1953 Coronation Trophy

1953 Coronation Trophy
1953 Coronation Trophy
Race details
Date	25 May 1953
Official name	III Coronation Trophy
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)
Pole position
Driver	Tony Rolt;
	Grid positions set by heat results
Fastest lap
Driver	Tony Rolt
Time	1:08.8
Podium
First	Tony Rolt;
Second	Ken Wharton;
Third	Peter Whitehead;

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.^[1]^[2]

Entries

Note - a blue background denotes entries that DNA (did not arrive)

No.	Driver	Entrant	Car
1	Roy Salvadori	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
2	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
3	John Coombs	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
4	Peter Collins	HW Motors Ltd.	HWM-Alta
5	Lance Macklin	HW Motors Ltd.	HWM-Alta
6	Jack Fairman	HW Motors Ltd.	HWM-Alta
6	Duncan Hamilton	HW Motors Ltd.	HWM-Alta
7	Stirling Moss	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T24-Alta
8	Bobbie Baird	Bobbie Baird	Ferrari 500
9	Torrie Large	Bobbie Baird	Alta F2
10	Peter Whitehead	Atlantic Stable	Cooper T24-Alta
11	Tom Cole	Atlantic Stable	Cooper T23-Bristol
12	Graham Whitehead	Atlantic Stable	Cooper T23-Bristol
14	Tony Crook	Tony Crook	Cooper T20-Bristol
15	Frank Curtis	Frank Curtis	HWM-Alta
16	John Barber	John Barber	Cooper T23-Bristol
17	Alan Brown	Equipe Anglaise	Cooper T23-Alfa Romeo
18	Leslie Marr	Leslie Marr	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
19	Ken Wharton	Ken Wharton	Cooper T23-Bristol
20	John Webb	John Webb	Turner-Lea Francis
21	Archie Bryde	Archie Bryde	Cooper T20-Bristol
22	Peter Murdoch	Oliver Simpson	Alta F2
23	Paul Emery	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Alta
24	Bertie Bradnack	Bertie Bradnack	Woden-Bristol
25	Bill Aston	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth
26	Donald Bennett	Donald Bennett	Cooper T19-Vincent

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Pos	Driver	Car	Time/Ret.	Grid
1	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis	11:47.4, 113.92kph	4
2	Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol	+0.6s	5
3	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	+18.8s	6
4	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta	+27.6s	3
5	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	+47.6s	2
6	Torrie Large	Alta F2	+1:50.6	8
Ret	Archie Bryde	Cooper-Bristol	8 laps, mechanical	1
DNS	Paul Emery	Emeryson-Alta		7

Heat 2

Pos	Driver	Car	Time/Ret.	Grid
1	Peter Whitehead	Cooper-Alta	12:00.8, 11.70kph	4
2	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	+11.4s	3
3	Graham Whitehead	Cooper-Bristol	+12.0s	2
4	Jack Fairman	HWM-Alta	+46.2s	1
5	Leslie Marr	Connaught-Lea Francis	+46.6s	5
6	John Barber	Cooper-Bristol		8
Ret	Bobbie Baird	Ferrari	3 laps, crash	7
Ret	Tony Crook	Cooper-Bristol	2 laps	6
Ret	Donald Bennett	Cooper-Vincent	0 laps, chain drive	10
Ret	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	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis	11:42.2, 114.72kph	1
2	Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol	+2.0s	2
3	Peter Whitehead	Cooper-Alta	+14.0s	3
4	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	+14.6s	4
5	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta	+21.8s	7
6	Graham Whitehead	Cooper-Bristol	+25.6s	6
7	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	+29.6s	5
8	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	+38.2s	8
9	Jack Fairman	HWM-Alta	+1:15.4	10
10	Torrie Large	Alta F2	+1 lap	9
Ret	Leslie Marr	Connaught-Lea Francis	1 lap, crash	11

References

^ "1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
^ "III Coronation Trophy 1953". the-fastlane.co.uk.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.

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[1] "1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.

[2] "III Coronation Trophy 1953". the-fastlane.co.uk.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.

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