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1953 London Trophy

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1953 London Trophy
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 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart Connaught-Lea Francis
Time 1:08.0
Podium
First Cooper-Alta
Second Connaught-Lea Francis
Third Cooper-Bristol

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

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No. Driver Entrant Car
1 United Kingdom Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
2 United Kingdom Ken Wharton1 Ken Wharton Cooper T23-Bristol
3 United Kingdom Bernie Ecclestone Bernard Ecclestone Cooper T20-Bristol
4 United Kingdom Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol
5 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23-Bristol
6 United Kingdom Horace Gould Gould's Garage Bristol Cooper T23-Bristol
7 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper Car Company Cooper T24-Alta
8 United Kingdom John Webb John Webb Turner-Lea Francis
9 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Aston Martin
10 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
11 United Kingdom Tony Crook Tony Crook Cooper T20-Bristol
12 United Kingdom Austen Nurse Sibley's Garage HWM-Alta

1Wharton DNA

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret.
1 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta 11:48.0
2 United Kingdom Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis +0.4s
3 United Kingdom Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol +16.4s
4 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol
5 United Kingdom Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol
6 United Kingdom Bernie Ecclestone Cooper-Bristol
United Kingdom John Webb Turner-Lea Francis
United Kingdom Austen Nurse HWM-Alta
United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson-Aston Martin
United Kingdom Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol
DNS United Kingdom Ron Flockhart Connaught-Lea Francis Engine
Heat 2
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret.
1 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta 11:36.4
2 United Kingdom Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis +2.4s
3 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart Connaught-Lea Francis +28.0s
4 United Kingdom Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol
5 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol
6 United Kingdom Bernie Ecclestone Cooper-Bristol
United Kingdom John Webb Turner-Lea Francis
United Kingdom Austen Nurse HWM-Alta
United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson-Aston Martin
United Kingdom Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol
United Kingdom Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol

Aggregate

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Pos Driver Car Time/Ret.
1 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta 23:24.2, 114.71kph
2 United Kingdom Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis +3.0s
3 United Kingdom Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol +47.8s
4 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol +1:48.0
5 United Kingdom Bernie Ecclestone Cooper-Bristol +2:17.2
United Kingdom John Webb Turner-Lea Francis
United Kingdom Austen Nurse HWM-Alta
United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson-Aston Martin
United Kingdom Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol
United Kingdom Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol
United Kingdom Ron Flockhart Connaught-Lea Francis

References

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  1. ^ "1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  2. ^ "I London Trophy 1953". the-fastlane.co.uk.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.


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