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 a 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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