1952 Valentino Grand Prix

The 6th Gran Premio del Valentino was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 6 April 1952 at the Parco del Valentino in Turin. The Grand Prix was won by Luigi Villoresi driving a Ferrari 375. Piero Taruffi and Rudi Fischer were second and third in their Ferrari 500s. Giuseppe Farina in another 375 started from pole and set fastest lap but retired after a crash.[1][2]

1952 Valentino Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1952 Formula One season
Race details
Date6 April 1952
Official nameVI Gran Premio del Valentino
LocationParco del Valentino, Turin
CourseTemporary Street Circuit
Course length4.185 km (2.609 miles)
Distance60 laps, 251.10 km (156.54 miles)
Pole position
DriverFerrari
Fastest lap
DriverItaly Giuseppe FarinaFerrari
Time2:01.2
Podium
FirstFerrari
SecondFerrari
ThirdFerrari

Classification

Race

PosNoDriverEntrantCarTime/RetiredGrid
124 Luigi VilloresiScuderia FerrariFerrari 3752:06:25.3, 119.50kph3
232 Piero TaruffiScuderia FerrariFerrari 500+1:09.34
322 Rudi FischerEcurie EspadonFerrari 500+2 laps5
48 Peter WhiteheadPeter WhiteheadFerrari 125+2 laps6
534 Alberto AscariScuderia FerrariFerrari 375+4 laps, fuel tank leak2
628 Johnny ClaesEcurie BelgeTalbot-Lago T26C+6 laps7
NC12 Charles de TornacoEcurie FrancorchampsTalbot-Lago T26C+9 laps11
Ret20 Giuseppe FarinaScuderia FerrariFerrari 37531 laps, crash1
Ret4 Philippe ÉtancelinPhilippe ÉtancelinTalbot-Lago T26C16 laps, transmission8
Ret30 Peter HirtEcurie EspadonFerrari 2126 laps, engine13
Ret18 Adolfo MacchieraldoAdolfo MacchieraldoMaserati 4CLT/480 laps, crash9
Ret16 Hans StuckAlex von Falkenhausen MotorenbauAFM-Küchen0 laps, crash12
Ret26 Franco RolO.S.C.A.O.S.C.A. 4500G0 laps10
DNA2 Johnny ParsonsScuderia FerrariFerrari 375driver elsewhere-
DNA6 Felice BonettoEnrico PlatéMaserati 4CLT/48-
DNA10 Harry SchellEnrico PlatéMaserati 4CLT/48-
DNA28 Luigi PiottiO.S.C.A.O.S.C.A. 4500G-
DNA36 Stirling MossBRMBRM P15car not ready-
DNA38 Juan Manuel FangioBRMBRM P15car not ready-
DNA40 Ken WhartonBRMBRM P15car not ready-

References


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