1	Brakes
DNF	Paul Pietsch	127	Veritas	7	1	Gearbox
DNF	Theo Helfrich	122	Veritas	18	1	Engine
DNF	Paul Frère	112	HWM · Alta	13	1	Gearbox
DNF	Josef Peters	129	Veritas	20	1	Engine
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	109	Gordini	3	1	Accident
DNF	Gino Bianco	115	Maserati	16	0	Engine
DSQ	Felice Bonetto	105	Maserati	10	1	Push start
DNS	Willi Krakau	133	AFM · BMW	–
DNS	Ludwig Fischer	131	AFM · BMW	–
DNS	Harry Merkel	134	Krakau · BMW	–
DNS	Peter Collins	111	HWM · Alta	–		Engine

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	10:04.400
2	Nino Farina	Ferrari	10:07.300	+2.900
3	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	10:19.100	+14.700
4	Robert Manzon	Gordini	10:25.300	+20.900
5	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	10:26.300	+21.900
6	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	10:41.900	+37.500
7	Paul Pietsch	Veritas	10:56.300	+51.900
8	Hans Klenk	Veritas
9	Willi Heeks	AFM
10	Felice Bonetto	Maserati
11	Jean Behra	Gordini
12	Fritz Riess	Veritas
13	Paul Frère	HWM
14	Tony Gaze	HWM
15	Toni Ulmen	Veritas
16	Gino Bianco	Maserati
17	Roger Laurent	Ferrari
18	Theo Helfrich	Veritas
19	Adolf Brudes	Veritas
20	Josef Peters	Veritas
21	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth
22	Helmut Niedermayr	AFM
23	Rudolf Krause	Reif
24	Rudolf Schoeller	Ferrari
25	Marcel Balsa	Balsa
26	Eitel Cantoni	Maserati
27	Piero Carini	Ferrari
29	Ernst Klodwig	Heck
30	Karl-Günther Bechem	Nacke
32	Johnny Claes	HWM

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Alberto Ascari	5	10:05.100

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 6. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 6
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Alberto Ascari	36
2	Piero Taruffi	22
3	Nino Farina	18
4	Rudi Fischer	10	▲3
5	Troy Ruttman	8	▼1
6	Mike Hawthorn	7	▼1
6	Robert Manzon	7	▼1
8	Jim Rathmann	6	▼1
9	Jean Behra	6
10	Sam Hanks	4	▼1