1952 Marne Grand Prix

1952 Marne Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1952 Formula One season
Race details
Date 29 June 1952
Official name XX Grand Prix de la Marne
Location Reims-Gueux, Reims
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 7.198 km (4.473 mi)
Distance 71 laps, 511.058 km (317.557 mi)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 2:26.2
Fastest lap
Driver Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Time 2:28.2
Podium
First Gordini
Second Ferrari
Third Ferrari

The 20th Grand Prix de la Marne was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held on 29 June 1952 at the Reims-Gueux circuit. It was the fourth round of the 1952 Les Grands Prix de France championship. Race distance was decided not by distance but by time, the duration being 3 hours. The race was won by Jean Behra driving a Gordini Type 16. Giuseppe Farina was second in a Ferrari 500, and his teammates Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi shared third place, Villoresi's own car having suffered engine failure. Ascari set pole and fastest lap.