Round 5 · 19 July 1952

1952 British Grand Prix: results

Alberto Ascari (Ferrari) won the 1952 British Grand Prix, round 5 of the championship, held on 19 July 1952 at Silverstone Circuit (UK), starting from position 2. Piero Taruffi (Ferrari) and Mike Hawthorn (Cooper) completed the podium. Pole position went to Nino Farina.

Final classification

PosDriverTeamGridTime / gapPtsStatus
1Alberto AscariFerrari22:46:11.0009Finished
2Piero TaruffiFerrari3+1 Lap6+1 Lap
3Mike HawthornCooper7+2 Laps4+2 Laps
4Dennis PooreConnaught8+2 Laps3+2 Laps
5Eric ThompsonConnaught9+3 Laps2+3 Laps
6Nino FarinaFerrari1+3 Laps—+3 Laps
7Reg ParnellCooper6+3 Laps—+3 Laps
8Roy SalvadoriFerrari19+3 Laps—+3 Laps
9Ken DowningConnaught5+3 Laps—+3 Laps
10Peter WhiteheadFerrari20+4 Laps—+4 Laps
11Prince BiraGordini10+4 Laps—+4 Laps
12Graham WhiteheadAlta12+5 Laps—+5 Laps
13Rudi FischerFerrari15+5 Laps—+5 Laps
14Johnny ClaesSimca23+6 Laps—+6 Laps
15Lance MacklinHWM29+6 Laps—+6 Laps
16Kenneth McAlpineConnaught17+6 Laps—+6 Laps
17Harry SchellMaserati32+7 Laps—+7 Laps
18Gino BiancoMaserati28+8 Laps—+8 Laps
19Toulo de GraffenriedMaserati31+9 Laps—+9 Laps
20Eric BrandonCooper18+9 Laps—+9 Laps
21Tony CrookFrazer Nash25+10 Laps—+10 Laps
22Alan BrownCooper13+16 Laps—+16 Laps
23Peter CollinsHWM14——Ignition
24Duncan HamiltonHWM11——Engine
25Stirling MossERA16——Engine
26Maurice TrintignantGordini21——Gearbox
27Tony GazeHWM26——Engine
28David MurrayCooper22——Engine
29Robert ManzonGordini4——Clutch
30Peter HirtFerrari24——Brakes
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