1952 British Grand Prix

1952 British Grand Prix
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Silverstone Circuit in 1952–1973 configuration
Silverstone Circuit in 1952–1973 configuration
Race details
Date 19 July 1952
Official name 5th RAC British Grand Prix
Location Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.7105 km (2.927 miles)
Distance 85 laps, 400.307 km (248.739 miles)
Weather Overcast, dry.
Attendance 100,000 (estimate)[1]
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:50.0
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Time 1:52.0
Podium
First
  • Italy Alberto Ascari
Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Cooper-Bristol
Lap leaders

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.

Photo from Grandstand

New pit facilities had been built on the straight between Woodcote and Copse corners; the original pits were located between Abbey and Woodcote.

  1. ^ "British Grand Prix". Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press. 26 July 1952. Retrieved 9 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.