1952 A1 Grand Prix Season

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The 1952 A1 Grand Prix Season will be the third of the A1 Grand Prix series. Poland will enter for the first time this season while the Soviet Union suspended operations due to lack of suitable drivers, thus leaving the series with 36 nations as in 1951.

Grands Prix

The 1952 season will feature a ten round calender but with a few changes of venue.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Most Laps Led	Winner
1	Brazilian A1 Grand Prix	Cidade Baixa, Salvador	10 March	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari
2	United States A1 Grand Prix	Sebring International Raceway, Sebring	31 March	Juan Manuel Fangio	Porfirio Rubirosa	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alberto Ascari
3	East German A1 Grand Prix	Leipzig Street Circuit, Leipzig	20 April	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alberto Ascari
4	English A1 Grand Prix	Thruxton Circuit, Thruxton	4 May	David Murray
5	French A1 Grand Prix	Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans	14 June
6	Italian A1 Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	20 July
7	Belgian A1 Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	17 August
8	German A1 Grand Prix	Nürburgring, Nürburg	31 August
9	Swiss A1 Grand Prix	Circuit Bremgarten, Bern	14 September
10	Australian A1 Grand Prix	Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst	6 October

Teams

Team	Race Team	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Argentina	Automovil Club Argentino	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1-4
			José Froilán González	TBA
England	Sussex Racing	2	Peter Collins	1-4
			Ken Wharton	TBA
Italy	Scuderia Ambrosiana	3	Alberto Ascari	1-4
			Luigi Villoresi	TBA
West Germany	Douglas-Cliff Racing	4	Hans Stuck	1-4
Scotland	Scuderia Ambrosiana	5	David Murray	1-4
Switzerland	Tax Exiles Elite	6	Toulo de Graffenried	1-4
Dominican Republic	República Dominicana	7	Porfirio Rubirosa	1-4
France	Gordini-Team Ultimate	8	Maurice Trintignant	1, 3-4
			Robert Manzon	2
			Jean Behra	TBA
			André Simon	TBA
Australia	Team Australia	9	Tony Gaze	1-3
			Jack Brabham	4
Canada	Maple Leaf Racing	10	Hal Robson	1-4
South Africa	Racing For Holland	11	Arthur Mackenzie	1, 3
			Ernest Geering	2, 4
Monaco	Équipe Monaco	12	Louis Chiron	1-4
East Germany	VSFK Racing Department	13	Ernst Klodwig	1-4
Ireland	Douglas-Cliff Racing	14	Joe Kelly	1-4
Spain	Spanish Racing Team	15	Paco Godia	1-4
United States	American Motor Racing	16	Tony Bettenhausen	1-4
Wales	Newport Racing	17	Charles Headland	1-4
Brasil	Automóvel Clube do Brasil	18	Chico Landi	1-4
			Gino Bianco	TBA
Sweden	EL Motorsport	19	Erik Lundgren	1-4
Thailand	Asia Racing	20	B. Bira	1-4
New Zealand	Kiwi All-Blacks WSR	21	Jack Tutton	1-4
Uruguay	Escuderia Bandeirantes	22	Eitel Cantoni	1-4
			Alberto Uria	TBA
Denmark	Danish Motorsports	23	Robert Nelleman	1-4
Guatemala	Alianza Latinoamericana	25	Jaroslav Juhan	1-4
			Manfredo Lippmann	TBA
			Guillermo Girón	TBA
Portugal	Team Portugal	26	Fernando Mascarenhas	1-4
Northern Ireland	Douglas-Cliff Racing	27	Desmond Titterington	1-4
Netherlands	Racing for Holland	28	Dries van der Lof	1-4
Czechoslovakia	Apollonia Racing	29	Zdeněk Pohl	1, 3
			Václav Hovorka	2, 4
Belgium	Ecurie Belge	30	Johnny Claes	1-4
			Charles de Tornaco	TBA
			André Pilette	TBA
Finland	Leijona-Autot	31	Asser Wallenius	1-2
			Curt Lincoln	3-4
Chile	Chile Racing	32	Raúl Jaras	1-4
			Bartolomé Ortiz	TBA
Venezuela	Equipo Latino	33	Ettore Chimeri	1-4
Colombia	Alianza Latinoamericana	34	Arcesio Paz	1
			Juán Riú	2-4
Mexico	Hispanoamérica	35	Corona Illescas	1-4
Peru	Hispanoamérica	36	Luis Asteñgo Albizuri	1-4
Poland	Apollonia Racing	37	Tadek Marek	1, 4
			Jan Ripper	2-3

Standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. The driver has to finish at least 90% of the race distance to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Starting from the 1952 season bonus points will be awarded each race as follows.

Pole Position - 2 points Fastest Lap - 1 point Lead a Lap - 1 point Lead the Most Laps - 2 points

Championship Standings

Pos	Nation	BRA	USA	DDR	ENG	FRA	ITA	DEU	BEL	SUI	AUS	Pts
1	Italy	1*	1*	1*								85
2	England	2	2*	9†								48
3	Argentina	Ret*	3*	2*								43
4	Brasil	4*	6	6								34
5	West Germany	3	5	Ret*								28
6	East Germany	11	16	4								18
7	Ireland	9	Ret	5								18
8	United States	7	7	Ret								18
9	France	Ret	Ret	3								16
10	Belgium	6	Ret	11								15
11	Spain	Ret	10	7								15
12	Dominican Republic	Ret	4	Ret								14
13	Netherlands	5	17	Ret								11
14	Scotland	19†	9	16†	P							9
15	Northern Ireland	8	19	Ret								8
16	Switzerland	Ret	8	Ret								8
17	Denmark	Ret	Ret	8								8
18	Canada	14	11	Ret								7
19	Wales	Ret	20	10								6
20	Monaco	10	Ret	Ret								6
21	New Zealand	12	14	Ret								6
22	Portugal	Ret	21	12								4
23	Sweden	Ret	12	Ret								4
24	Australia	18†	13	Ret								3
25	Chile	Ret	25	13								3
26	Finland	13	Ret	Ret								3
27	Colombia	17	Ret	14								2
28	Venezuela	15	23	Ret								1
29	Peru	Ret	28	15								1
30	Uruguay	Ret	15	Ret								1
31	Czechoslovakia	16	22	Ret								0
32	Guatemala	Ret	18	Ret								0
33	South Africa	Ret	24	Ret								0
34	Mexico	Ret	26	Ret								0
35	Poland	Ret	27	Ret								0
	Thailand	Ret	Ret	Ret

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