The 1952 Monaco Grand Prix was a non-championship sports car race held on 2 June 1952 at Monaco.
After the 1937 Monaco Grand Prix, the race was discontinued due to financial reasons. Until resuming with the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix, only two attempts to re-establish single-seater racing were made, the 1948 Monaco Grand Prix and the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix for the new F1 World Championship, which due to lack of F1 cars in 1952 was run with Formula 2.
Monaco decided to skip the small F2 cars and invite sportscars instead. The race for the smaller cars up to 2 liter saw a practise crash of Luigi Fagioli who had driven his Lancia Aurelia B20 GT to a surprise 3rd overall at the Mille Miglia. He suffered broken bones and died after three weeks.Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p. 1383.
For the second time since the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, the 1952 Grand Prix suffered a multi-car pileup.
Entries No Driver Entrant Car 52 Juan Jover Pegaso Pegaso Z-102 54 Joaquin Palacio Pover Pegaso Pegaso Z-102 56 Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini T15S 58 Jean Lucas Luigi Chinetti Ferrari 225 S 60 Pierre Boncompagni Private Ferrari 225 S 62 René Cotton Private Delahaye 135S 64 Louis Rosier Maurice Trintignant Private Talbot-Lago T26GS 66 Louis Rosier Maurice Trintignant Private Talbot-Lago T26GS 68 Pierre Levegh Private Talbot-Lago T26GS 70 Pierre Meyrat Private Talbot-Lago T26GS 72 Reg Parnell Aston Martin Aston Martin DB3 74 Peter Collins Aston Martin Aston Martin DB3 76 Lance Macklin Aston Martin Aston Martin DB3 78 Stirling Moss Jaguar Cars Jaguar C-Type 80 Leslie Johnson Jaguar C-Type 82 Tommy Wisdom Private Jaguar C-Type 84 Anthony Hume Archie Bride Allard J2X 86 Francesco Buonaccorsi Ferrari 166 MM/Ferrari 225 S 88 Giovanni Bracco Scuderia Guastalla Ferrari 225 S 90 Antonio Stagnoli Clemente Biondetti Scuderia Guastalla Ferrari 225 S 92 Eugenio Castellotti Scuderia Guastalla Ferrari 225 S 94 Vittorio Marzotto Scuderia Marzotto Ferrari 225 S 96 Piero Carini Scuderia Marzotto Ferrari 340 America 98 André Simon Ferrari 225 S 100 Fernando Mascarenhas Private Allard J2X
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 94 Vittorio Marzotto Ferrari 100 3:21:28.4 11 2 92 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 100 +15.5 10 3 90 Antonio Stagnoli Clemente Biondetti Ferrari 98 +2 Laps 3 4 58 Jean Lucas Ferrari 96 +4 Laps 15 5 60 Pierre Boncompagni Ferrari 95 +5 Laps 8 6 82 Tommy Wisdom Jaguar 95 +5 Laps 16 7 74 Peter Collins Aston Martin 92 +8 Laps 12 8 62 René Cotton Delahaye 85 +15 Laps 18 Ret 76 Lance Macklin Aston Martin 73 Engine 6 Ret 100 Fernando Mascarenhas Allard 64 Split tank 17 Ret 78 Stirling Moss Jaguar 46 Accident 2 Ret 64 Louis Rosier Maurice Trintignant Talbot-Lago 37 7 Ret 96 Piero Carini Ferrari 37 Accident 13 Ret 56 Robert Manzon Gordini 24 Accident 5 Ret 84 Anthony Hume Allard 22 Accident 14 Ret 72 Reg Parnell Aston Martin 18 Engine 4 Ret 88 Giovanni Bracco Ferrari 8 Brakes 9 Ret 68 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 5 Camshaft 1 DNS 54 Joaquín Palacio Pover Pegaso DNQ 52 Juan Jover Pegaso
References Race result taken from
Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381-4. London: Orbis, 1974.
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