The 5th Richmond Trophy was a Formula Libre motor race held at the Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex on 6 April 1953. The race was won from pole position by Ken Wharton in a BRM Type 15, setting fastest lap in the process. Piero Taruffi in the Thinwall Special Ferrari 375 was second and Emmanuel de Graffenried third in a Maserati A6GCM.
Results PosNoDriverEntrantCarTime/RetiredGrid 1 2 Ken Wharton A.G.B. Owen BRM Type 15 23:53.0, 90.47mph 1 2 3 Piero Taruffi G.A. Vandervell Thinwall Special Ferrari 375 +6.0s 5 3 5 Emmanuel de Graffenried Baron de Graffenried Maserati A6GCM +22.8s 7 4 21 Roy Salvadori Connaught Engineering Connaught A Type-Lea Francis +54.4s 2 5 8 Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Connaught A Type-Lea Francis +1:04.0 4 6 16 Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol +1:15.6 6 7 12 Ron Flockhart W.R. Flockhart ERA D-Type +1 lap 8 Ret 27 John Coombs Connaught Engineering Connaught A Type-Lea Francis 8 laps 9 Ret 15 Peter Whitehead Atlantic Stable Cooper T24-Alta 6 laps 10 Ret 1 Reg Parnell A.G.B. Owen BRM Type 15 4 laps, supercharger drive 3
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