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.
Entries
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 Heats
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 EngineHeat 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
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
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