1952 British Grand Prix

  1952 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 8 in the 1952 Formula One season
Silverstone Circuit in 1952-1973 configuration
Date	July 19, 1952
Official name	V RAC British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, England
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.7105 km (2.927 mi)
Distance	85 laps, 400.307 km (248.739 mi)
Weather	Overcast, Dry
Pole position
Driver	Nino Farina	Ferrari
Time	1:50.0
Fastest lap
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time	1:52.0
Podium
First	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Second	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari
Third	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper-Bristol

The 1952 British Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on July 19, 1952 at Silverstone Circuit. It was the fifth round of the 1952 World Drivers' Championship, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	16	Nino Farina	Ferrari	1:50.0	-
2	15	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1:50.0	+ 0.0
3	17	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	1:53.0	+ 3.0
4	24	Robert Manzon	Gordini	1:55.0	+ 5.0
5	4	Ken Downing	Connaught-Lea Francis	1:56.0	+ 6.0
6	8	Reg Parnell	Cooper-Bristol	1:56.0	+ 6.0
7	9	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper-Bristol	1:56.0	+ 6.0
8	6	Dennis Poore	Connaught-Lea Francis	1:56.0	+ 6.0
9	5	Eric Thompson	Connaught-Lea Francis	1:57.0	+ 7.0
10	26	Prince Bira	Gordini	1:57.0	+ 7.0
11	30	Duncan Hamilton	HWM-Alta	1:57.0	+ 7.0
12	1	Graham Whitehead	Alta	1:58.0	+ 8.0
13	11	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol	1:58.0	+ 8.0
14	29	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	1:58.0	+ 8.0
15	19	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	1:58.0	+ 8.0
16	12	Stirling Moss	ERA-Bristol	1:59.0	+ 9.0
17	3	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught-Lea Francis	2:00.0	+ 10.0
18	10	Eric Brandon	Cooper-Bristol	2:00.0	+ 10.0
19	14	Roy Salvadori	Ferrari	2:00.0	+ 10.0
20	21	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	2:00.0	+ 10.0
21	25	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	2:00.0	+ 10.0
22	7	David Murray	Cooper-Bristol	2:02.0	+ 12.0
23	27	Johnny Claes	Simca-Gordini-Gordini	2:02.0	+ 12.0
24	20	Peter Hirt	Ferrari	2:03.0	+ 13.0
25	23	Tony Crook	Frazer Nash-BMW	2:03.0	+ 13.0
26	28	Tony Gaze	HWM-Alta	2:05.0	+ 15.0
27	35	Eitel Cantoni	Maserati	2:06.0	+ 16.0
28	34	Gino Bianco	Maserati	2:07.0	+ 17.0
29	31	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	2:08.0	+ 18.0
30	2	Bill Aston	Aston-Butterworth	3:28.0	+ 1:38.0
31	32	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	No time	-
32	33	Harry Schell	Maserati	No time	-

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	85	2:46:11	2	9
2	17	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	84	+1 lap	3	6
3	9	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper-Bristol	83	+2 laps	7	4
4	6	Dennis Poore	Connaught-Lea Francis	83	+2 laps	8	3
5	5	Eric Thompson	Connaught-Lea Francis	82	+3 laps	9	2
6	16	Nino Farina	Ferrari	82	+3 laps	1
7	8	Reg Parnell	Cooper-Bristol	82	+3 laps	6
8	14	Roy Salvadori	Ferrari	82	+3 laps	19
9	4	Ken Downing	Connaught-Lea Francis	82	+3 laps	5
10	21	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	81	+4 laps	20
11	26	Prince Bira	Gordini	81	+4 laps	10
12	1	Graham Whitehead	Alta	80	+5 laps	12
13	19	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	80	+5 laps	15
14	27	Johnny Claes	Simca-Gordini-Gordini	79	+6 laps	23
15	31	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	79	+6 laps	29
16	3	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught-Lea Francis	79	+6 laps	17
17	33	Harry Schell	Maserati	78	+7 laps	32
18	34	Gino Bianco	Maserati	77	+8 laps	28
19	32	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	76	+9 laps	31
20	10	Eric Brandon	Cooper-Bristol	76	+9 laps	18
21	23	Tony Crook	Frazer Nash-BMW	75	+10 laps	25
22	11	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol	69	+16 laps	13
Ret	29	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	73	Ignition	14
Ret	30	Duncan Hamilton	HWM-Alta	44	Engine	11
Ret	12	Stirling Moss	ERA-Bristol	36	Engine	16
Ret	25	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	21	Gearbox	21
Ret	28	Tony Gaze	HWM-Alta	19	Engine	26
Ret	7	David Murray	Cooper-Bristol	14	Engine	22
Ret	24	Robert Manzon	Gordini	9	Clutch	4
Ret	20	Peter Hirt	Ferrari	3	Brakes	24
Ret	35	Eitel Cantoni	Maserati	0	Brakes	27
DNS	2	Bill Aston	Aston-Butterworth	0	Non Starter

Drivers' Championship standings after the race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alberto Ascari	27
2	Piero Taruffi	19
3	Nino Farina	12
4	Troy Ruttman	8
5	Robert Manzon	7

• Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship.

• Final Grand Prix drive for: David Murray

References

• "The Official Formula 1 website". Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1952/616/. Retrieved 2009-12-01. 

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