Dutch Grand Prix 1952

Zandvoort
17 August 1952
90 laps
377.4 km
4.193 km a lap

Pole positionAlberto AscariFerrari · 1:46.500
Fastest lapAlberto Ascari1:49.800 · lap 89
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Alberto Ascarifastest lap	2	Ferrari	1	90	2:53:28.500	9
2	Nino Farina	4	Ferrari	2	90	+40.100	6
3	Luigi Villoresi	6	Ferrari	4	90	+1:34.400	4
4	Mike Hawthorn	32	Cooper · Bristol	3	88	+2 laps	3
5	Robert Manzon	10	Gordini	8	87	+3 laps	2
6	Maurice Trintignant	12	Gordini	5	87	+3 laps
7	Duncan Hamilton	28	HWM · Alta	10	85	+5 laps
8	Lance Macklin	26	HWM · Alta	9	84	+6 laps
9	Chico Landi	16	Maserati	16	83	+7 laps
9	Jan Flintermanshared	16	Maserati	–
DNF	Ken Wharton	34	Frazer-Nash · Bristol	7	76	Wheel bearing
DNF	Stirling Moss	36	ERA · Bristol	18	73	Engine
NC	Dries van der Lof	30	HWM · Alta	14	70	+20 laps
DNF	Ken Downing	22	Connaught · Lea Francis	13	27	Oil pressure
DNF	Charles de Tornaco	24	Ferrari	17	19	Engine
DNF	Paul Frère	14	Simca-Gordini · Gordini	11	15	Clutch
DNF	Jean Behra	8	Gordini	6	10	Electrical
DNF	Jan Flinterman	20	Maserati	15	7	Differential
DNF	Gino Bianco	18	Maserati	12	4	Axle

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	1:46.500
2	Nino Farina	Ferrari	1:48.600	+2.100
3	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper	1:51.600	+5.100
4	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	1:51.800	+5.300
5	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	1:53.000	+6.500
6	Jean Behra	Gordini	1:54.500	+8.000
7	Ken Wharton	Frazer-Nash	1:54.700	+8.200
8	Robert Manzon	Gordini	1:54.800	+8.300
9	Lance Macklin	HWM	1:55.200	+8.700
10	Duncan Hamilton	HWM	1:55.800	+9.300
11	Paul Frère	Simca-Gordini	1:58.200	+11.700
12	Gino Bianco	Maserati	1:58.200	+11.700
13	Ken Downing	Connaught	1:58.600	+12.100
14	Dries van der Lof	HWM	1:59.400	+12.900
15	Jan Flinterman	Maserati	2:01.800	+15.300
16	Chico Landi	Maserati	2:02.100	+15.600
17	Charles de Tornaco	Ferrari	2:03.700	+17.200
18	Stirling Moss	ERA	2:04.500	+18.000

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Alberto Ascari	89	1:49.800

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 7. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 7
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Alberto Ascari	36
2	Nino Farina	24	▲1
3	Piero Taruffi	22	▼1
4	Rudi Fischer	10
5	Mike Hawthorn	10	▲1
6	Robert Manzon	9
7	Troy Ruttman	8	▼2
8	Jim Rathmann	6
9	Jean Behra	6
10	Luigi Villoresi	4