The 10th Grand Prix de Marseille was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held on 27 April 1952 at the Parc Borély in Marseille. Race distance was decided not by distance but by time, the duration being 3 hours. The race was won by pole-setter Alberto Ascari driving a Ferrari 500. B. Bira and Robert Manzon shared second place in a Simca Gordini Type 15 and Johnny Claes was third in another Type 15. Ascari's teammate Giuseppe Farina set fastest lap but failed to finish the race.
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 8 Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 134 laps, 119.79kph 1 2 6 B. Bira Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15 +5 laps 14 3 34 Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Simca Gordini Type 15 +7 laps 16 4 24 Emmanuel de Graffenried Scuderio Enrico Platé Maserati 4CLT/48 +10 laps 9 5 30 Élie Bayol Élie Bayol O.S.C.A. MT4 +11 laps 11 NC 4 Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15 +23 laps 4 NC 10 Giuseppe Farina Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 +23 laps, crash 6 NC 22 Peter Collins HW Motors HWM-Alta +35 laps 12 NC 28 Hans Stuck Hans Stuck AFM-Küchen +38 laps 15 Ret 18 Lance Macklin HW Motors HWM-Alta 60 laps, fuel tank 8 Ret 16 Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 59 laps, oil loss 7 Ret 14 Maurice Trintignant Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 166 48 laps, oil loss 5 Ret 26 Franco Cortese Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati 4CLT/48 32 laps, lubrication 10 Ret 32 Peter Whitehead Peter Whitehead Alta F2 30 laps, oil pipe 18 Ret 2 Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini Type 15 25 laps, gearbox 2 Ret 12 Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 9 laps, engine 3 Ret 20 Yves Giraud-Cabantous HW Motors HWM-Alta 3 laps, oil pump 13 DNS 36 Eugène Martin Eugène Martin Jicey-Veritas car not ready 17
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