Country: | Italy |
Grand Prix: | Monza |
Date: | 8 June |
Year: | 1952 |
Official Name: | V Gran Premio dell'Autodromo di Monza |
Location: | Monza Circuit, Milan, Italy |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Length: | 6.301km (03.915miles) |
Distance Laps: | 2 × 35 |
Distance Length: | 441.056km (274.059miles) |
Pole Driver: | Alberto Ascari |
Pole Country: | ITA |
Pole Team: | Ferrari |
Fast Driver: | Giuseppe Farina |
Fast Team: | Ferrari |
Fast Time: | 2:06.2 |
Fast Country: | ITA |
First Driver: | Giuseppe Farina |
First Country: | ITA |
First Team: | Ferrari |
Second Driver: | André Simon |
Second Country: | FRA |
Second Team: | Ferrari |
Third Driver: | Rudi Fischer |
Third Country: | CH |
Third Team: | 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. Juan Manuel Fangio suffered a crash in heat 1 on the third lap after suffering extreme fatigue while driving through the night from Dundrod in Northern Ireland to Monza, and he only arrived half an hour before the start. Fangio suffered injuries that sidelined him for the rest of the year. 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.[1] [2]