1952 / ASCARI
A scrolling recap of 1952 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.
The points reel out, race after race.
Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Alberto Ascari closed the year on 36 points, a 12-point gap over P2.
DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS
| DRIVER | R01 | R02 | R03 | R04 | R05 | R06 | R07 | R08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Ascari | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| Nino Farina | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 24 |
| Piero Taruffi | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Mike Hawthorn | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| Rudi Fischer | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Robert Manzon | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Luigi Villoresi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Troy Ruttman | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| José Froilán González | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jean Behra | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Two-car teams, one trophy.
The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings.
Constructor championship points for the 1952 Formula 1 season, ordered by standing.
DATA
| POS | CONSTRUCTOR | PTS |
|---|
Position by position, week to week.
Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.
DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND
| DRIVER | R01 | R02 | R03 | R04 | R05 | R06 | R07 | R08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Ascari | — | — | P1 | P1 | P1 | P1 | P1 | P1 |
| Nino Farina | — | — | P4 | P3 | P3 | P3 | P2 | P2 |
| Piero Taruffi | P1 | P1 | P1 | P2 | P2 | P2 | P3 | P3 |
| Rudi Fischer | P2 | P3 | P4 | P6 | P7 | P4 | P4 | P4 |
| Mike Hawthorn | — | — | P10 | P10 | P5 | P6 | P5 | P5 |
| Robert Manzon | — | — | P7 | P5 | P5 | P6 | P6 | P6 |
| Troy Ruttman | — | P2 | P3 | P4 | P4 | P5 | P7 | P7 |
| Luigi Villoresi | — | — | — | — | — | — | P10 | P8 |
| José Froilán González | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | P9 |
| Jim Rathmann | — | P3 | P4 | P6 | P7 | P8 | P8 | P10 |
| Jean Behra | P3 | P5 | P7 | P8 | P9 | P9 | P9 | P11 |
| Sam Hanks | — | P5 | P7 | P8 | P9 | P10 | P10 | P12 |
| Dennis Poore | — | — | — | — | P11 | P11 | P12 | P13 |
| Duane Carter | — | P7 | P10 | P10 | P11 | P11 | P12 | P13 |
| Ken Wharton | P4 | P7 | P10 | P10 | P11 | P11 | P12 | P13 |
12 drivers stood on a podium.
3 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.
DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS
| ROUND | RACE | P1 | P2 | P3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 · Grosser Preis der Schweiz 1952 | Grosser Preis der Schweiz 1952 | TARUFFI | FISCHER | BEHRA |
| R02 · 1952 Indianapolis 500 | 1952 Indianapolis 500 | RUTTMAN | RATHMANN | HANKS |
| R03 · 1952 Belgian Grand Prix | 1952 Belgian Grand Prix | ASCARI | FARINA | MANZON |
| R04 · Grand Prix de France 1952 | Grand Prix de France 1952 | ASCARI | FARINA | TARUFFI |
| R05 · 1952 RAC British Grand Prix | 1952 RAC British Grand Prix | ASCARI | TARUFFI | HAWTHORN |
| R06 · Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1952 | Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1952 | ASCARI | FARINA | FISCHER |
| R07 · Grote Prijs van Nederland 1952 | Grote Prijs van Nederland 1952 | ASCARI | FARINA | VILLORESI |
| R08 · Gran Premio d'Italia 1952 | Gran Premio d'Italia 1952 | ASCARI | GONZÁLEZ | VILLORESI |