1952 - British Grand Prix

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1952 - British Grand Prix

Race Name - British Grand Prix
Date - 7/19/1952
Race Track - Silverstone Circuit
Number of Starting Cars - 31
Laps Run - 85
Pole Winner Nino Farina
Average Race Speed - 146.321 kph
Lead Changes - 2 Leader(s) with 1 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Alberto Ascari
Race Number - 5

Fin	St	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine
1	2	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4
2	3	Piero Taruffi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4
3	7	Mike Hawthorn	Leslie Hawthorn	Cooper T20	Bristol 2.0 L6
4	8	Dennis Poore	Connaught Engineering	Connaught A	Lea Francis 2.0 L4
5	9	Eric Thompson	Connaught Engineering	Connaught A	Lea Francis 2.0 L4
6	1	Nino Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4
7	6	Reg Parnell	AHM Bryde	Cooper T20	Bristol 2.0 L6
8	19	Roy Salvadori	G Caprara	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4
9	5	Ken Downing	Connaught Engineering	Connaught A	Lea Francis 2.0 L4
10	20	Peter Whitehead	Peter Whitehead	Ferrari 125/F2	Ferrari
11	10	Prince Bira	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.0 L6
12	12	Graham Whitehead	Graham Whitehead	Alta F2	Alta 1.5
13	15	Rudi Fischer	Escurie Espadon	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4
14	23	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Simca-Gordini T15	Gordini
15	29	Lance Macklin	HW Motors	HWM	Alta 1.5
16	17	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught Engineering	Connaught A	Lea Francis 2.0 L4
17	32	Harry Schell	Enrico Plate	Maserati 4CLT	Plate 2.0 L4
18	28	Gino Bianco	Escuderia Bandeirantes	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati
19	31	Toulo de Graffenried	Enrico Plate	Maserati 4CLT	Plate 2.0 L4
20	18	Eric Brandon	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20	Bristol 2.0 L6
21	25	Tony Crook	Tony Crook	Fraser-Nash 421	BMW 2.0 L6
22	13	Alan Brown	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20	Bristol 2.0 L6
23	14	Peter Collins	HW Motors	HWM	Alta 1.5
24	11	Duncan Hamilton	HW Motors	HWM	Alta 1.5
25	16	Stirling Moss	ERA Ltd	ERA G	Bristol 2.0 L6
26	21	Maurice Trintignant	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.0 L6
27	26	Tony Gaze	Tony Gaze	HWM	Alta 1.5
28	22	David Murray	Ecurie Ecosse	Cooper T20	Bristol 2.0 L6
29	4	Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.0 L6
30	24	Peter Hirt	Escurie Espadon	Ferrari 212	Ferrari
31	27	Eitel Cantoni	Escuderia Bandeirantes	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati
32	30	Bill Aston	WS Aston	Aston	Butterworth 2.0 L4