1952 British Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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Silverstone Circuit in 1952–1973 configuration
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| Date | 19 July 1952 | ||
| Official name | V RAC British Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, England |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.7105 km (2.927 mi) | ||
| Distance | 85 laps, 400.307 km (248.739 mi) | ||
| Weather | Overcast, Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:50.0 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alberto Ascari
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:52.0 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
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Ferrari | |
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Cooper-Bristol | ||
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The 1952 British Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 19 July 1952 at Silverstone Circuit. It was race 5 of 8 in the 1952 World Championship of Drivers, in which each Grand Prix was run to Formula Two rules rather than the Formula One regulations normally used.
New pit facilities had been built on the straight between Woodcote and Copse corners; the original pits were located between Abbey and Woodcote.
Jean Behra was unable to take part in the British Grand Prix, having broken his shoulder blade at the non-championship Grand Prix de Sables d'Olonne the previous weekend. Consequently, Maurice Trintignant took over Behra's Gordini T16 for Silverstone, having driven a Simca-Gordini T15 at Rouen-Les-Essarts. The Gordini team also fielded regular drivers Robert Manzon and Prince Bira. As in the previous race, Belgian driver Johnny Claes entered a privateer Simca-Gordini under the 'Ecurie Belge' moniker. Ferrari stuck with the same three drivers — Alberto Ascari, Nino Farina and Piero Taruffi — who had monopolised the podium positions at the French Grand Prix. There were also a number of privateer Ferrari entrants: Fischer and Hirt for Ecurie Espadon, Peter Whitehead and Roy Salvadori. HWM continued their policy of partnering regulars Peter Collins and Lance Macklin with a local driver, in this case Duncan Hamilton. The Connaught team ran a quartet of Lea Francis-engined entries — McAlpine, Downing, Thompson and Poore — while the remainder of the grid was made up of a series of privateers of various constructors, including Coopers and Maseratis.
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