1953 London Trophy
1953 London Trophy | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 19 September 1953 | ||
Official name | I London Trophy | ||
Location | Crystal Palace Circuit, London | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 2.172 km (1.350 mi) | ||
Distance | 20 laps, 43.452 km (27.000 mi) | ||
Attendance | 13244 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver |
| Cooper-Alta | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | ![]() | Connaught-Lea Francis | |
Time | 1:08.0 | ||
Podium | |||
First |
| Cooper-Alta | |
Second |
| Connaught-Lea Francis | |
Third |
| Cooper-Bristol |
Motor car race
The 1st London Trophy was a Formula Two motor race held on 19 September 1953 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps with the winner being decided by aggregate time.
Stirling Moss in a Cooper T24-Alta and Tony Rolt in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis were first and second in both heats and on aggregate time. Bob Gerard in a Cooper T23-Bristol was third in the first heat and Ron Flockhart in a Connaught Type A was third in the second heat, and set fastest lap, but neither performed well in the other heat, and Horace Gould in a Cooper T23 was placed third.[1][2]
Entries
No. | Driver | Entrant | Car |
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1 | ![]() | R.R.C. Walker Racing Team | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis |
2 | ![]() | Ken Wharton | Cooper T23-Bristol |
3 | ![]() | Bernard Ecclestone | Cooper T20-Bristol |
4 | ![]() | F.R. Gerard | Cooper T23-Bristol |
5 | ![]() | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper T23-Bristol |
6 | ![]() | Gould's Garage Bristol | Cooper T23-Bristol |
7 | ![]() | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T24-Alta |
8 | ![]() | John Webb | Turner-Lea Francis |
9 | ![]() | Emeryson Cars | Emeryson-Aston Martin |
10 | ![]() | Connaught Engineering | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis |
11 | ![]() | Tony Crook | Cooper T20-Bristol |
12 | ![]() | Sibley's Garage | HWM-Alta |
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Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Heat 2
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Aggregate
Pos | Driver | Car | Time/Ret. |
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1 | ![]() | Cooper-Alta | 23:24.2, 114.71kph |
2 | ![]() | Connaught-Lea Francis | +3.0s |
3 | ![]() | Cooper-Bristol | +47.8s |
4 | ![]() | Cooper-Bristol | +1:48.0 |
5 | ![]() | Cooper-Bristol | +2:17.2 |
![]() | Turner-Lea Francis | ||
![]() | HWM-Alta | ||
![]() | Emeryson-Aston Martin | ||
![]() | Cooper-Bristol | ||
![]() | Cooper-Bristol | ||
![]() | Connaught-Lea Francis |
References
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