Kammala wannan jumla: Thompson ya shiga wani aiki Connaught ga
1952 RAC British Grand Prix tare da Lea-Francis engine kuma ya cancanci motar ta tara a kan grid. A cikin tseren ya yi matsayi lokacin da aka tilasta wa direban Gordini Robert Manzon yin ritaya tare da matsalar haɗin gwiwa. Ya yi nasarar gamawa a matsayi na biyar, zagaye uku a bayan wanda ya lashe tseren Alberto Ascari kuma a gaban Gwarzon Direbobin Duniya na 1950 Giuseppe Farina, kuma a bayan abokin aikinsa Dennis Poore.