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.
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Race Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid1 Heat 1 Heat 2 1 20 Giuseppe Farina Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 2:31:15.0, 176.20 kph 2 2 1 2 24 André Simon Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 +1 lap 5 3 2 3 30 Rudi Fischer Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 500 +4 laps 7 5 3 4 48 Peter Walker Peter Whitehead Ferrari 125 +4 laps 8 6 4 5 38 Eric Brandon Ecurie Richmond Cooper T20-Bristol +5 laps 10 10 6 6 36 Alan Brown Ecurie Richmond Cooper T20-Bristol +6 laps 20 13 5 NC 16 Felice Bonetto Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM +6 laps 6 4 NC NC 32 Johnny Claes HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta +7 laps 15 14 7 NC 52 Tony Gaze HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta +9 laps 12 NC 8 Ret 8 Robin Montgomerie-Charrington Bill Aston Aston Butterworth 52 laps 17 12 20 laps Ret 22 Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 49 laps 1 1 14 laps, camshaft Ret 10 Piero Carini Scuderia Marzotto Ferrari 166 45 laps 13 11 13 laps Ret 42 Peter Whitehead Peter Whitehead Alta F2 37 laps 14 7 5 laps Ret 26 Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 32 laps 4 8 DNS, valve Ret 54 Ken Wharton Scuderia Franera Frazer Nash FN48 32 laps 9 9 DNS, chassis Ret 2 Chico Landi Escuderia Bandeirantes Maserati A6GCM 31 laps 19 15 DNS Ret 4 Gino Bianco Escuderia Bandeirantes Maserati A6GCM 28 laps 24 NC - Ret 14 José Froilán González Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM 27 laps 3 27 laps, magneto - Ret 58 Charles de Tornaco Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 17 laps 26 17 laps - Ret 40 Giovanni Rocco Ciro Monaci Monaci 10 laps 23 10 laps - Ret 44 Toni Ulmen Toni Ulmen Veritas Meteor 9 laps 18 9 laps - Ret 34 Duncan Hamilton HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta 8 laps 11 8 laps - Ret 12 Gianfranco Comotti Scuderia Marzotto Ferrari 166 6 laps 16 6 laps, engine - Ret 56 Ottorino Volonterio Ottorino Volonterio Ferrari 166 4 laps 25 4 laps - Ret 6 Bill Aston Bill Aston Aston Butterworth 4 laps 22 4 laps, mechanical - Ret 18 Juan Manuel Fangio Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM 2 laps 29 2 laps, crash - Ret 60 Giuseppe Ruggiero Giuseppe Ruggiero Maserati A6G 1 lap 28 1 lap - Ret 50 Giampiero Bianchetti Giampiero Bianchetti Ferrari 166 SC 1 lap 27 1 lap - Ret 28 Peter Hirt Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 212 0 laps 21 0 laps, mechanical - 1Heat 1 grid; grid places for heat 2 were determined by the finishing order in heat 1
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