The 3rd Gran Premio di Modena was a Formula Two motor race held on 14 September 1952 at the Aerautodromo di Modena, Italy. The race was run over 100 laps of the circuit, and was won by Italian driver Luigi Villoresi in a Ferrari 500 in a near dead-heat with José Froilán González in a Maserati A6GCM. Villoresi and Gonzalez shared fastest lap. Sergio Sighinolfi and Alberto Ascari shared third place in a Ferrari 500. Ascari had started from pole but retired with mechanical problems, and took over Sighinolfi's car.
Classification Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 4 Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 1:51:21.0, 123.99 km/h 2 2 14 José Froilán González Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM +0.0s 4 3 8 Sergio Sighinolfi Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 +28.6s 6 4 6 Giuseppe Farina Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 +1:38.8 3 5 10 Rudi Fischer Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 500 +3 laps 10 6 30 Élie Bayol Élie Bayol O.S.C.A. Tipo 20 +4 laps 8 7 18 Eitel Cantoni Escuderia Bandeirantes Maserati A6GCM +6 laps 12 8 34 Piero Carini HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta +8 laps 9 9 12 Hans Stuck Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 212 +10 laps 14 NC 26 Johnny Claes Vicomtesse de Walckiers Simca Gordini Type 15 +11 laps 16 Ret 28 Roy Salvadori Leslie Hawthorn Cooper T20-Bristol 66 laps, accident 15 Ret 20 Chico Landi Escuderia Bandeirantes Maserati A6GCM 44 laps 11 Ret 32 Lance Macklin HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta 41 laps, transmission 13 Ret 22 Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 37 laps, ignition 5 Ret 2 Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 18 laps, oil system 1 Ret 24 Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 9 laps, differential 7 DNS 16 Felice Bonetto Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM core plug - DNA 28 Mike Hawthorn Leslie Hawthorn Cooper T20-Bristol practice crash, car raced by Salvadori -
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