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
}}
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 Type A-Lea Francis | 11:53.0; 85.09 mph | 2 |
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2
| 20 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Dennis Poore | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | +13.4s | 5 |
3
| 16 | {{flagicon|UK}} Alan Brown | +17.4s | 4 |
4
| 27 | {{flagicon|UK}} Peter Whitehead | Alta F2 | +21.8s | 11 |
5
| 21 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | +23.2s | 10 |
6
| 31 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Ninian Sanderson | +23.3s | 12 |
7
| 26 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Salvadori | G. Caprara | +23.4s | 6 |
8
| 23 | {{flagicon|GBR}} John Barber | +33.0s | 14 |
9
| 35 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Ken Wharton | +50.0s | 20 |
10
| 33 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Leslie Marr | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | +55.0s | 18 |
11
| 3 | {{flagicon|UK}} Bill Dobson | +1:19.6 | 17 |
12
| 36 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Skelly | +1:50.0 | 19 |
Ret
| 37 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Horace Richards | 5 laps | 22 |
Ret
| 29 | {{flagicon|UK}} Oliver Simpson | R. York | Alta F2 | 5 laps | 21 |
Ret
| 30 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Richard Odlum | R. Odlum | 5 laps | 16 |
Ret
| 34 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Aston | 5 laps, engine | 8 |
Ret
| 15 | {{flagicon|UK}} Eric Brandon | 2 laps | 9 |
Ret
| 32 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Eric Thompson | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | 1 lap, crash | 1 |
Ret
| 25 | {{flagicon|FRA}} André Loens | Fraser-Hartwell Syndicate | 0 laps, crash | 13 |
Ret
| 17 | {{flagicon|UK}} Stirling Moss | ERA Ltd | 0 laps, crash | 7 |
DNS
| 14 | {{flagicon|UK}} Duncan Hamilton | L. Hawthorn | engine | 3 |
DNS
| 28 | {{flagicon|UK}} Gordon Watson | Alta F2 | clutch | 15 |
DNA
| 14 | {{flagicon|UK}} Mike Hawthorn | L. Hawthorn | driver injured | - |
DNA
| 97 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Harold Goldschmidt | | - |
DNA
| 98 | {{flagicon|GBR}} David Bennett | | - |
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
}}