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1953 Richmond Trophy

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1953 Richmond Trophy
Formula Libre race
Race details
Date 6 April 1953
Official name V Richmond Trophy
Location Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.830 km (2.388 miles)
Distance 15 laps, 57.45 km (35.82 miles)
Weather Cold and wet
Attendance 50,000
Pole position
Driver BRM
Time 1:35.0
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Ken Wharton BRM
Time 1:33.2
Podium
First BRM
Second Ferrari
Third Maserati

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.[1][2]

Results

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Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid
1 2 United Kingdom Ken Wharton A.G.B. Owen BRM Type 15 23:53.0, 90.47mph 1
2 3 Italy Piero Taruffi G.A. Vandervell Thinwall Special Ferrari 375 +6.0s 5
3 5 Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried Baron de Graffenried Maserati A6GCM +22.8s 7
4 21 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Connaught Engineering Connaught A Type-Lea Francis +54.4s 2
5 8 United Kingdom Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Connaught A Type-Lea Francis +1:04.0 4
6 16 United Kingdom Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol +1:15.6 6
7 12 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart W.R. Flockhart ERA D-Type +1 lap 8
Ret 27 United Kingdom John Coombs Connaught Engineering Connaught A Type-Lea Francis 8 laps 9
Ret 15 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Atlantic Stable Cooper T24-Alta 6 laps 10
Ret 1 United Kingdom Reg Parnell A.G.B. Owen BRM Type 15 4 laps, supercharger drive 3

References

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  1. ^ "Glover Trophy". Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  2. ^ "Easter at Goodwood". Retrieved 2023-03-30.