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1955 London Trophy

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1955 London Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1955 Formula One season
Race details
Date 30 July 1955
Official name III London Trophy
Location Crystal Palace Circuit, London
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.240 km (1.390 miles)
Distance 15 (final) laps, 32.457 km (20.235 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Maserati
Time 1:03.4
Podium
First Maserati
Second Vanwall
Third Maserati

The 3rd London Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 30 July 1955 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 15 laps, and was won by British driver Mike Hawthorn in a Maserati 250F. Hawthorn started from pole position in Heat 1 and set fastest lap in the heat, and also in the final. Vanwall driver Harry Schell started from pole position in Heat 2 and set fastest lap in that heat. Schell was second in the final and Roy Salvadori in a Maserati 250F was third.[1]

Despite most Internet sources describing this race as the London Trophy, it really should be called the International Trophy (not to be confused with the BRDC International Trophy). The actual London Trophy was a Formula Libre race also held at Crystal Palace on 30 May 1955 and was won by Peter Collins in a Maserati 250F.[2]

Entries

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No. Driver Entrant Car
1 United Kingdom Jack Fairman R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type B-Alta
2 United States Harry Schell Vandervell Products Ltd. Vanwall VW2
3 United Kingdom Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F
5 United Kingdom Tony Brooks Equipe Endeavour Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
6 United Kingdom Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Alta
7 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Stirling Moss Ltd. Maserati 250F
8 United Kingdom Charles Boulton Ecurie Ane Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
9 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F
10 United Kingdom Bill Holt E.W. Holt Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
11 United Kingdom Tony Crook T.A.D. Crook Cooper T24-Bristol
12 United Kingdom John Young J.A. Young Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
15 United Kingdom Mike Keen R.J. Chase Cooper T23-Alta
16 United Kingdom Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol
17 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta
18 United Kingdom Tom Kyffin Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol
19 United Kingdom Alastair Birrell A.W. Birrell Cooper T20-Bristol
20 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper T40-Bristol
21 United Kingdom Keith Hall Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol
23 United Kingdom Bruce Halford Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol
24 United Kingdom John Webb J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis
41 United Kingdom Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Engineering Connaught Type B-Alta
141 United Kingdom Dick Gibson R. Gibson Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
221 United Kingdom David Hewitt D.A. Hewitt Cooper T23-Alta

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Results

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Heats

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Heat 1
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret.
1 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Maserati 11:00.6, 75.75mph
2 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Maserati +1.6s
3 United Kingdom Horace Gould Maserati +14.4s
4 United Kingdom Jack Fairman Connaught-Alta +17.8s
5 United Kingdom Tony Brooks Connaught-Lea Francis
6 United Kingdom Keith Hall Cooper-Bristol +1:12.0
7 United Kingdom Mike Keen Cooper-Alta
Ret United Kingdom Bruce Halford Cooper-Bristol 5 laps
Ret United Kingdom Alastair Birrell Cooper-Bristol
Ret United Kingdom Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol
Heat 2
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret.
1 United States Harry Schell Vanwall 11:04.4, 75.33mph
2 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta +5.4s
3 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Alta +54.2s
4 United Kingdom Michael Young Connaught-Alta +55.6s
5 United Kingdom Tom Kyffin Cooper-Bristol +56.2s
6 United Kingdom Bill Holt Connaught-Lea Francis +57.2s
7 United Kingdom John Webb Turner-Lea Francis +1 lap
Ret United Kingdom John Young Connaught-Lea Francis 7 laps, valve
Ret United Kingdom Charles Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 1 lap, crash
Ret United Kingdom Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 0 laps, half-shaft

Final

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Grid positions for the final were determined by the drivers' finishing times in the heats. Only the top six drivers from each heat qualified for the final.

Pos. Driver Car Time/Retired Grid
1 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Maserati 16:10.0, 77.30mph 1
2 United States Harry Schell Vanwall +1.4s 3
3 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Maserati +32.8s 2
4 United Kingdom Tony Brooks Connaught-Lea Francis +53.0s 6
5 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta +1 lap 7
6 United Kingdom Michael Young Connaught-Alta +1 lap 9
7 United Kingdom Keith Hall Cooper-Bristol +1 lap 12
8 United Kingdom Bill Holt Connaught-Lea Francis 11
Ret United Kingdom Horace Gould Maserati 10 laps, transmission 4
DNS Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Bristol 8
DNS United Kingdom Jack Fairman Connaught-Alta 5
DNS United Kingdom Tom Kyffin Cooper-Bristol 10

References

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  1. ^ "1955 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  2. ^ "1955 London Trophy (or not)". Atlas F1:The Nostalgia Forum. Retrieved 2022-05-03.


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