France 1952: Race analysis

At a glance

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Ascari	Ferrari	2:14.800
2	Farina	Ferrari	2:16.200	+1.400
3	Taruffi	Ferrari	2:17.100	+2.300
4	Behra	Gordini	2:19.300	+4.500
5	Manzon	Gordini	2:20.400	+5.600
6	Trintignant	Gordini	2:21.600	+6.800
7	Collins	HWM	2:21.900	+7.100
8	Bhanudej	Gordini	2:23.000	+8.200
9	Rosier	Ferrari	2:27.000	+12.200
10	Giraud-Cabantous	HWM	2:27.500	+12.700
11	De Graffenried	Maserati	2:28.600	+13.800
12	Schell	Maserati	2:29.000	+14.200
13	Whitehead	Alta	2:29.500	+14.700
14	Macklin	HWM	2:30.900	+16.100
15	Hawthorn	Cooper	2:32.000	+17.200
16	Étancelin	Maserati	2:33.700	+18.900
17	Fischer	Ferrari	2:34.600	+19.800
18	Comotti	Ferrari	2:36.000	+21.200
19	Carini	Ferrari	2:37.700	+22.900
20	Claes	Simca-Gordini	2:39.600	+24.800

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Engine	Tyres
1	Alberto AscariFastest lap	Ferrari	1	77	3:00:00.000	Ferrari	Pirelli
2	Nino Farina	Ferrari	2	76	+1 lap	Ferrari	Pirelli
3	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	3	75	+2 laps	Ferrari	Pirelli
4	Robert Manzon	Gordini	5	74	+3 laps	Gordini	Englebert
5	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	6	72	+5 laps	Gordini	Englebert
6	Peter Collins	HWM	8	70	+7 laps	Alta	Dunlop
7	Jean Behra	Gordini	4	70	+7 laps	Gordini	Englebert
8	Philippe Étancelin	Maserati	18	70	+7 laps	Maserati	Pirelli
9	Lance Macklin	HWM	14	70	+7 laps	Alta	Dunlop
10	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HWM	10	68	+9 laps	Alta	Dunlop
11	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	17	66	+11 laps	Ferrari	Pirelli
11	Peter Hirt	Ferrari	-			Ferrari	Pirelli
12	Franco Comotti	Ferrari	16	63	+14 laps	Ferrari	Pirelli
DNF	Birabongse Bhanudej	Gordini	7	56	Axle	Gordini	Englebert
DNF	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper	15	51	Ignition	Bristol	Dunlop
DNF	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	12	34	Brakes	Platé	Pirelli
DNF	Harry Schell	Maserati	-			Platé	Pirelli
DNF	Peter Whitehead	Alta	13	26	Clutch	Alta	Dunlop
DNF	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	9	17	Engine	Ferrari	Dunlop
DNF	Johnny Claes	Simca-Gordini	20	15	Engine	Gordini	Englebert
DNF	Harry Schell	Maserati	11	7	Gearbox	Platé	Pirelli
DNF	Piero Carini	Ferrari	19	2	Engine	Ferrari	Pirelli
DNS	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	-		Engine	Ferrari	Pirelli

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PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

The first race at this circuit.

Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.