1952 Formula 1 Season

8 races · Champion: Alberto Ascari

Driver Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Pts	Wins
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	36	6
2	Nino Farina	Ferrari	24	0
3	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	22	1
4	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	10	0
5	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper	10	0
6	Robert Manzon	Gordini	9	0
7	Troy Ruttman	Kuzma	8	1
8	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	8	0
9	José Froilán González	Maserati	6.5	0
10	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	6	0
11	Jean Behra	Gordini	6	0
12	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	4	0
13	Ken Wharton	Frazer Nash	3	0
14	Dennis Poore	Connaught	3	0
15	Duane Carter	Lesovsky	3	0
16	Alan Brown	Cooper	2	0
17	Maurice Trintignant	Simca	2	0
18	Paul Frère	HWM	2	0
19	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	2	0
20	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	2	0
21	Eric Thompson	Connaught	2	0
22	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	1	0
	Roger Laurent	HWM	0	0
	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	0	0
	André Simon	Ferrari	0	0
	Peter Collins	HWM	0	0
	Jimmy Bryan	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Peter Hirt	Ferrari	0	0
	Charles de Tornaco	Ferrari	0	0
	Duncan Hamilton	HWM	0	0
	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Reg Parnell	Cooper	0	0
	Fritz Riess	Veritas	0	0
	Lance Macklin	HWM	0	0
	Eric Brandon	Cooper	0	0
	Chico Landi	Maserati	0	0
	Johnny Claes	Gordini	0	0
	Toni Ulmen	Veritas	0	0
	George Connor	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Philippe Étancelin	Maserati	0	0
	Roy Salvadori	Ferrari	0	0
	Ken Downing	Connaught	0	0
	Cliff Griffith	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Helmut Niedermayr	AFM	0	0
	Jan Flinterman	Maserati	0	0
	Prince Bira	Simca	0	0
	Peter Whitehead	Alta	0	0
	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	0	0
	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Yves Cabantous	HWM	0	0
	Eitel Cantoni	Maserati	0	0
	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Hans Klenk	Veritas	0	0
	Jim Rigsby	Watson	0	0
	Franco Comotti	Ferrari	0	0
	Graham Whitehead	Alta	0	0
	Ernst Klodwig	BMW	0	0
	Joe James	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Arthur Legat	Veritas	0	0
	Bill Schindler	Stevens	0	0
	Robert O'Brien	Simca	0	0
	Tony Gaze	HWM	0	0
	George Fonder	Sherman	0	0
	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	0	0
	Eddie Johnson	Trevis	0	0
	Harry Schell	Maserati	0	0
	Gino Bianco	Maserati	0	0
	Chuck Stevenson	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Henry Banks	Lesovsky	0	0
	Manny Ayulo	Lesovsky	0	0
	Johnny McDowell	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Tony Crook	Frazer Nash	0	0
	Stirling Moss	HWM	0	0
	Dries van der Lof	HWM	0	0
	Willi Heeks	AFM	0	0
	Robin Montgomerie-Charrington	Aston Butterworth	0	0
	Adolf Brudes	Veritas	0	0
	George Abecassis	HWM	0	0
	Marcel Balsa	BMW	0	0
	Hans von Stuck	AFM	0	0
	Günther Bechem	BMW	0	0
	Piero Carini	Ferrari	0	0
	Rudolf Krause	BMW	0	0
	Franco Rol	Maserati	0	0
	Max de Terra	Simca	0	0
	Rudolf Schoeller	Ferrari	0	0
	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	0	0
	Travis Webb	Bromme	0	0
	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt	0	0
	Paul Pietsch	Veritas	0	0
	Élie Bayol	OSCA	0	0
	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Theo Helfrich	Veritas	0	0
	Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	David Murray	Cooper	0	0
	Josef Peters	Veritas	0	0
	Bob Scott	Kurtis Kraft	0	0

Races

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Troy Ruttman

R31952-06-22

Belgian Grand Prix

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Circuit Park Zandvoort

Alberto Ascari

R81952-09-07

Italian Grand Prix

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza

Alberto Ascari

The 1952 Season

With Alfa Romeo gone and few competitive cars available, the championship was run to Formula Two regulations, and Ferrari's Alberto Ascari was utterly dominant. Ascari won every single round he entered, taking six straight victories to claim his first world title with ease in the sleek Ferrari 500.

Ascari missed the opening Swiss Grand Prix while preparing for the Indianapolis 500, yet still wrapped up the championship comfortably. His command of the F2-era field marked the start of one of the most dominant stretches in early F1 history.