1952 standings

Alberto Ascari won the 1952 Formula 1 drivers' championship with 36 points, 12 ahead of Nino Farina.

Final standings, Italian Grand Prix, 7 Sept 1952. Race results · Team-mate head-to-head · 1951 · 1953

Championship progression

Points after each round for the top eight drivers in the final standings. Hover or tap for a round.

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points	Gap
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	6	36	leader
2	Nino Farina	Ferrari	0	24	-12
3	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	1	22	-14
4	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	0	10	-26
5	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper	0	10	-26
6	Robert Manzon	Gordini	0	9	-27
7	Troy Ruttman	Kuzma	1	8	-28
8	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	0	8	-28
9	José Froilán González	Maserati	0	6.5	-29.5
10	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	0	6	-30
11	Jean Behra	Gordini	0	6	-30
12	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	0	4	-32
13	Ken Wharton	Cooper	0	3	-33
14	Dennis Poore	Connaught	0	3	-33
15	Duane Carter	Lesovsky	0	3	-33
16	Alan Brown	Cooper	0	2	-34
17	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	0	2	-34
18	Paul Frère	Simca	0	2	-34
19	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	0	2	-34
20	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	0	2	-34
21	Eric Thompson	Connaught	0	2	-34
22	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	0	1	-35
23	Roger Laurent	Ferrari	0	0	-36
24	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	0	0	-36
25	André Simon	Ferrari	0	0	-36
26	Peter Collins	HWM	0	0	-36
27	Jimmy Bryan	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
28	Peter Hirt	Ferrari	0	0	-36
29	Charles de Tornaco	Ferrari	0	0	-36
30	Duncan Hamilton	HWM	0	0	-36
31	Reg Parnell	Cooper	0	0	-36
32	Jimmy Reece	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
33	Fritz Riess	Veritas	0	0	-36
34	Lance Macklin	HWM	0	0	-36
35	Eric Brandon	Cooper	0	0	-36
36	Chico Landi	Maserati	0	0	-36
37	Johnny Claes	Simca	0	0	-36
38	Toni Ulmen	Veritas	0	0	-36
39	Philippe Étancelin	Maserati	0	0	-36
40	George Connor	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
41	Roy Salvadori	Ferrari	0	0	-36
42	Ken Downing	Connaught	0	0	-36
43	Jan Flinterman	Maserati	0	0	-36
44	Cliff Griffith	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
45	Helmut Niedermayr	AFM	0	0	-36
46	Prince Bira	Gordini	0	0	-36
47	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	0	0	-36
48	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	0	0	-36
49	Yves Cabantous	HWM	0	0	-36
50	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
51	Eitel Cantoni	Maserati	0	0	-36
52	Hans Klenk	Veritas	0	0	-36
53	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
54	Franco Comotti	Ferrari	0	0	-36
55	Ernst Klodwig	BMW	0	0	-36
56	Jim Rigsby	Watson	0	0	-36
57	Graham Whitehead	Alta	0	0	-36
58	Joe James	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
59	Arthur Legat	Veritas	0	0	-36
60	Robert O'Brien	Simca	0	0	-36
61	Bill Schindler	Stevens	0	0	-36
62	Tony Gaze	HWM	0	0	-36
63	George Fonder	Sherman	0	0	-36
64	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	0	0	-36
65	Eddie Johnson	Trevis	0	0	-36
66	Harry Schell	Maserati	0	0	-36
67	Gino Bianco	Maserati	0	0	-36
68	Chuck Stevenson	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
69	Henry Banks	Lesovsky	0	0	-36
70	Manny Ayulo	Lesovsky	0	0	-36
71	Tony Crook	Frazer Nash	0	0	-36
72	Johnny McDowell	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
73	Stirling Moss	Connaught	0	0	-36
74	Dries van der Lof	HWM	0	0	-36
75	Willi Heeks	AFM	0	0	-36
76	Adolf Brudes	Veritas	0	0	-36
77	Robin Montgomerie-Charrington	Aston Butterworth	0	0	-36
78	George Abecassis	HWM	0	0	-36
79	Marcel Balsa	BMW	0	0	-36
80	Hans von Stuck	Ferrari	0	0	-36
81	Günther Bechem	BMW	0	0	-36
82	Piero Carini	Ferrari	0	0	-36
83	Rudolf Krause	BMW	0	0	-36
84	Franco Rol	Maserati	0	0	-36
85	Max de Terra	Simca	0	0	-36
86	Rudolf Schoeller	Ferrari	0	0	-36
87	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	0	0	-36
88	Travis Webb	Bromme	0	0	-36
89	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
90	Élie Bayol	OSCA	0	0	-36
91	Tony Bettenhausen	Deidt	0	0	-36
92	Paul Pietsch	Veritas	0	0	-36
93	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
94	Alberto Crespo	Maserati	0	0	-36
95	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
96	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
97	Theo Helfrich	Veritas	0	0	-36
98	Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
99	David Murray	Cooper	0	0	-36
100	Josef Peters	Veritas	0	0	-36
101	Bob Scott	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
102	Chet Miller	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
103	Bobby Ball	Stevens	0	0	-36
104	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	0	0	-36
105	Piero Dusio	Cisitalia	0	0	-36

Constructors

No constructors' championship in 1952.

Explained: how points and the two championships work · how often the leader after round 1 became champion.

Standings after each round

Rd	Race	Winner	Leader after the race	Pts
1	Swiss Grand Prix	Piero Taruffi	Piero Taruffi	9
2	Indianapolis 500	Troy Ruttman	Piero Taruffi	9
3	Belgian Grand Prix	Alberto Ascari	Piero Taruffi	9
4	French Grand Prix	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	18
5	British Grand Prix	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	27
6	German Grand Prix	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	36
7	Dutch Grand Prix	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	36
8	Italian Grand Prix	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	36