1952 British Grand Prix
| Date | Saturday, 19 July 1952 |
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| Circuit | Silverstone, 85 laps |
| Round | 5 of 8 |
| Race numbers | The 1952 British Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +1 |  Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 85 | 2hr 44m 11.000s | 9 FL |
| 2 | +1 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 84 | +1 lap | 6 |
| 3 | +4 |  Mike Hawthorn | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 83 | +2 laps | 4 |
| 4 | +4 | Dennis Poore | Connaught-Lea Francis | 83 | +2 laps | 3 |
| 5 | +4 | Eric Thompson | Connaught-Lea Francis | 82 | +3 laps | 2 |
| 6 | -5 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | 82 | +3 laps | |
| 7 | -1 | Reg Parnell | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 82 | +3 laps | |
| 8 | +11 | Roy Salvadori | Ferrari (privateer) | 82 | +3 laps | |
| 9 | -4 | Ken Downing | Connaught-Lea Francis | 82 | +3 laps | |
| 10 | +10 | Peter Whitehead | Ferrari (privateer) | 81 | +4 laps | |
| 11 | -1 |  Birabongse Bhanudej | Gordini | 81 | +4 laps | |
| 12 | Graham Whitehead | Alta (privateer) | 80 | +5 laps | ||
| 13 | +2 |  Rudi Fischer | Ferrari (privateer) | 80 | +5 laps | |
| 14 | +9 |  Johnny Claes | Simca-Gordini (privateer) | 79 | +6 laps | |
| 15 | +14 | Lance Macklin | HWM-Alta | 79 | +6 laps | |
| 16 | +1 | Ken McAlpine | Connaught-Lea Francis | 79 | +6 laps | |
| 17 | +15 |  Harry Schell | Maserati (privateer) | 78 | +7 laps | |
| 18 | +10 |  Gino Bianco | Maserati (privateer) | 77 | +8 laps | |
| 19 | +12 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati (privateer) | 76 | +9 laps | |
| 20 | -2 | Eric Brandon | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 76 | +9 laps | |
| 21 | +4 | Tony Crook | Frazer Nash-Bristol (privateer) | 75 | +10 laps | |
| R | Peter Collins | HWM-Alta | 73 | DNF | ||
| 22 | -9 | Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 69 | +16 laps | |
| R | Duncan Hamilton | HWM-Alta | 44 | DNF | ||
| R | Stirling Moss | ERA-Bristol | 36 | DNF | ||
| R |  Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 21 | DNF | ||
| R |  Tony Gaze | HWM-Alta (privateer) | 20 | DNF | ||
| R | David Murray | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 14 | DNF | ||
| R | Robert Manzon | Gordini | 9 | DNF | ||
| R | Peter Hirt | Ferrari (privateer) | 3 | DNF | ||
| R |  Eitel Cantoni | Maserati (privateer) | 0 | DNF | ||
| Did not start | ||||||
| Bill Aston | Aston-Butterworth | |||||
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:50.000
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari |
| 2 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 3 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari |
| 4 | Robert Manzon | Gordini |
| 5 | Ken Downing | Connaught-Lea Francis |
| 6 | Reg Parnell | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 7 | Mike Hawthorn | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 8 | Dennis Poore | Connaught-Lea Francis |
| 9 | Eric Thompson | Connaught-Lea Francis |
| 10 | Birabongse Bhanudej | Gordini |
| 11 | Duncan Hamilton | HWM-Alta |
| 12 | Graham Whitehead | Alta (privateer) |
| 13 | Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 14 | Peter Collins | HWM-Alta |
| 15 | Rudi Fischer | Ferrari (privateer) |
| 16 | Stirling Moss | ERA-Bristol |
| 17 | Ken McAlpine | Connaught-Lea Francis |
| 18 | Eric Brandon | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 19 | Roy Salvadori | Ferrari (privateer) |
| 20 | Peter Whitehead | Ferrari (privateer) |
| 21 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini |
| 22 | David Murray | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 23 | Johnny Claes | Simca-Gordini (privateer) |
| 24 | Peter Hirt | Ferrari (privateer) |
| 25 | Tony Crook | Frazer Nash-BMW (privateer) |
| 26 | Tony Gaze | HWM-Alta (privateer) |
| 27 | Eitel Cantoni | Maserati (privateer) |
| 28 | Gino Bianco | Maserati (privateer) |
| 29 | Lance Macklin | HWM-Alta |
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| 31 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati (privateer) |
| 32 | Harry Schell | Maserati (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1952 British Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Alberto Ascari | 27 |
| 2 | Piero Taruffi | 19 |
| 3 | Giuseppe Farina | 12 |
| 4 | Troy Ruttman | 8 |
| 5 | Robert Manzon | 7 |
| = | Mike Hawthorn | 7 |
| 7 | Rudi Fischer | 6 |
| = | Jim Rathmann | 6 |
| 9 | Jean Behra | 4 |
| = | Sam Hanks | 4 |
| 11 | Ken Wharton | 3 |
| = | Duane Carter | 3 |
| = | Dennis Poore | 3 |
| 14 | Alan Brown | 2 |
| = | Art Cross | 2 |
| = | Paul Frere | 2 |
| = | Maurice Trintignant | 2 |
| = | Eric Thompson | 2 |
| 19 | Bill Vukovich | 1 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Gino Bianco, Eitel Cantoni (first Uruguayan driver to start a race), Tony Crook, Ken Downing, Ken McAlpine, Dennis Poore, Roy Salvadori, Eric Thompson (only start), Graham Whitehead (only start)
- Connaught
- Last start
- David Murray
- Alta
- Wins
- 5th for Alberto Ascari
- 7th for Ferrari
- Race 1-2
- 5th for Ferrari NEW RECORD
- Podiums
- 9th for Alberto Ascari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Giuseppe Farina), 4th for Piero Taruffi (last podium until 1955; last for Ferrari), 1st for Mike Hawthorn (27th different podium finisher, 3rd British driver; only podium for Cooper)
- 23rd & 24th for Ferrari, 1st for Cooper (9th different podium finisher, last until 1958)
- Poles
- 4th for Giuseppe Farina (last until 1954)
- 7th for Ferrari
- Qualifying 1-2
- 5th for Ferrari
- Fastest laps
- 3rd for Alberto Ascari
- 4th for Ferrari
- Front row starts
- 17th for Giuseppe Farina, 9th for Alberto Ascari, 4th and last for Piero Taruffi, 2nd for Robert Manzon
- Points finishes
- 1st and only for Dennis Poore & Eric Thompson (47th & 48th different point scorers, 6th & 7th British drivers)
- Win & fastest lap
- 3rd for Alberto Ascari