The 1st London Trophy was a Formula Two motor race held on 19 September 1953 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps with the winner being decided by aggregate time.

Stirling Moss in a Cooper T24-Alta and Tony Rolt in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis were first and second in both heats and on aggregate time. Bob Gerard in a Cooper T23-Bristol was third in the first heat and Ron Flockhart in a Connaught Type A was third in the second heat, and set fastest lap, but neither performed well in the other heat, and Horace Gould in a Cooper T23 was placed third.

Entries

No.DriverEntrantCar
1United Kingdom Tony RoltR.R.C. Walker Racing TeamConnaught Type A-Lea Francis
2United Kingdom Ken Wharton1Ken WhartonCooper T23-Bristol
3United Kingdom Bernie EcclestoneBernard EcclestoneCooper T20-Bristol
4United Kingdom Bob GerardF.R. GerardCooper T23-Bristol
5United Kingdom Rodney NuckeyRodney NuckeyCooper T23-Bristol
6United Kingdom Horace GouldGould's Garage BristolCooper T23-Bristol
7United Kingdom Stirling MossCooper Car CompanyCooper T24-Alta
8United Kingdom John WebbJohn WebbTurner-Lea Francis
9United Kingdom Paul EmeryEmeryson CarsEmeryson-Aston Martin
10United Kingdom Ron FlockhartConnaught EngineeringConnaught Type A-Lea Francis
11United Kingdom Tony CrookTony CrookCooper T20-Bristol
12United Kingdom Austen NurseSibley's GarageHWM-Alta

1Wharton DNA

Results

Heats

PosDriverCarTime/Ret.
Heat 1 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. 1 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta 11:48.0 2 United Kingdom Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis +0.4s 3 United Kingdom Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol +16.4s 4 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol 5 United Kingdom Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 6 United Kingdom Bernie Ecclestone Cooper-Bristol United Kingdom John Webb Turner-Lea Francis United Kingdom Austen Nurse HWM-Alta United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson-Aston Martin United Kingdom Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol DNS United Kingdom Ron Flockhart Connaught-Lea Francis EngineHeat 2 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. 1 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta 11:36.4 2 United Kingdom Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis +2.4s 3 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart Connaught-Lea Francis +28.0s 4 United Kingdom Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 5 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol 6 United Kingdom Bernie Ecclestone Cooper-Bristol United Kingdom John Webb Turner-Lea Francis United Kingdom Austen Nurse HWM-Alta United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson-Aston Martin United Kingdom Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol United Kingdom Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol
1United Kingdom Stirling MossCooper-Alta11:48.0
2United Kingdom Tony RoltConnaught-Lea Francis+0.4s
3United Kingdom Bob GerardCooper-Bristol+16.4s
4United Kingdom Rodney NuckeyCooper-Bristol
5United Kingdom Horace GouldCooper-Bristol
6United Kingdom Bernie EcclestoneCooper-Bristol
United Kingdom John WebbTurner-Lea Francis
United Kingdom Austen NurseHWM-Alta
United Kingdom Paul EmeryEmeryson-Aston Martin
United Kingdom Tony CrookCooper-Bristol
DNSUnited Kingdom Ron FlockhartConnaught-Lea FrancisEngine
PosDriverCarTime/Ret.
1United Kingdom Stirling MossCooper-Alta11:36.4
2United Kingdom Tony RoltConnaught-Lea Francis+2.4s
3United Kingdom Ron FlockhartConnaught-Lea Francis+28.0s
4United Kingdom Horace GouldCooper-Bristol
5United Kingdom Rodney NuckeyCooper-Bristol
6United Kingdom Bernie EcclestoneCooper-Bristol
United Kingdom John WebbTurner-Lea Francis
United Kingdom Austen NurseHWM-Alta
United Kingdom Paul EmeryEmeryson-Aston Martin
United Kingdom Bob GerardCooper-Bristol
United Kingdom Tony CrookCooper-Bristol

Aggregate

PosDriverCarTime/Ret.
1United Kingdom Stirling MossCooper-Alta23:24.2, 114.71kph
2United Kingdom Tony RoltConnaught-Lea Francis+3.0s
3United Kingdom Horace GouldCooper-Bristol+47.8s
4United Kingdom Rodney NuckeyCooper-Bristol+1:48.0
5United Kingdom Bernie EcclestoneCooper-Bristol+2:17.2
United Kingdom John WebbTurner-Lea Francis
United Kingdom Austen NurseHWM-Alta
United Kingdom Paul EmeryEmeryson-Aston Martin
United Kingdom Bob GerardCooper-Bristol
United Kingdom Tony CrookCooper-Bristol
United Kingdom Ron FlockhartConnaught-Lea Francis
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