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1953 Coronation Trophy

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1953 Coronation Trophy
Race details
Date 25 May 1953
Official name III Coronation Trophy
Location Crystal Palace Circuit, London
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.164 km (1.349 miles)
Distance 10 (final) laps, 21.64 km (13.49 miles)
Pole position
Driver Connaught
Grid positions set by heat results
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Tony Rolt Connaught
Time 1:08.8
Podium
First Connaught
Second Cooper-Bristol
Third Cooper-Alta

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.[1][2]

Entries

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Note - a blue background denotes entries that DNA (did not arrive)

No. Driver Entrant Car
1 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
2 United Kingdom Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
3 United Kingdom John Coombs Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
4 United Kingdom Peter Collins HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta
5 United Kingdom Lance Macklin HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta
6 United Kingdom Jack Fairman HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta
6 United Kingdom Duncan Hamilton HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta
7 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper Car Company Cooper T24-Alta
8 United Kingdom Bobbie Baird Bobbie Baird Ferrari 500
9 United Kingdom Torrie Large Bobbie Baird Alta F2
10 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Atlantic Stable Cooper T24-Alta
11 United States Tom Cole Atlantic Stable Cooper T23-Bristol
12 United Kingdom Graham Whitehead Atlantic Stable Cooper T23-Bristol
14 United Kingdom Tony Crook Tony Crook Cooper T20-Bristol
15 United Kingdom Frank Curtis Frank Curtis HWM-Alta
16 United Kingdom John Barber John Barber Cooper T23-Bristol
17 United Kingdom Alan Brown Equipe Anglaise Cooper T23-Alfa Romeo
18 United Kingdom Leslie Marr Leslie Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
19 United Kingdom Ken Wharton Ken Wharton Cooper T23-Bristol
20 United Kingdom John Webb John Webb Turner-Lea Francis
21 United Kingdom Archie Bryde Archie Bryde Cooper T20-Bristol
22 United Kingdom Peter Murdoch Oliver Simpson Alta F2
23 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Alta
24 United Kingdom Bertie Bradnack Bertie Bradnack Woden-Bristol
25 United Kingdom Bill Aston Bill Aston Aston Butterworth
26 United Kingdom Donald Bennett Donald Bennett Cooper T19-Vincent

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid
1 United Kingdom Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis 11:47.4, 113.92kph 4
2 United Kingdom Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol +0.6s 5
3 United Kingdom Lance Macklin HWM-Alta +18.8s 6
4 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta +27.6s 3
5 United Kingdom Bill Aston Aston Butterworth +47.6s 2
6 United Kingdom Torrie Large Alta F2 +1:50.6 8
Ret United Kingdom Archie Bryde Cooper-Bristol 8 laps, mechanical 1
DNS United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 7
Heat 2
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid
1 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta 12:00.8, 11.70kph 4
2 United Kingdom Peter Collins HWM-Alta +11.4s 3
3 United Kingdom Graham Whitehead Cooper-Bristol +12.0s 2
4 United Kingdom Jack Fairman HWM-Alta +46.2s 1
5 United Kingdom Leslie Marr Connaught-Lea Francis +46.6s 5
6 United Kingdom John Barber Cooper-Bristol 8
Ret United Kingdom Bobbie Baird Ferrari 3 laps, crash 7
Ret United Kingdom Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol 2 laps 6
Ret United Kingdom Donald Bennett Cooper-Vincent 0 laps, chain drive 10
Ret United Kingdom Alan Brown Cooper-Alfa Romeo 0 laps, fuel pump 9

Final

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Grid positions for the final were determined by the drivers' finishing times in the heats.

Pos. Driver Car Time/Retired Grid
1 United Kingdom Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis 11:42.2, 114.72kph 1
2 United Kingdom Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol +2.0s 2
3 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta +14.0s 3
4 United Kingdom Lance Macklin HWM-Alta +14.6s 4
5 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta +21.8s 7
6 United Kingdom Graham Whitehead Cooper-Bristol +25.6s 6
7 United Kingdom Peter Collins HWM-Alta +29.6s 5
8 United Kingdom Bill Aston Aston Butterworth +38.2s 8
9 United Kingdom Jack Fairman HWM-Alta +1:15.4 10
10 United Kingdom Torrie Large Alta F2 +1 lap 9
Ret United Kingdom Leslie Marr Connaught-Lea Francis 1 lap, crash 11

References

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  1. ^ "1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  2. ^ "III Coronation Trophy 1953". the-fastlane.co.uk.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.


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