The 4th Silver City Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 10 October 1959 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 25 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Ron Flockhart in a BRM P25. Flockhart also took pole and fastest lap.

There were also several Formula Two entries in the field. Chris Bristow was highest-placed in that category, driving a Cooper T51, and fifth overall.

Results Note: a blue background indicates a car running under Formula 2 regulations.

Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid12 Ron FlockhartOwen Racing OrganisationBRM P2539m 49.2s121 Jack BrabhamCooper Car CompanyCooper T51-Climax25 laps633 Bruce HalfordOwen Racing OrganisationBRM P2525 laps446 David PiperDorchester Service StationLotus 16-Climax24 laps7512 Chris BristowBritish Racing PartnershipCooper T51-Borgward24 laps8624 Mike McKeeJim RussellCooper T45-Climax24 laps1078 Ian RabyIan Raby RacingHume Cooper-Climax23 laps9826 John Campbell-JonesJohn Campbell-JonesCooper T45-Climax23 laps12918 Trevor TaylorAce Garage RotherhamCooper T51-Climax23 laps15109 Chris SummersEquipe ArdenCooper T51-Climax22 laps161122 Andre PiletteEcurie Nationale BelgeCooper T51-Climax22 laps171225 Mike ParkesDavid FryFry-Climax22 laps181321 Tim ParnellReg Parnell RacingCooper T45-Climax22 laps201419 Dick GibsonDick GibsonCooper T43-Climax22 laps211514 Ron CarterTrentside Motor CoCooper T45-Climax20 laps221615 Klaas TwiskTulip StableCooper T51-Climax20 laps23Ret27 Stan HartOliver HartCooper T43-Climax18 laps - mechanical11Ret4 Innes IrelandTeam LotusLotus 16-Climax15 laps - anti-roll bar5Ret10 Roy SalvadoriHigh Efficiency MotorsCooper T45-Maserati11 laps - mechanical2Ret5 Graham HillTeam LotusLotus 16-Climax9 laps - drive shaft/steering3Ret16 Brian WhitehouseWestmount GarageCooper T43-Climax2 laps - ignition13Ret20 Keith GreeneGilby EngineeringCooper T43-Climax2 laps - suspension14DNS23 Lucien BianchiEcurie Nationale BelgeCooper T51-ClimaxMechanical19DNA7 Bruce HalfordHorace GouldMaserati 250FDrove entry #3 -DNA11 Dennis TaylorDennis TaylorLotus 12-Climax -DNA17 George WickenWincheap Racing AssociationCooper T43-Climax -

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