The 4th BRDC International Trophy – formally the International Daily Express Trophy – meeting was held on 10 May 1952 at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire. The race was run to Formula Two regulations, and was held over two heats of 15 laps each, followed by a final race of 35 laps. British driver Lance Macklin, driving an HWM-Alta won the final. Mike Hawthorn in a Cooper T20-Bristol was the fastest qualifier, and Rudi Fischer in a Ferrari 500 set overall fastest lap.
Results Final – 35 Laps Pos! No. Driver Chassis Time/Ret. 1 31 Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 1:11:58, 85.70 mph 2 32 Tony Rolt HWM-Alta +10s 3 36 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 4CLT/48 +25s 4 18 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 500 +33s 5 1 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 125 +45s 6 25 B. Bira Simca Gordini Type 15 +1:34 7 23 Ken Wharton Frazer Nash FN48 +1:34 8 41 Johnny Claes Simca Gordini Type 15 +2:06 9 29 Peter Collins HWM-Alta +1 lap 10 8 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Type A-Lea-Francis +1 lap 11 39 Toni Ulmen Veritas-Meteor +1 lap 12 21 Bill Dobson Ferrari 125 +1 lap 13 9 Ken Downing Connaught Type A-Lea-Francis +2 laps 14 4 Gordon Watson Alta F2 +3 laps 15 19 Peter Hirt Ferrari 212 +3 laps 16 3 Tony Gaze Alta F2 +4 laps 17 22 Tony Crook Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica +4 laps NC 11 Mike Hawthorn Cooper T20-Bristol +5 laps NC 20 Bobby Baird Ferrari 500 +6 laps, oil leak NC 12 Alan Brown Cooper T20-Bristol +12 laps Ret 37 Harry Schell Maserati 4CLT/48 18 laps, steering Ret 35 Ted Lund Lea-Francis 14 laps Ret 30 Duncan Hamilton HWM-Alta 9 laps, fuel feed Ret 27 Jean Behra Simca Gordini Type 15 3 laps, transmission Ret 33 Horace Richards H.A.R.-Riley 2 laps Ret 26 Robert Manzon Gordini Type 16 1 lap, transmission Fastest lap: Peter Whitehead/Mike Hawthorn – 1:59.0
Heats – 15 Laps
Heat 1 Pos Driver Team Time/Ret. 1 Mike Hawthorn L.D. Hawthorn 30:49.0, 85.75mph 2 Jean Behra Equipe Gordini +2.4s 3 Peter Collins HW Motors Ltd. +32.0s 4 Lance Macklin HW Motors Ltd. +45.4s 5 B. Bira Equipe Gordini +50.8s 6 Ken Wharton Peter Bell +55.6s 7 Peter Whitehead Peter Whitehead +1:18.0 8 Harry Schell Scuderia Enrico Platé +1:18.2 9 Bill Dobson Scuderia Ambrosiana +1:41.0 10 Tony Gaze Tony Gaze +1 lap 11 Toni Ulmen Toni Ulmen +1 lap 12 Peter Hirt Ecurie Espadon +1 lap 13 Horace Richards H.A. Richards +3 laps 14 Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge +4 laps, transmission 15 Ted Lund Bill Skelly +4 laps Ret Bill Aston Aston Butterworth 7 laps Ret Ken Downing K. Downing 6 laps, engine Fastest lap: Jean Behra/Mike Hawthorn – 2:00.0Heat 2 Pos Driver Entrant Time/Ret. 1 Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini 30:37.0, 86.31mph 2 Rudi Fischer Ecurie Espadon +2.4s 3 Tony Rolt HW Motors Ltd. +15.0s 4 Bobby Baird R. Baird +25.6 5 Emmanuel de Graffenried Scuderia Enrico Platé +31.0s 6 Alan Brown Cooper Car Company +54.0s 7 Tony Crook T. Crook +1:31.4 8 Kenneth McAlpine Kenneth McAlpine +1 lap 9 Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard +3 laps 10 Gordon Watson G. Watson +6 laps Ret Philip Fotheringham-Parker Bill Black 8 laps, accident Ret Reg Parnell Cooper Car Company 8 laps Ret Robin Montgomerie-Charrington Bill Aston 7 laps, gearbox Ret Duncan Hamilton HW Motors Ltd. 6 laps, differential Ret Paul Pietsch P. Pietsch 4 laps Ret George Abecassis HW Motors Ltd. 4 laps, differential Ret Geoff Richardson G. Richardson 1 lap Fastest lap: Rudi Fischer – 1:58.0
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