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Alberto Ascari won the 1952 British Grand Prix

Alberto Ascari won the 1952 British Grand Prix for Ferrari, ahead of Piero Taruffi and Mike Hawthorn at Silverstone Circuit.

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Race recap

Winner
Alberto Ascari
Team
Ferrari
Top listed
Alberto Ascari, Piero Taruffi, and Mike Hawthorn
Race date
July 19, 1952
Pole
Nino Farina
Fastest lap
Alberto Ascari
Classified drivers
32
Circuit
Silverstone Circuit

The decisive result

Alberto Ascari finished first for Ferrari. Piero Taruffi is listed 2 for Ferrari, with Mike Hawthorn 3 for Cooper.

Grid to finish

Harry Schell from P32 to P17 (+15), Lance Macklin from P29 to P15 (+14), and Emmanuel de Graffenried from P31 to P19 (+12) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Nino Farina started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 5 +3 laps, 4 Engine, 3 +6 laps, 2 +2 laps, and 2 +4 laps. Alberto Ascari holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:52.000 on lap 9. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Alberto AscariFerrari2:44:11.0009
2Piero TaruffiFerrari+1 lap6
3Mike HawthornCooper+2 laps4
4Dennis PooreConnaught+2 laps3
5Eric ThompsonConnaught+3 laps2
6Nino FarinaFerrari+3 laps0
7Reg ParnellCooper+3 laps0
8Roy SalvadoriFerrari+3 laps0
9Ken DowningConnaught+3 laps0
10Peter WhiteheadFerrari+4 laps0
11Birabongse BhanudejGordini+4 laps0
12Graham WhiteheadAlta+5 laps0
13Rudi FischerFerrari+5 laps0
14Johnny ClaesSimca-Gordini+6 laps0
15Lance MacklinHWM+6 laps0
16Kenneth McAlpineConnaught+6 laps0
17Harry SchellMaserati+7 laps0
18Gino BiancoMaserati+8 laps0
19Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati+9 laps0
20Eric BrandonCooper+9 laps0