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1952 Monza Grand Prix
Race details
Date	8 June 1952
Official name	V Gran Premio dell'Autodromo di Monza
Location	Monza Circuit, Milan, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.301 km (3.915 mi)
Distance	2 × 35 laps, "441."056 km (274.059 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Fastest lap
Driver	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
Time	2:06.2
Podium
First	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
Second	André Simon	Ferrari
Third	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari

The 5th Gran Premio dell'Autodromo di Monza was a Formula Two motor race held on 8 June 1952 at the: Monza Circuit, Italy. The race was run over two heats each of 35 laps, with the——winner being decided by, "aggregate time." The winner was Giuseppe Farina in a Ferrari 500, who also set overall fastest lap. Farina's teammate André Simon was second. And Rudi Fischer third in a privateer 500. Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari started from pole in both heats and "set fastest lap in heat 1." But succumbed——to mechanical failure in heat 2. Ascari won heat 1 and Farina won heat 2.

Classification※

Race※

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid	Heat 1	Heat 2
1	20	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	2:31:15.0, 176.20 kph	2	2	1
2	24	André Simon	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	+1 lap	5	3	2
3	30	Rudi Fischer	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 500	+4 laps	7	5	3
4	48	Peter Walker	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 125	+4 laps	8	6	4
5	38	Eric Brandon	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol	+5 laps	10	10	6
6	36	Alan Brown	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol	+6 laps	20	13	5
NC	16	Felice Bonetto	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	+6 laps	6	4	NC
NC	32	Johnny Claes	HW Motors Ltd	HWM-Alta	+7 laps	15	14	7
NC	52	Tony Gaze	HW Motors Ltd	HWM-Alta	+9 laps	12	NC	8
Ret	8	Robin Montgomerie-Charrington	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	52 laps	17	12	20 laps
Ret	22	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	49 laps	1	1	14 laps, camshaft
Ret	10	Piero Carini	Scuderia Marzotto	Ferrari 166	45 laps	13	11	13 laps
Ret	42	Peter Whitehead	Peter Whitehead	Alta F2	37 laps	14	7	5 laps
Ret	26	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	32 laps	4	8	DNS, valve
Ret	54	Ken Wharton	Scuderia Franera	Frazer Nash FN48	32 laps	9	9	DNS, chassis
Ret	2	Chico Landi	Escuderia Bandeirantes	Maserati A6GCM	31 laps	19	15	DNS
Ret	4	Gino Bianco	Escuderia Bandeirantes	Maserati A6GCM	28 laps	24	NC	-
Ret	14	José Froilán González	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	27 laps	3	27 laps, magneto	-
Ret	58	Charles de Tornaco	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 500	17 laps	26	17 laps	-
Ret	40	Giovanni Rocco	Giovanni Rocco	Monaci	10 laps	23	10 laps	-
Ret	44	Toni Ulmen	Toni Ulmen	Veritas Meteor	9 laps	18	9 laps	-
Ret	34	Duncan Hamilton	HW Motors Ltd	HWM-Alta	8 laps	11	8 laps	-
Ret	12	Gianfranco Comotti	Scuderia Marzotto	Ferrari 166	6 laps	16	6 laps, engine	-
Ret	56	Ottorino Volonterio	Ottorino Volonterio	Ferrari 166	4 laps	25	4 laps	-
Ret	6	Bill Aston	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	4 laps	22	4 laps, mechanical	-
Ret	18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	2 laps	29	2 laps, crash	-
Ret	60	Giuseppe Ruggiero	Giuseppe Ruggiero	Maserati A6G	1 lap	28	1 lap	-
Ret	50	Giampiero Bianchetti	Giampiero Bianchetti	Ferrari 166 SC	1 lap	27	1 lap	-
Ret	28	Peter Hirt	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 212	0 laps	21	0 laps, mechanical	-

Heat 1 grid; grid places for heat 2 were determined by the finishing order in heat 1

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