British Grand Prix 1952

Silverstone
19 July 1952
85 laps
400.4 km
4.649 km a lap

Pole positionNino FarinaFerrari · 1:50.000
Fastest lapAlberto Ascari1:52.000 · lap 9
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Alberto Ascarifastest lap	15	Ferrari	2	85	2:44:11.000	9
2	Piero Taruffi	17	Ferrari	3	84	+1 lap	6
3	Mike Hawthorn	9	Cooper · Bristol	7	83	+2 laps	4
4	Dennis Poore	6	Connaught · Lea Francis	8	83	+2 laps	3
5	Eric Thompson	5	Connaught · Lea Francis	9	82	+3 laps	2
6	Nino Farina	16	Ferrari	1	82	+3 laps
7	Reg Parnell	8	Cooper · Bristol	6	82	+3 laps
8	Roy Salvadori	14	Ferrari	19	82	+3 laps
9	Ken Downing	4	Connaught · Lea Francis	5	82	+3 laps
10	Peter Whitehead	21	Ferrari	20	81	+4 laps
11	Birabongse Bhanudej	26	Gordini	10	81	+4 laps
12	Graham Whitehead	1	Alta	12	80	+5 laps
13	Rudi Fischer	19	Ferrari	15	80	+5 laps
14	Johnny Claes	27	Simca-Gordini · Gordini	23	79	+6 laps
15	Lance Macklin	31	HWM · Alta	29	79	+6 laps
16	Kenneth McAlpine	3	Connaught · Lea Francis	17	79	+6 laps
17	Harry Schell	33	Maserati · Platé	32	78	+7 laps
18	Gino Bianco	34	Maserati	28	77	+8 laps
19	Emmanuel de Graffenried	32	Maserati · Platé	31	76	+9 laps
20	Eric Brandon	10	Cooper · Bristol	18	76	+9 laps
21	Tony Crook	23	Frazer-Nash · BMW	25	75	+10 laps
22	Alan Brown	11	Cooper · Bristol	13	69	+16 laps
DNF	Peter Collins	29	HWM · Alta	14	73	Ignition
DNF	Duncan Hamilton	30	HWM · Alta	11	44	Engine
DNF	Stirling Moss	12	ERA · Bristol	16	36	Engine
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	25	Gordini	21	21	Gearbox
DNF	Tony Gaze	28	HWM · Alta	26	20	Engine
DNF	David Murray	7	Cooper · Bristol	22	14	Engine
DNF	Robert Manzon	24	Gordini	4	9	Clutch
DNF	Peter Hirt	20	Ferrari	24	3	Brakes
DNF	Eitel Cantoni	35	Maserati	27	1	Brakes
DNS	Bill Aston	2	Aston Butterworth · Butterworth	–

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Nino Farina	Ferrari	1:50.000
2	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1:50.000
3	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	1:53.000	+3.000
4	Robert Manzon	Gordini	1:54.000	+4.000
5	Ken Downing	Connaught	1:56.000	+6.000
6	Reg Parnell	Cooper	1:56.000	+6.000
7	Mike Hawthorn	Cooper	1:56.000	+6.000
8	Dennis Poore	Connaught	1:56.000	+6.000
9	Eric Thompson	Connaught	1:57.000	+7.000
10	Birabongse Bhanudej	Gordini	1:57.000	+7.000
11	Duncan Hamilton	HWM	1:57.000	+7.000
12	Graham Whitehead	Alta	1:58.000	+8.000
13	Alan Brown	Cooper	1:58.000	+8.000
14	Peter Collins	HWM	1:58.000	+8.000
15	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	1:58.000	+8.000
16	Stirling Moss	ERA	1:59.000	+9.000
17	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	2:00.000	+10.000
18	Eric Brandon	Cooper	2:00.000	+10.000
19	Roy Salvadori	Ferrari	2:00.000	+10.000
20	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari	2:00.000	+10.000
21	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	2:00.000	+10.000
22	David Murray	Cooper	2:02.000	+12.000
23	Johnny Claes	Simca-Gordini	2:02.000	+12.000
24	Peter Hirt	Ferrari	2:03.000	+13.000
25	Tony Crook	Frazer-Nash	2:03.000	+13.000
26	Tony Gaze	HWM	2:05.000	+15.000
27	Eitel Cantoni	Maserati	2:06.000	+16.000
28	Gino Bianco	Maserati	2:07.000	+17.000
29	Lance Macklin	HWM	2:08.000	+18.000
30	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	3:28.000	+1:38.000
31	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati
32	Harry Schell	Maserati

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Alberto Ascari	9	1:52.000

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 5. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 5
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Alberto Ascari	27
2	Piero Taruffi	19
3	Nino Farina	12
4	Troy Ruttman	8
5	Mike Hawthorn	7	▲5
5	Robert Manzon	7
7	Jim Rathmann	6	▼1
7	Rudi Fischer	6	▼1
9	Jean Behra	4	▼1
9	Sam Hanks	4	▼1