1953 Coronation Trophy

UK Coronation Trophy 25 May 1953 III Coronation Trophy Crystal Palace Circuit, London Permanent racing facility 1.349 2.164 10 (final) 13.49 21.64 Tony Rolt Connaught True UK Tony Rolt Connaught 1:08.8 UK Tony Rolt UK Connaught Ken Wharton UK Cooper-Bristol Peter Whitehead UK 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.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#coron 1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix silhouet.com 2022-07-18https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_15.htm III Coronation Trophy 1953 the-fastlane.co.uk.com 2022-07-18 Entries Note - a blue background denotes entries that DNA (did not arrive) No. Driver Entrant Car 1 UK Roy Salvadori Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 2 UK Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 3 UK John Coombs Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 4 UK Peter Collins HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta 5 UK Lance Macklin HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta 6 UK Jack Fairman HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta 6 UK Duncan Hamilton HW Motors Ltd. HWM-Alta 7 UK Stirling Moss Cooper Car Company Cooper T24-Alta 8 UK Bobbie Baird Bobbie Baird Ferrari 500 9 IRL Torrie Large Bobbie Baird Alta F2 10 UK Peter Whitehead Atlantic Stable Cooper T24-Alta 11 USA 1911 Tom Cole Atlantic Stable Cooper T23-Bristol 12 UK Graham Whitehead Atlantic Stable Cooper T23-Bristol 14 UK Tony Crook Tony Crook Cooper T20-Bristol 15 UK Frank Curtis Frank Curtis HWM-Alta 16 UK John Barber John Barber Cooper T23-Bristol 17 UK Alan Brown Equipe Anglaise Cooper T23-Alfa Romeo 18 UK Leslie Marr Leslie Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 19 UK Ken Wharton Ken Wharton Cooper T23-Bristol 20 UK John Webb John Webb Turner-Lea Francis 21 UK Archie Bryde Archie Bryde Cooper T20-Bristol 22 UK Peter Murdoch Oliver Simpson Alta F2 23 UK Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Alta 24 UK Bertie Bradnack Bertie Bradnack Woden-Bristol 25 UK Bill Aston Bill Aston Aston Butterworth 26 UK Donald Bennett Donald Bennett Cooper T19-Vincent Results Heats Heat 1 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid 1 UK Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis 11:47.4, 113.92kph 4 2 UK Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol +0.6s 5 3 UK Lance Macklin HWM-Alta +18.8s 6 4 UK Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta +27.6s 3 5 UK Bill Aston Aston Butterworth +47.6s 2 6 IRL Torrie Large Alta F2 +1:50.6 8 Ret UK Archie Bryde Cooper-Bristol 8 laps, mechanical 1 DNS UK Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 7Heat 2 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid 1 UK Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta 12:00.8, 11.70kph 4 2 UK Peter Collins HWM-Alta +11.4s 3 3 UK Graham Whitehead Cooper-Bristol +12.0s 2 4 UK Jack Fairman HWM-Alta +46.2s 1 5 UK Leslie Marr Connaught-Lea Francis +46.6s 5 6 UK John Barber Cooper-Bristol 8 Ret UK Bobbie Baird Ferrari 3 laps, crash 7 Ret UK Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol 2 laps 6 Ret UK Donald Bennett Cooper-Vincent 0 laps, chain drive 10 Ret UK Alan Brown Cooper-Alfa Romeo 0 laps, fuel pump 9 Final Grid positions for the final were determined by the drivers' finishing times in the heats. Pos. Driver Car Time/Retired Grid 1 UK Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis 11:42.2, 114.72kph 1 2 UK Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol +2.0s 2 3 UK Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta +14.0s 3 4 UK Lance Macklin HWM-Alta +14.6s 4 5 UK Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta +21.8s 7 6 UK Graham Whitehead Cooper-Bristol +25.6s 6 7 UK Peter Collins HWM-Alta +29.6s 5 8 UK Bill Aston Aston Butterworth +38.2s 8 9 UK Jack Fairman HWM-Alta +1:15.4 10 10 IRL Torrie Large Alta F2 +1 lap 9 Ret UK Leslie Marr Connaught-Lea Francis 1 lap, crash 11 References Coronation Trophy 1953 1953 Grand Prix des Frontières 1953 Snetterton Coronation Trophy 1952 Coronation Trophy 1954 Coronation Trophy Coronation Trophy Coronation Trophy Coronation Trophy