The 4th Lavant Cup was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held at Goodwood Circuit on 14 April 1952. The race was won by Mike Hawthorn in a Cooper T20-Bristol, setting fastest lap in the process. Alan Brown and Eric Brandon in the same model of car were second and third.[1][2]

1952 Lavant Cup
Non-championship race in the 1952 Formula One season
Race details
Date 14 April 1952
Official name IV Lavant Cup
Location Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Course Goodwood Circuit
Course length 3.830 km (2.388 miles)
Distance 6 laps, 22.980 km (14.328 miles)
Pole position
Driver Cooper-Bristol
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Cooper-Bristol
Time 1:42
Podium
First Cooper-Bristol
Second Cooper-Bristol
Third Cooper-Bristol

Results edit

Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid
1 41   Mike Hawthorn R.J. Chase Cooper T20-Bristol 10:23.1, 83.46mph 1
2 10   Alan Brown Ecurie Richmond Cooper T20-Bristol +20.9s 3
3 4   Eric Brandon Ecurie Richmond Cooper T20-Bristol +1:20.9 5
4 33   Bill Dobson Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 125 +1:48.7 8
5 42   Tony Gaze T. Gaze Alta F2 6 laps 15
6 39   Lawrence Mitchell L. Mitchell Frazer Nash-Bristol 6 laps 9
7 45   Mike Christie Mike Christie Racing Stable Cooper T12-JAP 6 laps 13
8 47   Bill Aston Bill Aston Aston Butterworth 6 laps 6
9 36   Gordon Watson G. Watson Alta F2 6 laps 6
10 49   John Barber J. Barber Cooper T12-JAP 6 laps 10
11 40   Mike Keen M. Keen HRG-Lea Francis 6 laps 12
12 37   Horace Richards H.A. Richards HAR-Riley 5 laps 14
Ret 34   George Abecassis Hersham and Walton Motors HWM-Alta 2 laps, accident 2
Ret 38   Norman Pugh Ecurie Pughey Cooper T12-JAP 1 lap 16
DNS 28   Ken Wharton Scuderia Franera Frazer Nash-Bristol car not ready 4
DNS 46   John Cooper Ecurie Richmond Cooper T20-Bristol - 7
DNA 33   David Murray Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 125 car driven by Bill Dobson -
DNA 35   Kenneth McAlpine Kenneth McAlpine Connaught A Type-Lea Francis - -
DNA 38   Rodney Nuckey Ecurie Pughey Cooper T12-JAP car driven by Norman Pugh -
DNA 43   Philip Fotheringham-Parker W.B. Black Connaught A Type-Lea Francis - -
DNA 45   Noel Johnson Mike Christie Racing Stable Cooper T12-JAP car driven by Mike Christie -
DNA 48   Ken Downing K. Downing Connaught A Type-Lea Francis - -

References edit

  1. ^ "1952 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  2. ^ "IV Lavant Cup 1952". Retrieved 2022-05-23.


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