1955 London Trophy

NC GBR London Trophy 30 July 1955 III London Trophy Crystal Palace Circuit, London Crystal-Palace-Circuit 1960 1972.gif Permanent racing facility 1.390 2.240 15 (final) 20.235 32.457 Mike Hawthorn Maserati GBR Mike Hawthorn Maserati 1:03.4 GBR Mike Hawthorn GBR Maserati Harry Schell USA Vanwall Roy Salvadori GBR Maserati The 3rd London Trophy (International 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.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1955/1955.html#lon 1955 Non-World Championship Grands Prix silhouet.com 2022-05-03 Entries No. Driver Entrant Car 1 GBR Jack Fairman R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type B-Alta 2 USA 1912 Harry Schell Vandervell Products Ltd. Vanwall VW2 3 GBR Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F 5 GBR Tony Brooks Equipe Endeavour Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 6 GBR Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Alta 7 GBR Mike Hawthorn Stirling Moss Ltd. Maserati 250F 8 GBR Charles Boulton Ecurie Ane Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 9 GBR Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F 10 GBR Bill Holt E.W. Holt Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 11 GBR Tony Crook T.A.D. Crook Cooper T24-Bristol 12 GBR John Young J.A. Young Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 15 GBR Mike Keen R.J. Chase Cooper T23-Alta 16 GBR Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol 17 GBR Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta 18 GBR Tom Kyffin Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol 19 GBR Alastair Birrell A.W. Birrell Cooper T20-Bristol 20 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper T40-Bristol 21 GBR Keith Hall Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol 23 GBR Bruce Halford Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol 24 GBR John Webb J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 41 GBR Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Engineering Connaught Type B-Alta 141 GBR Dick Gibson R. Gibson Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 221 GBR David Hewitt D.A. Hewitt Cooper T23-Alta 1Numbers 4, 14 and 22 DNA Results Heats Heat 1 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. 1 GBR Mike Hawthorn Maserati 11:00.6, 75.75mph 2 GBR Roy Salvadori Maserati +1.6s 3 GBR Horace Gould Maserati +14.4s 4 GBR Jack Fairman Connaught-Alta +17.8s 5 GBR Tony Brooks Connaught-Lea Francis 6 GBR Keith Hall Cooper-Bristol +1:12.0 7 GBR Mike Keen Cooper-Alta Ret GBR Bruce Halford Cooper-Bristol 5 laps Ret GBR Alastair Birrell Cooper-Bristol Ret GBR Tony Crook Cooper-BristolHeat 2 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. 1 USA 1912 Harry Schell Vanwall 11:04.4, 75.33mph 2 GBR Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta +5.4s 3 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Alta +54.2s 4 GBR Michael Young Connaught-Alta +55.6s 5 GBR Tom Kyffin Cooper-Bristol +56.2s 6 GBR Bill Holt Connaught-Lea Francis +57.2s 7 GBR John Webb Turner-Lea Francis +1 lap Ret GBR John Young Connaught-Lea Francis 7 laps, valve Ret GBR Charles Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 1 lap, crash Ret GBR Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 0 laps, half-shaft Final 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 GBR Mike Hawthorn Maserati 16:10.0, 77.30mph 1 2 USA 1912 Harry Schell Vanwall +1.4s 3 3 GBR Roy Salvadori Maserati +32.8s 2 4 GBR Tony Brooks Connaught-Lea Francis +53.0s 6 5 GBR Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta +1 lap 7 6 UK Michael Young Connaught-Alta +1 lap 9 7 GBR Keith Hall Cooper-Bristol +1 lap 12 8 UK Bill Holt Connaught-Lea Francis 11 Ret UK Horace Gould Maserati 10 laps, transmission 4 DNS AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Bristol 8 DNS GBR Jack Fairman Connaught-Alta 5 DNS GBR Tom Kyffin Cooper-Bristol 10 References London Trophy 1955 1955 Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race 1955 Daily Record Trophy 1954 London Trophy — London London