1953 RedeX Trophy

GBR RedeX Trophy 12 September 1953 I RedeX Trophy Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk Snetterton_1963_annotated.svg Permanent racing facility 4.362 km mi on 10 43.616 km mi on Eric Thompson Connaught-Lea Francis 1:52.6 GBR Eric Thompson GBR Connaught-Lea Francis Peter Whitehead GBR Cooper-Alta Les Leston GBR Cooper-JAP The 1st RedeX Trophy was a Formula Two motor race held on 12 September 1953 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 10 laps, and was won by British driver Eric Thompson in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis, setting fastest lap in the process. Peter Whitehead in a Cooper T24-Alta was second and Les Leston in a Cooper T18-JAP was third.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#rede 1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix silhouet.com 2022-07-31https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_42.htm I RedeX Trophy 1953 fastlane.co.uk 2022-07-31 Results Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Ret. 1 1 GBR Eric Thompson R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 19:00.0; 137.22kph 2 34 GBR Peter Whitehead Atlantic Stable Cooper T24-Alta +3.8s 3 10 GBR Les Leston Les Leston Cooper T18-JAP +4.2s 4 96 GBR Cliff Davis Cliff Davis Tojeiro-Frazer Nash 10 laps Ret 100 GBR Tony Crook A. Crook Cooper T20-Bristol Ret 86 GBR Hon. Edward Greenall Hon. Edward Greenall Cooper T18-JAP Ret 4 GBR Guy Jason-Henry Ecurie Brittanique Connaught Type A-Lea Francis Ret 9 GBR Keith Hall Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol DNS 14 GBR Brian Naylor Brian Naylor Alta-Bristol Accident in practice DNA 6 GBR Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol DNA 7 GBR Jock McBain Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol DNA 8 GBR Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Aston Martin DNA 78 GBR Ben Wyatt Ben Wyatt Frazer Nash FN48 DNA 93 GBR Bernie Ecclestone Bernie Ecclestone Cooper T20-Bristol DNA 103 GBR D. Brown D. Brown Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica References RedeX Trophy 1953 1953 Circuit de Cadours 1954 RedeX Trophy — 1953 Skarpnäcksloppet Redex Redex