1952 Madgwick Cup

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type =

|Country = UK

|Image = Goodwood track map.svg

|Grand Prix = Madgwick Cup

|GP_Suffix =

|Official name = V Madgwick Cup

|Location = Chichester, West Sussex, UK

|Date = 27 September

|Year = 1952

|Course = Goodwood Circuit

|Course_mi = 2.388

|Course_km = 3.863

|Distance_laps = 7

|Distance_mi = 16.716

|Distance_km = 27.041

|Weather =

|Pole_Driver = Eric Thompson

|Pole_Country = GBR

|Pole_Team = Connaught-Lea Francis

|Fast_Driver = Dennis Poore

|Fast_Team = Connaught-Lea Francis

|Fast_Time = 1:39.6

|Fast_Country = GBR

|First_Driver = Ken Downing

|First_Country = GBR

|First_Team = Connaught-Lea Francis

|Second_Driver = Dennis Poore

|Second_Country = GBR

|Second_Team = Connaught-Lea Francis

|Third_Driver = Alan Brown

|Third_Country = GBR

|Third_Team = Cooper-Bristol

}}

The 5th Madgwick Cup was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held at Goodwood Circuit on 27 September 1952. The race was won by Ken Downing in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis. Teammate Dennis Poore was second, setting fastest lap in the process, and Alan Brown in a Cooper T20-Bristol was third.{{cite web |url=http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1952/1952.html#madg|title=1952 Non-World Championship Grands Prix|accessdate=2022-06-15}}{{cite web |url=http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F252_41.htm|title=V Madgwick Cup 1952|accessdate=2022-06-15}}

Results

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!Pos

!No

!Driver

!Entrant

!Car

!Time/Retired

!Grid

1

| 24

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ken Downing

| Connaught Racing Syndicate

| Connaught Type A-Lea Francis

| 11:53.0; 85.09 mph

| 2

2

| 20

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dennis Poore

| Connaught Racing Syndicate

| Connaught Type A-Lea Francis

| +13.4s

| 5

3

| 16

| {{flagicon|UK}} Alan Brown

| Ecurie Richmond

| Cooper T20-Bristol

| +17.4s

| 4

4

| 27

| {{flagicon|UK}} Peter Whitehead

| Peter Whitehead

| Alta F2

| +21.8s

| 11

5

| 21

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Kenneth McAlpine

| Connaught Racing Syndicate

| Connaught Type A-Lea Francis

| +23.2s

| 10

6

| 31

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ninian Sanderson

| Ecurie Ecosse

| Cooper T20-Bristol

| +23.3s

| 12

7

| 26

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Salvadori

| G. Caprara

| Ferrari 500

| +23.4s

| 6

8

| 23

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Barber

| J. Barber

| Cooper T20-Bristol

| +33.0s

| 14

9

| 35

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ken Wharton

| Scuderia Franera

| Frazer Nash-Bristol

| +50.0s

| 20

10

| 33

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Leslie Marr

| Connaught Racing Syndicate

| Connaught Type A-Lea Francis

| +55.0s

| 18

11

| 3

| {{flagicon|UK}} Bill Dobson

| Scuderia Ambrosiana

| Ferrari 125

| +1:19.6

| 17

12

| 36

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Skelly

| Bill Skelly

| Frazer Nash-Bristol

| +1:50.0

| 19

Ret

| 37

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Horace Richards

| H.A. Richards

| HAR-Riley

| 5 laps

| 22

Ret

| 29

| {{flagicon|UK}} Oliver Simpson

| R. York

| Alta F2

| 5 laps

| 21

Ret

| 30

| {{flagicon|IRL}} Richard Odlum

| R. Odlum

| Frazer Nash-Bristol

| 5 laps

| 16

Ret

| 34

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Aston

| Bill Aston

| Aston Butterworth

| 5 laps, engine

| 8

Ret

| 15

| {{flagicon|UK}} Eric Brandon

| Ecurie Richmond

| Cooper T20-Bristol

| 2 laps

| 9

Ret

| 32

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Eric Thompson

| Connaught Racing Syndicate

| Connaught Type A-Lea Francis

| 1 lap, crash

| 1

Ret

| 25

| {{flagicon|FRA}} André Loens

| Fraser-Hartwell Syndicate

| Cooper T20-Bristol

| 0 laps, crash

| 13

Ret

| 17

| {{flagicon|UK}} Stirling Moss

| ERA Ltd

| ERA G-Type-Bristol

| 0 laps, crash

| 7

DNS

| 14

| {{flagicon|UK}} Duncan Hamilton

| L. Hawthorn

| Cooper T20-Bristol

| engine

| 3

DNS

| 28

| {{flagicon|UK}} Gordon Watson

| G. Watson

| Alta F2

| clutch

| 15

DNA

| 14

| {{flagicon|UK}} Mike Hawthorn

| L. Hawthorn

| Cooper T20-Bristol

| driver injured

| -

DNA

| 97

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Harold Goldschmidt

| H. Goldschmidt

| Kieft-JAP

|

| -

DNA

| 98

| {{flagicon|GBR}} David Bennett

| David Bennett

| Cooper T12-JAP

|

| -

References

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{{F1 NC race report

| Name_of_race = Madgwick Cup

| Year_of_race = 1952

| Previous_race_in_season = 1952 Skarpnäcksloppet

| Next_race_in_season = 1952 Avusrennen

| Previous_year's_race = 1951 Madgwick Cup

| Next_year's_race = 1953 Madgwick Cup

}}

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