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.

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

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   Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
2   Ken Wharton1 Ken Wharton Cooper T23-Bristol
3   Bernie Ecclestone Bernard Ecclestone Cooper T20-Bristol
4   Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol
5   Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23-Bristol
6   Horace Gould Gould's Garage Bristol Cooper T23-Bristol
7   Stirling Moss Cooper Car Company Cooper T24-Alta
8   John Webb John Webb Turner-Lea Francis
9   Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Aston Martin
10   Ron Flockhart Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
11   Tony Crook Tony Crook Cooper T20-Bristol
12   Austen Nurse Sibley's Garage HWM-Alta

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Results

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Heats

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

Aggregate

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