IV Daily Express B.R.D.C. International Trophy 1952
Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, Great Britain

 

May 10 2 x 15 laps x 4710 m + Final 35 laps = 2 x 70.65 + 164.85 km Pole Position: Mike Hawthorn, 2'00.0" Fastest Lap; Heat 1: Behra & Hawthorn, 2'00.0" = 141.286 km/h
Fastest Lap; Heat 2: Fischer, 1'58.0" = 143.667 km/h
Fastest Lap; Final: Whitehead & Hawthorn, 1'59.0 = 142.476 km/h

FINAL

Pos Cla. # Driver, Nationality Entrant Car - Engine Chassis Qual.
Time		 Grid
Pos.		 Time, Laps Reason Out
1 1 31 Lance Macklin, GB HW Motors Ltd HWM 52 - Alta     10 1:11'58" 137.424 km/h
2 2 32 Tony Rolt, GB HW Motors Ltd HWM 51 - Alta     5 1:12'08"  
3 3 36 Baron Emmanuel 'Toulo' de Graffenried, CH Enrico Platé Maserati-Platé 4CLT/48     7 1:12'23"  
4 4 18 Rudolf 'Rudi' Fischer, CH Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 500 0184-F2   2 1:12'31"  
5 5 1 Peter Whitehead, GB Peter Whitehead Ferrari 125/166 0144   13 1:12'43"  
6 6 25 "B. Bira", SIAM Equipe Gordini Simca-Gordini T15 (1490cc) GC0011   11 1:13'32"  
7 7 23 Ken Wharton, GB Peter Bell Frazer Nash FN48 - Bristol 421/100/172   12 1:13'32.2"  
8 8 41 Johnny Claes, B Ecurie Belge Simca-Gordini T15 GC0015   26? 1:14'04"  
9 9 29 Peter Collins, GB HW Motors Ltd HWM 52 - Alta     8 34  
10 10 8 Kenneth McAlpine, GB Kenneth McAlpine Connaught A - Lea Francis     18 34  
11 11 39 Toni Ulmen, D Toni Ulmen Veritas RS - BMW "Grossmutter"     19 34  
12 12 21 Bill Dobson, GB Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 125/166 10C   16 34  
13 13 9 Kenneth Downing, GB Kenneth Downing Connaught A - Lea Francis     24 33  
14 14 4 Gordon Watson, GB Gordon Watson Alta F2     23 32  
15 15 19 Peter Hirt, CH Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 212/166     20 32  
16 16 3 Tony Gaze, AUS Tony Gaze Alta F2     17 31  
17 17 22 Tony Crook, GB Tony Crook Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica     15 31  
                     
18 NC 11 Mike Hawthorn, GB L. D. Hawthorn Cooper T20 - Bristol CB 4/52   3 30  
19 NC 20 Bobbie Baird, GB Bobbie Baird Ferrari 500 0188-F2   6 29 Oil leak
20 NC 12 Alan Brown, GB Cooper Car Co Cooper T20 - Bristol CB 2/52   9 23  
                     
21 DNF 37 Harry Schell, F/USA Enrico Platé Maserati-Platé 4CLT/48     14 18 Steering
22 DNF 35 Ted Lund, GB Bill Skelly Lea Francis (1674cc)     22 14  
23 DNF 30 Duncan Hamilton, GB HW Motors Ltd HWM 52 - Alta     25 9 Fuel feed
24 DNF 27 Jean Behra, F Equipe Gordini Simca-Gordini T15 (1490cc) GC0022   4 3 Transmission
25 DNF 33 Horace Richards, GB Horace Richards HAR - Riley     21 2  
26 DNF 26 Robert Manzon, F Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 0031   1 1 Transmission
27 DNF 6 Philip Fotheringham-Parker, GB Bill Black Connaught A - Lea Francis         Spun off at Becketts,
3 marshals injured
                     
