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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 T24Alta and Tony Rolt in a Connaught Type ALea Francis were first and second in both heats and on aggregate time. Bob Gerard in a Cooper T23Bristol 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
1 United Kingdom Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type ALea Francis
2 United Kingdom Ken Wharton1 Ken Wharton Cooper T23Bristol
3 United Kingdom Bernie Ecclestone Bernard Ecclestone Cooper T20Bristol
4 United Kingdom Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23Bristol
5 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23Bristol
6 United Kingdom Horace Gould Gould’s Garage Bristol Cooper T23Bristol
7 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper Car Company Cooper T24Alta
8 United Kingdom John Webb John Webb TurnerLea Francis
9 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson Cars EmerysonAston Martin
10 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart Connaught Engineering Connaught Type ALea Francis
11 United Kingdom Tony Crook Tony Crook Cooper T20Bristol
12 United Kingdom Austen Nurse Sibley’s Garage HWMAlta

1Wharton DNA

Results

Heats

Heat 1
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret.
1 United Kingdom Stirling Moss CooperAlta 11:48.0
2 United Kingdom Tony Rolt ConnaughtLea Francis +0.4s
3 United Kingdom Bob Gerard CooperBristol +16.4s
4 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey CooperBristol
5 United Kingdom Horace Gould CooperBristol
6 United Kingdom Bernie Ecclestone CooperBristol
United Kingdom John Webb TurnerLea Francis
United Kingdom Austen Nurse HWMAlta
United Kingdom Paul Emery EmerysonAston Martin
United Kingdom Tony Crook CooperBristol
DNS United Kingdom Ron Flockhart ConnaughtLea Francis Engine
Heat 2
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret.
1 United Kingdom Stirling Moss CooperAlta 11:36.4
2 United Kingdom Tony Rolt ConnaughtLea Francis +2.4s
3 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart ConnaughtLea Francis +28.0s
4 United Kingdom Horace Gould CooperBristol
5 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey CooperBristol
6 United Kingdom Bernie Ecclestone CooperBristol
United Kingdom John Webb TurnerLea Francis
United Kingdom Austen Nurse HWMAlta
United Kingdom Paul Emery EmerysonAston Martin
United Kingdom Bob Gerard CooperBristol
United Kingdom Tony Crook CooperBristol

Aggregate

Pos Driver Car Time/Ret.
1 United Kingdom Stirling Moss CooperAlta 23:24.2, 114.71kph
2 United Kingdom Tony Rolt ConnaughtLea Francis +3.0s
3 United Kingdom Horace Gould CooperBristol +47.8s
4 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey CooperBristol +1:48.0
5 United Kingdom Bernie Ecclestone CooperBristol +2:17.2
United Kingdom John Webb TurnerLea Francis
United Kingdom Austen Nurse HWMAlta
United Kingdom Paul Emery EmerysonAston Martin
United Kingdom Bob Gerard CooperBristol
United Kingdom Tony Crook CooperBristol
United Kingdom Ron Flockhart ConnaughtLea Francis

References

  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.