The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 5

British Grand Prix

1952  ·  Silverstone Circuit  ·  19 July 1952  ·  85 laps

  1. 1st Alberto Ascari Ferrari · 02:46:11
  2. 2nd Piero Taruffi Ferrari
  3. 3rd Mike Hawthorn Cooper

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nino Farina

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 9

Robert Manzon

Retirement Gordini  —  Clutch

03 Lap 73

Peter Collins

Retirement HWM  —  Ignition

04 On the Charge

Harry Schell

Maserati  —  P32 → P17

05 Victory

Alberto Ascari

Ferrari  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2 85 02:46:11 9
2 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 3 84 +1 Lap 6
3 Mike Hawthorn Cooper 7 83 +2 Laps 4
4 Dennis Poore Connaught 8 83 +2 Laps 3
5 Eric Thompson Connaught 9 82 +3 Laps 2
6 Nino Farina Ferrari 1 82 +3 Laps
7 Reg Parnell Cooper 6 82 +3 Laps
8 Roy Salvadori Ferrari 19 82 +3 Laps
9 Ken Downing Connaught 5 82 +3 Laps
10 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 20 81 +4 Laps
11 Prince Bira Gordini 10 81 +4 Laps
12 Graham Whitehead Alta 12 80 +5 Laps
13 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 15 80 +5 Laps
14 Johnny Claes Simca 23 79 +6 Laps
15 Lance Macklin HWM 29 79 +6 Laps
16 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught 17 79 +6 Laps
17 Harry Schell Maserati 32 78 +7 Laps
18 Gino Bianco Maserati 28 77 +8 Laps
19 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 31 76 +9 Laps
20 Eric Brandon Cooper 18 76 +9 Laps
21 Tony Crook Frazer Nash 25 75 +10 Laps
22 Alan Brown Cooper 13 69 +16 Laps
23 Peter Collins HWM 14 73 Ignition
24 Duncan Hamilton HWM 11 44 Engine
25 Stirling Moss ERA 16 36 Engine
26 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 21 21 Gearbox
27 Tony Gaze HWM 26 19 Engine
28 David Murray Cooper 22 14 Engine
29 Robert Manzon Gordini 4 9 Clutch
30 Peter Hirt Ferrari 24 3 Brakes
31 Eitel Cantoni Maserati 27 0 Brakes
32 Bill Aston Aston Butterworth 0 Withdrew

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