Type: | NC |
Country: | UK |
Grand Prix: | BRDC International Trophy |
Official Name: | IV Daily Express BRDC International Trophy |
Location: | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire |
Date: | 10 May |
Year: | 1952 |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Mi: | 2.93 |
Course Km: | 4.70 |
Distance Laps: | final 35 |
Distance Mi: | 102.44 |
Distance Km: | 164.31 |
Pole Driver: | Mike Hawthorn |
Pole Country: | GBR |
Pole Team: | Cooper-Bristol |
Pole Time: | 2:00.0 |
Fast Driver: | Rudi Fischer |
Fast Team: | Ferrari |
Fast Time: | 1:58.0 |
Fast Country: | CH |
First Driver: | Lance Macklin |
First Country: | GBR |
First Team: | HWM-Alta |
Second Driver: | Tony Rolt |
Second Country: | GBR |
Second Team: | HWM-Alta |
Third Driver: | Emmanuel de Graffenried |
Third Country: | CH |
Third Team: | Maserati |
The 4th BRDC International 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.[1]