1953 Crystal Palace Trophy

1953 Crystal Palace Trophy
Race details
Date	11 July 1953
Official name	I Crystal Palace Trophy
Location	Crystal Palace Circuit, London
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.237 km (1.390 mi)
Distance	15 laps, 33.557 km (20.851 mi)
Attendance	7823
Pole position
Driver	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis
Fastest lap
Driver	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis
Time	1:08.0
Podium
First	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis
Second	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis
Third	Les Leston	Cooper-JAP

The 1st Crystal Palace Trophy was a Formula Two motor race held on 11 July 1953 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over 15 laps and was won by Tony Rolt in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis. Roy Salvadori was second in another Connaught, also setting fastest lap, and Les Leston was third in a Cooper T26-JAP.^[1][2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Tony Rolt	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	17:23.4, 115.78kph	1
2	8	Roy Salvadori	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	15 laps	2
3	14	Les Leston	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T26-JAP	15 laps	3
4	11	Lance Macklin	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	15 laps	4
5	7	Peter Whitehead	Atlantic Stable	Cooper T24-Alta	15 laps	5
6	12	Duncan Hamilton	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	15 laps	7
7	5	Bill Aston	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	+1 lap	8
8	6	Austen Nurse	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	+1 lap	9
9	4	John Webb	John Webb	Turner-Lea Francis	+1 lap	12
10	3	Paul Emery	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Aston Martin	+2 laps	10
Ret	16	Donald Bennett	Donald Bennett	Cooper T18-Vincent	1 lap, engine	11
Ret	9	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	0 laps	6
DNA	2	Jimmy Somervail	Border Reivers	Cooper T20-Bristol
DNA	2	Keith Hall	Border Reivers	Cooper T20-Bristol
DNA	10	Cliff Davis	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
DNA	11	Peter Collins	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	car driven by Macklin
DNA	15	Les Leston	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T26-JAP	drove no. 14