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

PosNo.DriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
14Italy Luigi VilloresiScuderia FerrariFerrari 5001:51:21.0, 123.99 km/h2
214Argentina José Froilán GonzálezOfficine Alfieri MaseratiMaserati A6GCM+0.0s4
38Italy Sergio Sighinolfi Italy Alberto AscariScuderia FerrariFerrari 500+28.6s6
46Italy Giuseppe FarinaScuderia FerrariFerrari 500+1:38.83
510Switzerland Rudi FischerEcurie EspadonFerrari 500+3 laps10
630France Élie BayolÉlie BayolO.S.C.A. Tipo 20+4 laps8
718Uruguay Eitel CantoniEscuderia BandeirantesMaserati A6GCM+6 laps12
834Italy Piero CariniHW Motors LtdHWM-Alta+8 laps9
912Germany Hans StuckEcurie EspadonFerrari 212+10 laps14
NC26Belgium Johnny ClaesVicomtesse de WalckiersSimca Gordini Type 15+11 laps16
Ret28United Kingdom Roy SalvadoriLeslie HawthornCooper T20-Bristol66 laps, accident15
Ret20Brazil Chico LandiEscuderia BandeirantesMaserati A6GCM44 laps11
Ret32United Kingdom Lance MacklinHW Motors LtdHWM-Alta41 laps, transmission13
Ret22France Robert ManzonEquipe GordiniGordini Type 1637 laps, ignition5
Ret2Italy Alberto AscariScuderia FerrariFerrari 50018 laps, oil system1
Ret24France Jean BehraEquipe GordiniGordini Type 169 laps, differential7
DNS16Italy Felice BonettoOfficine Alfieri MaseratiMaserati A6GCMcore plug-
DNA28United Kingdom Mike HawthornLeslie HawthornCooper T20-Bristolpractice crash, car raced by Salvadori-
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