The 2nd Daily Mail Trophy was a non-championship motor race held for Formula One and Formula Two cars at Boreham Circuit on 2 August 1952. The race was won by Luigi Villoresi in a Ferrari 375, who also set pole and fastest lap. Chico Landi was second in another 375 and Mike Hawthorn was third in a Cooper T20-Bristol, and highest place Formula Two entrant.
After being run for two years in succession, the 3rd Daily Mail Trophy race would not be held until 1984.
Results PosNoDriverEntrantCarTime/RetiredGrid 1 17 Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 375 2:25:36.0, 83.11 mph 1 2 29 Chico Landi Escuderia Bandeirantes Ferrari 375 +10.0s 3 3 4 Mike Hawthorn Leslie Hawthorn Cooper T20-Bristol +1:06.0 6 4 21 Philippe Étancelin Philippe Étancelin Talbot-Lago T26C +1 lap 7 5 18 Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 375 +1 lap 5 6 3 Alan Brown Ecurie Richmond Cooper T20-Bristol +1 lap 13 7 1 Stirling Moss English Racing Automobiles ERA G-Type-Bristol +1 lap 10 8 10 Bobbie Baird Giovanni Caprara Ferrari 500 +2 laps 9 2 Eric Brandon Ecurie Richmond Cooper T20-Bristol +3 laps 10 24 Alberto Crespo Antonio Lago Talbot-Lago T26C +4 laps 12 11 16 Peter Whitehead P. Whitehead Ferrari 125 +4 laps 12 20 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago T26C +5 laps 9 13 8 Ninian Sanderson Ecurie Ecosse Cooper T20-Bristol +5 laps 14 27 Joe Kelly Joe Kelly Alta GP +5 laps 15 7 Dennis Poore Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +5 laps 8 16 26 Ken Wharton British Racing Motors BRM P15 61 laps, gearbox 4 17 11 Franco Cortese Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 166 S +6 laps 18 15 Ken Downing Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +7 laps 11 19 9 Bill Dobson Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 125 +7 laps 16 20 19 Eugene Chaboud Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C +7 laps 15 NC 33 Spen King Gerry Dunham Rover 75 +8 laps NC 14 Archie Bryde A. Bryde Cooper T20-Bristol +8 laps Ret 37 Oliver Simpson R. York Alta F2 52 laps Ret 28 Pierre Levegh Antonio Lago Talbot-Lago T26C 41 laps Ret 36 Ron Willis Antonio Lago BMW-Bristol 37 laps 14 Ret 5 André Loens Fraser-Hartwell Syndicate Cooper T20-Bristol 30 laps, mechanical Ret 32 John James John James Maserati 4CLT/48 Ret 31 Gerry Dunham Gerry Dunham Alvis Ret 38 Horace Richards H.A. Richards H.A.R.-Riley Ret 35 Harry Schell Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati 4CLT/48 Ret 34 Emmanuel de Graffenried Scuderia Enrico Platé Maserati 4CLT/48 Ret 39 Roy Salvadori Giovanni Caprara Ferrari 166 21 laps Ret 12 John Barber John Barber Cooper T20-Bristol 15 laps Ret 22 Graham Whitehead Graham Whitehead ERA B-Type 7 laps Ret 25 José Froilán González British Racing Motors BRM P15 3 laps, crash 2 DNA 6 Tony Crook Tony Crook Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica DNA 23 David Griffin Bobby Baird Baird-Griffin-Maserati DNA 30 Oscar Moore Oscar B. Moore HWM-Jaguar
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