1952 Syracuse Grand Prix
{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = NC
|Country = ITA
|Image = Map-siracusa old.png
|Grand Prix = Syracuse Grand Prix
|GP_Suffix =
|Official name = II Gran Premio di Siracusa
|Location = Syracuse Circuit, Syracuse, Sicily
|Date = 16 March
|Year = 1952
|Course = Temporary road circuit
|Course_mi = 3.355
|Course_km = 5.400
|Distance_laps = 60
|Distance_mi = 200.130
|Distance_km = 324.016
|Weather =
|Pole_Driver = Alberto Ascari
|Pole_Country = ITA
|Pole_Team = Ferrari
|Pole_Time = 2:16.0
|Fast_Driver = Luigi Villoresi
|Fast_Team = Ferrari
|Fast_Time = 2:13.2
|Fast_Country = ITA
|First_Driver = Alberto Ascari
|First_Country = ITA
|First_Team = Ferrari
|Second_Driver = Piero Taruffi
|Second_Country = ITA
|Second_Team = Ferrari
|Third_Driver = Giuseppe Farina
|Third_Country = ITA
|Third_Team = Ferrari
}}
The 2nd Syracuse Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held in Syracuse, Sicily on 16 March 1952. Alberto Ascari, starting from pole, headed teammates Piero Taruffi and Giuseppe Farina in a Scuderia Ferrari 1-2-3. Luigi Villoresi set fastest lap in another works Ferrari.{{cite web|url=http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1952/1952.html#syr|title=1952 Non World Championship Grands Prix|accessdate=2022-05-21}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F252_1.htm|title=II Gran Premio di Siracusa 1952
|accessdate=2022-05-21}}
Classification
=Race=
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Pos !No !Driver !Entrant !Car !Time/Retired !Grid |
1
| 24 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Alberto Ascari | 2:16:24.6, 146.171kph | 1 |
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2
| 12 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Piero Taruffi | +58.6s | 4 |
3
| 6 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Farina | +25.8s | 3 |
4
| 4 | {{flagicon|CH}} Rudi Fischer | +2 laps | 5 |
5
| 8 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Whitehead | +2 laps | 8 |
6
| 2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Comotti | +2 laps | 6 |
NC
| 16 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Luigi Villoresi | +7 laps | 2 |
Ret
| 32 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Vittorio Marzotto | 48 laps | 12 |
Ret
| 30 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Piero Carini | 30 laps | 11 |
Ret
| 28 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Maurizio Pinzero | Lancia | | 14 |
Ret
| 26 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Domenica Tramontana | | 15 |
Ret
| 20 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Sergio Sighinolfi | | 7 |
Ret
| 22 | {{flagicon|CH}} Emmanuel de Graffenried | | 10 |
Ret
| 10 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Cortese | engine | 9 |
Ret
| 18 | {{flagicon|GER}} Hans Stuck | Alex von Falkenhausen Motorenbau | 3 laps, engine | 13 |
References
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{{F1 NC race report
| Name_of_race = Syracuse Grand Prix
| Year_of_race = 1952
| Previous_race_in_season = 1952 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix
| Next_race_in_season = 1952 Valentino Grand Prix
| Previous_year's_race = 1951 Syracuse Grand Prix
| Next_year's_race = 1953 Syracuse Grand Prix
}}