1953 Coronation Trophy

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.

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

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   Roy Salvadori Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
2   Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
3   John Coombs Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
4   Peter Collins HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta
5   Lance Macklin HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta
6   Jack Fairman HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta
6   Duncan Hamilton HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta
7   Stirling Moss Cooper Car Company Cooper T24-Alta
8   Bobbie Baird Bobbie Baird Ferrari 500
9   Torrie Large Bobbie Baird Alta F2
10   Peter Whitehead Atlantic Stable Cooper T24-Alta
11   Tom Cole Atlantic Stable Cooper T23-Bristol
12   Graham Whitehead Atlantic Stable Cooper T23-Bristol
14   Tony Crook Tony Crook Cooper T20-Bristol
15   Frank Curtis Frank Curtis HWM-Alta
16   John Barber John Barber Cooper T23-Bristol
17   Alan Brown Equipe Anglaise Cooper T23-Alfa Romeo
18   Leslie Marr Leslie Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
19   Ken Wharton Ken Wharton Cooper T23-Bristol
20   John Webb John Webb Turner-Lea Francis
21   Archie Bryde Archie Bryde Cooper T20-Bristol
22   Peter Murdoch Oliver Simpson Alta F2
23   Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Alta
24   Bertie Bradnack Bertie Bradnack Woden-Bristol
25   Bill Aston Bill Aston Aston Butterworth
26   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   Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis 11:47.4, 113.92kph 4
2   Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol +0.6s 5
3   Lance Macklin HWM-Alta +18.8s 6
4   Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta +27.6s 3
5   Bill Aston Aston Butterworth +47.6s 2
6   Torrie Large Alta F2 +1:50.6 8
Ret   Archie Bryde Cooper-Bristol 8 laps, mechanical 1
DNS   Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 7
Heat 2
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid
1   Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta 12:00.8, 11.70kph 4
2   Peter Collins HWM-Alta +11.4s 3
3   Graham Whitehead Cooper-Bristol +12.0s 2
4   Jack Fairman HWM-Alta +46.2s 1
5   Leslie Marr Connaught-Lea Francis +46.6s 5
6   John Barber Cooper-Bristol 8
Ret   Bobbie Baird Ferrari 3 laps, crash 7
Ret   Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol 2 laps 6
Ret   Donald Bennett Cooper-Vincent 0 laps, chain drive 10
Ret   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   Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis 11:42.2, 114.72kph 1
2   Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol +2.0s 2
3   Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta +14.0s 3
4   Lance Macklin HWM-Alta +14.6s 4
5   Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta +21.8s 7
6   Graham Whitehead Cooper-Bristol +25.6s 6
7   Peter Collins HWM-Alta +29.6s 5
8   Bill Aston Aston Butterworth +38.2s 8
9   Jack Fairman HWM-Alta +1:15.4 10
10   Torrie Large Alta F2 +1 lap 9
Ret   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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