The 3rd Coronation Trophy was a Formula Two motor race held on 25 May 1953 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 10 laps.
Tony Rolt in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis won Heat 1 and set fastest lap in that heat. Peter Whitehead in a Cooper T24-Alta won Heat 2 and set fastest lap in that heat.
Rolt won the final, starting from pole by way of being fastest winner in the heats, and set fastest lap. Ken Wharton was second in a Cooper T23-Bristol and Peter Whitehead third.
Entries
Note - a blue background denotes entries that DNA (did not arrive)
No. Driver Entrant Car 1 Roy Salvadori Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 2 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 3 John Coombs Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 4 Peter Collins HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta 5 Lance Macklin HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta 6 Jack Fairman HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta 6 Duncan Hamilton HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta 7 Stirling Moss Cooper Car Company Cooper T24-Alta 8 Bobbie Baird Bobbie Baird Ferrari 500 9 Torrie Large Bobbie Baird Alta F2 10 Peter Whitehead Atlantic Stable Cooper T24-Alta 11 Tom Cole Atlantic Stable Cooper T23-Bristol 12 Graham Whitehead Atlantic Stable Cooper T23-Bristol 14 Tony Crook Tony Crook Cooper T20-Bristol 15 Frank Curtis Frank Curtis HWM-Alta 16 John Barber John Barber Cooper T23-Bristol 17 Alan Brown Equipe Anglaise Cooper T23-Alfa Romeo 18 Leslie Marr Leslie Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 19 Ken Wharton Ken Wharton Cooper T23-Bristol 20 John Webb John Webb Turner-Lea Francis 21 Archie Bryde Archie Bryde Cooper T20-Bristol 22 Peter Murdoch Oliver Simpson Alta F2 23 Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Alta 24 Bertie Bradnack Bertie Bradnack Woden-Bristol 25 Bill Aston Bill Aston Aston Butterworth 26 Donald Bennett Donald Bennett Cooper T19-Vincent
Results Heats
Heat 1 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid 1 Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis 11:47.4, 113.92kph 4 2 Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol +0.6s 5 3 Lance Macklin HWM-Alta +18.8s 6 4 Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta +27.6s 3 5 Bill Aston Aston Butterworth +47.6s 2 6 Torrie Large Alta F2 +1:50.6 8 Ret Archie Bryde Cooper-Bristol 8 laps, mechanical 1 DNS Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 7Heat 2 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid 1 Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta 12:00.8, 11.70kph 4 2 Peter Collins HWM-Alta +11.4s 3 3 Graham Whitehead Cooper-Bristol +12.0s 2 4 Jack Fairman HWM-Alta +46.2s 1 5 Leslie Marr Connaught-Lea Francis +46.6s 5 6 John Barber Cooper-Bristol 8 Ret Bobbie Baird Ferrari 3 laps, crash 7 Ret Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol 2 laps 6 Ret Donald Bennett Cooper-Vincent 0 laps, chain drive 10 Ret Alan Brown Cooper-Alfa Romeo 0 laps, fuel pump 9
Final Grid positions for the final were determined by the drivers' finishing times in the heats.
Pos. Driver Car Time/Retired Grid 1 Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis 11:42.2, 114.72kph 1 2 Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol +2.0s 2 3 Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta +14.0s 3 4 Lance Macklin HWM-Alta +14.6s 4 5 Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta +21.8s 7 6 Graham Whitehead Cooper-Bristol +25.6s 6 7 Peter Collins HWM-Alta +29.6s 5 8 Bill Aston Aston Butterworth +38.2s 8 9 Jack Fairman HWM-Alta +1:15.4 10 10 Torrie Large Alta F2 +1 lap 9 Ret Leslie Marr Connaught-Lea Francis 1 lap, crash 11
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