28 DNQ 5
6		 Bill Aston, GB Bill Aston Aston - Butterworth          
29 DNQ 24 Bob Gerard, GB Bob Gerard Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica          
30 DNQ   Reg Parnell, GB Cooper Car Co Cooper T20 - Lea Francis CB 1/52        
31 DNQ 6
5		 Robin Montgomerie-
Charrington, GB		 Bill Aston Aston - Butterworth          
32 DNQ 38 Paul Pietsch, D Paul Pietsch Veritas Meteor          
33 DNQ 28 George Abecassis, GB HW Motors Ltd HWM 52 - Alta          
34 DNQ 42 Geoff Richardson, GB Geoff Richardson RRA - Riley          
35 DNQ 34 Mike Keen, GB Mike Keen HRG - Lea Francis          
                     
36 DNA 2 Graham Whitehead, GB Graham Whitehead Alta F2          
37 DNA 15 Stirling Moss, GB ERA Ltd ERA G - Bristol          
38 DNA 16 Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina, I Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500          
39 DNA 17 Luigi Villoresi, I Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500          
40 DNA 40 Zora Arkus-Duntov, USA "Alexander Orley" Orley Speciale          
41 DNA 42 Peter Walker, GB Geoff Richardson RRA - Riley          
42 DNA 43 Bertie Bradnack, GB Berti Bradnack Woden - Bristol          
43 DNA 14 John Cooper, GB Cooper Car Co Cooper T20 - Bristol          
44 DNA 21 David Murray, GB Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 125/166          
45 DNA 22 Roy Salvadori, GB Tony Crook Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica          
46 DNA 34 Len Gibbs, GB Mike Keen HRG - Lea Francis          
47 DNA 35 Bill Skelly, GB Bill Skelly Lea Francis          
48 DNA 37 Reg Parnell, GB Enrico Platé Maserati-Platé 4CLT/48          

 

Heat 1

Cla. Driver Qual.
Time		 Grid
Pos.		 Time, Laps Reason Out
1 Hawthorn 2.00" 1 30'49.0" 137.537 km/h
2 Behra 2.02" 3 30'51.4"  
3 Collins 2.02" 2 31'21.0"  
4 Macklin 2.03" 4 31'34.4"  
5 "B. Bira" 2.05 8 31'39.8"  
6 Wharton 2.04" 6 31'44.6"  
7 P. Whitehead 2.05" 7 31'53.0"  
8 Schell 2.10" 13 31'53.2"  
9 Dobson 2.11" 16 32'30.0"  
10 Gaze 2.06" 9 14  
11 Ulmen 2.10" 14 14  
12 Hirt 2.10" 12 14  
13 Richards 2.42" 17 12  
14 Claes 2.07" 10 11 Transmission
15 Lund 2.11" 15 11  
DNF Aston 2.07" 11 7  
DNF Downing 2.04" 5 6 Engine

Heat 2

Cla. Driver Qual.
Time		 Grid
Pos.		 Time, Laps Reason Out
1 Manzon 2.01" 1 30'37.0" 138.438 km/h
2 Fischer 2.02" 3 30'39.4"  
3 Rolt 2.03" 7 30'52.0"  
4 Baird 2.04" 9 31'02.6"  
5 de Graffenried 2.02" 5 31'08.0"  
6 Brown 2.06" 11 31'31.0"  
7 Crook 2.15" 15 32'08.4"  
8 McAlpine 2.02" 2 14  
9 Gerard 2.10" 14 11  
10 Watson 2.09" 13 9  
DNF Fotheringham-Parker 2.03" 6 8 Accident
DNF Parnell 2.04" 8 8  
DNF Montgomerie-Charrington 2.17" 16 7 Gearbox
DNF Hamilton 2.02" 4 6 Differential
DNF Pietsch 2.05" 10 4  
DNF Abecassis 2.07"   4 Differential
DNF Richardson     1  

 

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