The 1st August Cup was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 2 August 1954 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 10 laps, and was won by British driver Reg Parnell in a Ferrari 500.

1954 August Cup
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 2 August 1954
Official name I August Cup
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)
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Reg Parnell Ferrari
Time 1:06.4
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Maserati
Third Connaught-Lea Francis

Parnell started from pole position in Heat 1 and set fastest lap in the heat, and also in the final. Connaught driver Tony Rolt started from pole position in Heat 2 and won, while Tony Crook set fastest lap in that heat in a Cooper.

Maserati driver Roy Salvadori was second in the final and Rolt was third.[1]

The name of the event is referred to in at least one source as the August Trophy Race.[2]

Entries

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No. Driver Entrant Car
3   Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 500
4   Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
5   Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol
6   Tony Crook T.A.D. Crook Cooper T24-Bristol
7   Keith Hall Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol
8   Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis
9   Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta
10   Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F
11   Horace Richards H.A. Richards HAR-Riley
12   Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta
14   Geoff Richardson G.N. Richardson RRA-Alta
15   Gerry Dunham C.G.H. Dunham DHS-Alvis
16   Oliver Simpson Ron Searles Rover
18   Ron Searles Ron Searles Cooper-JAP

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid
1   Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:18.8, 73.81mph 1
2   Roy Salvadori Maserati +8.0s 2
3   Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol +28.0s 3
4   Keith Hall Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 4
5   Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 10 laps 6
6   Gerry Dunham DHS-Alvis 5
7   Horace Richards HAR-Riley 7
Heat 2
Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid
1   Tony Rolt Connaught-Alta 11:47.4, 70.78mph 1
2   Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol +17.6s 2
3   Jack Fairman Turner-Lea Francis +26.4s 4
4   Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 10 laps 3
5   Geoff Richardson RRA-Alta 6
6   Oliver Simpson Rover 7
7   Ron Searles Cooper-JAP 5

Final

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Pos. Driver Car Time/Retired Grid
1   Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:10.8, 74.59mph 1
2   Roy Salvadori Maserati +3.2s 2
3   Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis +29.0s 4
4   Horace Gould Maserati +37.0s 3
5   Keith Hall Cooper-Bristol +37.6s 5
6   Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 10 laps 8
7   Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 7
8   Jack Fairman Turner-Lea francis 11
9   Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 6
Ret   Geoff Richardson RRA-Alta 10
DNS   Gerry Dunham DHS-Alvis 9
DNQ   Horace Richards HAR-Riley -
DNQ   Oliver Simpson Rover -
DNQ   Ron Searles Cooper-JAP -

References

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  1. ^ "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  2. ^ "Close Racing At Crystal Palace Bank-Holiday Meeting". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-16.


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