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British Grand Prix

1952 RAC British Grand Prix

Round 5 of 8Silverstone Circuit, SilverstoneJul 19 195285 laps

Podium

TARFerrari

ASCFerrari

HAWCooper

Key facts

WinnerASC2:44:11.000 from P2

PoleFAR1:50.000

Fastest lapASC1:52.000 on lap 9

Finishers22 / 32classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	ASCAlberto Ascari	Ferrari	2	▲1	85	2:44:11.000	9	1:52.000
2	TARPiero Taruffi	Ferrari	3	▲1	84	+1 lap	6	–
3	HAWMike Hawthorn	Cooper	7	▲4	83	+2 laps	4	–
4	POODennis Poore	Connaught	8	▲4	83	+2 laps	3	–
5	THOEric Thompson	Connaught	9	▲4	82	+3 laps	2	–
6	FARNino Farina	Ferrari	1	▼5	82	+3 laps		–
7	PARReg Parnell	Cooper	6	▼1	82	+3 laps		–
8	SALRoy Salvadori	Ferrari	19	▲11	82	+3 laps		–
9	DOWKen Downing	Connaught	5	▼4	82	+3 laps		–
10	WHIPeter Whitehead	Ferrari	20	▲10	81	+4 laps		–
11	BIRBirabongse Bhanudej	Gordini	10	▼1	81	+4 laps		–
12	GWHGraham Whitehead	Alta	12	–	80	+5 laps		–
13	FISRudi Fischer	Ferrari	15	▲2	80	+5 laps		–
14	CLAJohnny Claes	Simca-Gordini	23	▲9	79	+6 laps		–
15	MACLance Macklin	HWM	29	▲14	79	+6 laps		–
16	MCAKenneth McAlpine	Connaught	17	▲1	79	+6 laps		–
17	SCHHarry Schell	Maserati	32	▲15	78	+7 laps		–
18	BIAGino Bianco	Maserati	28	▲10	77	+8 laps		–
19	DEGEmmanuel De Graffenried	Maserati	31	▲12	76	+9 laps		–
20	BRAEric Brandon	Cooper	18	▼2	76	+9 laps		–
21	TCRTony Crook	Frazer-Nash	25	▲4	75	+10 laps		–
22	BROAlan Brown	Cooper	13	▼9	69	+16 laps		–
DNF	COLPeter Collins	HWM	14		73	Ignition		–
DNF	HAMDuncan Hamilton	HWM	11		44	Engine		–
DNF	MOSStirling Moss	ERA	16		36	Engine		–
DNF	TRIMaurice Trintignant	Gordini	21		21	Gearbox		–
DNF	GAZTony Gaze	HWM	26		20	Engine		–
DNF	MURDavid Murray	Cooper	22		14	Engine		–
DNF	MANRobert Manzon	Gordini	4		9	Clutch		–
DNF	HIRPeter Hirt	Ferrari	24		3	Brakes		–
DNF	CANEitel Cantoni	Maserati	27		1	Brakes		–
DNS	ASTBill Aston	Aston Butterworth	–		0	Did not start		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	FARNino Farina	Ferrari	1:50.000
2	ASCAlberto Ascari	Ferrari	1:50.000	+0.000s
3	TARPiero Taruffi	Ferrari	1:53.000	+3.000s
4	MANRobert Manzon	Gordini	1:54.000	+4.000s
5	DOWKen Downing	Connaught	1:56.000	+6.000s
6	PARReg Parnell	Cooper	1:56.000	+6.000s
7	HAWMike Hawthorn	Cooper	1:56.000	+6.000s
8	POODennis Poore	Connaught	1:56.000	+6.000s
9	THOEric Thompson	Connaught	1:57.000	+7.000s
10	BIRBirabongse Bhanudej	Gordini	1:57.000	+7.000s
11	HAMDuncan Hamilton	HWM	1:57.000	+7.000s
12	GWHGraham Whitehead	Alta	1:58.000	+8.000s
13	BROAlan Brown	Cooper	1:58.000	+8.000s
14	COLPeter Collins	HWM	1:58.000	+8.000s
15	FISRudi Fischer	Ferrari	1:58.000	+8.000s
16	MOSStirling Moss	ERA	1:59.000	+9.000s
17	MCAKenneth McAlpine	Connaught	2:00.000	+10.000s
18	BRAEric Brandon	Cooper	2:00.000	+10.000s
19	SALRoy Salvadori	Ferrari	2:00.000	+10.000s
20	WHIPeter Whitehead	Ferrari	2:00.000	+10.000s
21	TRIMaurice Trintignant	Gordini	2:00.000	+10.000s
22	MURDavid Murray	Cooper	2:02.000	+12.000s
23	CLAJohnny Claes	Simca-Gordini	2:02.000	+12.000s
24	HIRPeter Hirt	Ferrari	2:03.000	+13.000s
25	TCRTony Crook	Frazer-Nash	2:03.000	+13.000s
26	GAZTony Gaze	HWM	2:05.000	+15.000s
27	CANEitel Cantoni	Maserati	2:06.000	+16.000s
28	BIAGino Bianco	Maserati	2:07.000	+17.000s
29	MACLance Macklin	HWM	2:08.000	+18.000s
30	ASTBill Aston	Aston Butterworth	3:28.000	+98.000s
31	DEGEmmanuel De Graffenried	Maserati	–
32	SCHHarry Schell	Maserati	–

Silverstone Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1952. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1951	José Froilán González	Ferrari
1950	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo

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