sport 1952 dutch grand prix
The 1952 Dutch Grand Prix was a ___MASK27___ race held on 17 August 1952 at the Circuit Zandvoort . It was the seventh round of the 1952 World Drivers ' Championship , which was run to ___MASK27___ rules in 1952 and 1953 , rather than the ___MASK8___ regulations normally used . ___MASK27___ , abbreviated to F2 , was a type of open wheel formula racing first codified in 1948 . It was replaced in 1985 by Formula 3000 , but revived by the FIA from 2009  2012 in the form of the FIA ___MASK27___ Championship . The FIA ___MASK27___ Championship was a one - make class of ___MASK62___ for ___MASK27___ open wheeled single seater racing cars . It was a revival of the former European ___MASK27___ Championship that was previously run from 1967 to 1984 , and was organised by MotorSport Vision . Drivers competed in identical Williams F1 built cars with an Audi supplied and Mountune Racing developed 400 bhp engine , over 16 rounds at eight venues . Formula 3000 was a type of open wheel , single seater formula racing , occupying the tier immediately below ___MASK8___ and above Formula Three . It was so named because the cars were powered by 3000 cc engines . Formula racing is any of several forms of open - wheeled single - seater ___MASK72___ . The origin of the term lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by the FIA for all of its post - World War II single - seater regulations , or formulae . The best known of these formulae are ___MASK8___ , Two , Three and Four . Common usage of " formula racing " encompasses other single - seater series , including the GP2 Series , which replaced Formula 3000 ( which had itself been the effective replacement for ___MASK27___ ).