The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 6

German Grand Prix

1952  ·  Nürburgring  ·  3 August 1952  ·  18 laps

  1. 1st Alberto Ascari Ferrari · 03:06:13.3
  2. 2nd Nino Farina Ferrari · +14.1
  3. 3rd Rudi Fischer Ferrari · +7:10.100

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Alberto Ascari

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 1

Maurice Trintignant

Retirement Gordini  —  Accident

03 Lap 8

Robert Manzon

Retirement Gordini  —  Accident

04 On the Charge

Johnny Claes

HWM  —  P32 → P10

05 Victory

Alberto Ascari

Ferrari  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1 18 03:06:13.3 9
2 Nino Farina Ferrari 2 18 +14.1 6
3 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 6 18 +7:10.100 4
4 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 5 17 +1 Lap 3
5 Jean Behra Gordini 11 17 +1 Lap 2
6 Roger Laurent Ferrari 17 16 +2 Laps
7 Fritz Riess Veritas 12 16 +2 Laps
8 Toni Ulmen Veritas 15 16 +2 Laps
9 Helmut Niedermayr AFM 22 15 +3 Laps
10 Johnny Claes HWM 32 15 +3 Laps
11 Hans Klenk Veritas 8 14 +4 Laps
12 Ernst Klodwig BMW 29 14 +4 Laps
13 Robert Manzon Gordini 4 8 Accident
14 Willi Heeks AFM 9 7 Retired
15 Tony Gaze HWM 14 6 Gearbox
16 Adolf Brudes Veritas 19 5 Engine
17 Marcel Balsa BMW 25 5 Retired
18 Günther Bechem BMW 30 5 Ignition
19 Eitel Cantoni Maserati 26 4 Axle
20 Rudolf Krause BMW 23 3 Retired
21 Rudolf Schoeller Ferrari 24 3 Suspension
22 Bill Aston Aston Butterworth 21 2 Oil pressure
23 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 3 1 Accident
24 Paul Pietsch Veritas 7 1 Gearbox
25 Felice Bonetto Maserati 10 1 Disqualified
26 Paul Frère HWM 13 1 Gearbox
27 Theo Helfrich Veritas 18 1 Retired
28 Josef Peters Veritas 20 1 Retired
29 Piero Carini Ferrari 27 1 Brakes
30 Gino Bianco Maserati 16 0 Retired

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