1952 Monaco Grand Prix
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| 1952 Monaco Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-championship sports car race | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 2 June 1952 | ||
| Official name | XII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.180 km (1.976 miles) | ||
| Distance | 100 laps, 318.0 km (197.6 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Talbot-Lago | ||
| Time | 2:00.2 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Antonio Stagnoli | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:56.4 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 1952 Monaco Grand Prix was a non-championship sports car race held on 2 June 1952 at Monaco.
After the 1937 Monaco Grand Prix, the race was discontinued due to financial reasons. Until resuming with the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix, only two attempts to re-establish single-seater racing were made, the 1948 Monaco Grand Prix and the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix for the new F1 World Championship, which due to lack of F1 cars in 1952 was run with Formula 2.
Monaco decided to skip the small F2 cars and invite sportscars instead. The race for the smaller cars up to 2 liter saw a practise crash of Luigi Fagioli who had driven his Lancia Aurelia B20 GT to a surprise 3rd overall at the Mille Miglia. He suffered broken bones and died after three weeks.[1]
For the second time since the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, the 1952 Grand Prix suffered a multi-car pileup.[2]
