Season 1952 · Round 5

British Grand Prix

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1952-07-19 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 85Lap · 400.307km
12 Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 2:46
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 · P6 · P8 · P10 · P13 · P30 1-2
14 Piero Taruffi
Ferrari
42 Mike Hawthorn
Cooper
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
9
Peter Collins L73 Duncan Hamilton L44 Stirling Moss L36 Maurice Trintignant L21 Tony Gaze L19 David Murray L14 Robert Manzon L9 Peter Hirt L3 Eitel Cantoni L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
85Lap 400.307km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Starts
P32 Roy Salvadori 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P40 Maurice Trintignant 10 starts · → Nico Rosberg -1
P69 Harry Schell 8 starts · → Romain Grosjean -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L85 Ascari · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Ascari ASC 1 Ascari ASC Taruffi · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Taruffi TAR 2 Taruffi TAR Hawthorn · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Hawthorn HAW 3 Hawthorn HAW Poore · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Poore POO 4 Poore POO Thompson · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Thompson THO 5 Thompson THO Farina · P1 → P6 · -5 1 Farina FAR 6 Farina FAR Parnell · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Parnell PAR 7 Parnell PAR Salvadori · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Salvadori SAL 8 Salvadori SAL Downing · P5 → P9 · -4 5 Downing DOW 9 Downing DOW Whitehead · P20 → P10 · +10 20 Whitehead WHI 10 Whitehead WHI Bira · P10 → P11 · -1 10 Bira BIR 11 Bira BIR Whitehead · P12 → P12 12 Whitehead WHI 12 Whitehead WHI Fischer · P15 → P13 · +2 15 Fischer FIS 13 Fischer FIS Claes · P23 → P14 · +9 23 Claes CLA 14 Claes CLA Macklin · P29 → P15 · +14 29 Macklin MAC 15 Macklin MAC McAlpine · P17 → P16 · +1 17 McAlpine MCA 16 McAlpine MCA Schell · P32 → P17 · +15 32 Schell SCH 17 Schell SCH Bianco · P28 → P18 · +10 28 Bianco BIA 18 Bianco BIA de Graffenried · P31 → P19 · +12 31 de Graffenried DE 19 de Graffenried DE Brandon · P18 → P20 · -2 18 Brandon BRA 20 Brandon BRA Crook · P25 → P21 · +4 25 Crook CRO 21 Crook CRO Brown · P13 → P22 · -9 13 Brown BRO 22 Brown BRO Collins · P14 → retired L73 Collins · retired L73 14 Collins COL R Collins COL Hamilton · P11 → retired L44 Hamilton · retired L44 11 Hamilton HAM R Hamilton HAM Moss · P16 → retired L36 Moss · retired L36 16 Moss MOS R Moss MOS Trintignant · P21 → retired L21 Trintignant · retired L21 21 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Gaze · P26 → retired L19 Gaze · retired L19 26 Gaze GAZ R Gaze GAZ Murray · P22 → retired L14 Murray · retired L14 22 Murray MUR R Murray MUR Manzon · P4 → retired L9 Manzon · retired L9 4 Manzon MAN R Manzon MAN Hirt · P24 → retired L3 Hirt · retired L3 24 Hirt HIR R Hirt HIR Cantoni · P27 → retired L0 Cantoni · retired L0 27 Cantoni CAN R Cantoni CAN Aston · pit lane → P32 · +1 — Aston AST 32 Aston AST
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2 85 2:46 9
2 14 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 3 84 +1 Lap 6
3 42 Mike Hawthorn Cooper 7 83 +2 Laps 4
4 30 Dennis Poore Connaught 8 83 +2 Laps 3
5 5 Eric Thompson Connaught 9 82 +3 Laps 2
6 10 Nino Farina Ferrari 1 82 +3 Laps
7 8 Reg Parnell Cooper 6 82 +3 Laps
8 14 Roy Salvadori Ferrari 19 82 +3 Laps
9 22 Ken Downing Connaught 5 82 +3 Laps
10 21 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 20 81 +4 Laps
11 26 Prince Bira Gordini 10 81 +4 Laps
12 1 Graham Whitehead Alta 12 80 +5 Laps
13 18 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 15 80 +5 Laps
14 113 Johnny Claes Simca 23 79 +6 Laps
15 26 Lance Macklin HWM 29 79 +6 Laps
16 28 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught 17 79 +6 Laps
17 33 Harry Schell Maserati 32 78 +7 Laps
18 46 Gino Bianco Maserati 28 77 +8 Laps
19 32 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 31 76 +9 Laps
20 36 Eric Brandon Cooper 18 76 +9 Laps
21 23 Tony Crook Frazer Nash 25 75 +10 Laps
22 38 Alan Brown Cooper 13 69 +16 Laps
R 29 Peter Collins HWM 14 73 Ignition
R 28 Duncan Hamilton HWM 11 44 Engine
R 32 Stirling Moss ERA 16 36 Engine
R 4 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 21 21 Gearbox
R 120 Tony Gaze HWM 26 19 Engine
R 7 David Murray Cooper 22 14 Engine
R 2 Robert Manzon Gordini 4 9 Clutch
R 20 Peter Hirt Ferrari 24 3 Brakes
R 50 Eitel Cantoni Maserati 27 0 Brakes
W 114 Bill Aston Aston Butterworth 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
10 Nino Farina
2
12 Alberto Ascari
3
14 Piero Taruffi
4
2 Robert Manzon
5
22 Ken Downing
6
8 Reg Parnell
7
42 Mike Hawthorn
8
30 Dennis Poore
9
5 Eric Thompson
10
26 Prince Bira
11
28 Duncan Hamilton
12
1 Graham Whitehead
13
38 Alan Brown
14
29 Peter Collins
15
18 Rudi Fischer
16
32 Stirling Moss
17
28 Kenneth McAlpine
18
36 Eric Brandon
19
14 Roy Salvadori
20
21 Peter Whitehead
21
4 Maurice Trintignant
22
7 David Murray
23
113 Johnny Claes
24
20 Peter Hirt
25
23 Tony Crook
26
120 Tony Gaze
27
50 Eitel Cantoni
28
46 Gino Bianco
29
26 Lance Macklin
31
32 Toulo de Graffenried
32
33 Harry Schell
PIT
114 Bill Aston pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15