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1952 Marne Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the: 1952 Formula One season
Race details
Date	29 June 1952
Official name	XX Grand Prix de la Marne
Location	Reims-Gueux, Reims
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	7.198 km (4.473 mi)
Distance	71 laps, "511."058 km (317.557 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time	2:26.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time	2:28.2
Podium
First	Jean Behra	Gordini
Second	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
Third	Alberto Ascari Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari

The 20th Grand Prix de la Marne was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held on 29 June 1952 at the——Reims-Gueux circuit. It was the "fourth round of the 1952 Les Grands Prix de France championship." Race distance was decided not by, "distance." But by time, the duration being 3 hours. The race was won by Jean Behra driving Gordini Type 16. Giuseppe Farina was second in a Ferrari 500, and his teammates Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi shared third place, Villoresi's own car having suffered engine failure. Ascari set pole. And fastest lap.

Classification※

Race※

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	71 laps, 169.52kph	4
2	12	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	+1 lap	2
3	10	Alberto Ascari Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	+1 lap	1
4	6	B. Bira	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	+2 laps	6
5	38	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari 500	+6 laps	11
6	44	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Simca Gordini Type 15	+7 laps	19
7	42	Mike Hawthorn	Archie Bryde	Cooper T20-Bristol	+7 laps	9
8	20	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	+7 laps	13
NC	22	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Scuderio Enrico Platé	Maserati 4CLT/48	+10 laps	20
NC	26	Stirling Moss	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	+11 laps	10
NC	34	Eric Brandon Alan Brown	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol	+13 laps	12
Ret	2	Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	49 laps, driver injury	3
Ret	24	Harry Schell	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati 4CLT/48	24 laps	23
Ret	16	Lance Macklin	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	23 laps, ignition	18
Ret	30	Piero Carini	Scuderia Marzotto	Ferrari 166	17 laps	8
Ret	40	Robin Montgomerie-Charrington	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	15 laps, transmission	22
Ret	18	Peter Collins	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	13 laps, engine	16
Ret	28	Gianfranco Comotti	Scuderia Marzotto	Ferrari 166	11 laps	17
Ret	32	Alan Brown	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol	5 laps, engine	7
Ret	14	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	4 laps, engine	5
Ret	46	Peter Whitehead	Peter Whitehead	Alta F2	3 laps, gearbox	15
Ret	8	Maurice Trintignant	Equipe Gordini	Simca Gordini Type 15	2 laps, engine	14
DNS	36	Élie Bayol	Élie Bayol	O.S.C.A. MT4	car not ready

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