1955 London Trophy

1955 London Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1955 Formula One season
Race details
Date	30 July 1955
Official name	III London Trophy
Location	Crystal Palace Circuit, London
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.240 km (1.390 miles)
Distance	15 (final) laps, 32.457 km (20.235 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Mike Hawthorn	Maserati
Fastest lap
Driver	Mike Hawthorn	Maserati
Time	1:03.4
Podium
First	Mike Hawthorn	Maserati
Second	Harry Schell	Vanwall
Third	Roy Salvadori	Maserati

The 3rd London Trophy (International Trophy) was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 30 July 1955 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 15 laps, and was won by British driver Mike Hawthorn in a Maserati 250F. Hawthorn started from pole position in Heat 1 and set fastest lap in the heat, and also in the final. Vanwall driver Harry Schell started from pole position in Heat 2 and set fastest lap in that heat. Schell was second in the final and Roy Salvadori in a Maserati 250F was third.^[1]

Entries

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No.	Driver	Entrant	Car
1	Jack Fairman	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Connaught Type B-Alta
2	Harry Schell	Vandervell Products Ltd.	Vanwall VW2
3	Horace Gould	Gould's Garage (Bristol)	Maserati 250F
5	Tony Brooks	Equipe Endeavour	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
6	Michael Young	Roebuck Engineering	Connaught Type A-Alta
7	Mike Hawthorn	Stirling Moss Ltd.	Maserati 250F
8	Charles Boulton	Ecurie Ane	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
9	Roy Salvadori	Gilby Engineering	Maserati 250F
10	Bill Holt	E.W. Holt	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
11	Tony Crook	T.A.D. Crook	Cooper T24-Bristol
12	John Young	J.A. Young	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
15	Mike Keen	R.J. Chase	Cooper T23-Alta
16	Bob Gerard	F.R. Gerard	Cooper T23-Bristol
17	Paul Emery	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson Mk.1-Alta
18	Tom Kyffin	Equipe Devone	Cooper T23-Bristol
19	Alastair Birrell	A.W. Birrell	Cooper T20-Bristol
20	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T40-Bristol
21	Keith Hall	Border Reivers	Cooper T20-Bristol
23	Bruce Halford	Equipe Devone	Cooper T23-Bristol
24	John Webb	J.H. Webb	Turner-Lea Francis
4^1	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type B-Alta
14^1	Dick Gibson	R. Gibson	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
22^1	David Hewitt	D.A. Hewitt	Cooper T23-Alta

¹Numbers 4, 14 and 22 DNA

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. 1 Mike Hawthorn Maserati 11:00.6, 75.75mph 2 Roy Salvadori Maserati +1.6s 3 Horace Gould Maserati +14.4s 4 Jack Fairman Connaught-Alta +17.8s 5 Tony Brooks Connaught-Lea Francis 6 Keith Hall Cooper-Bristol +1:12.0 7 Mike Keen Cooper-Alta Ret Bruce Halford Cooper-Bristol 5 laps Ret Alastair Birrell Cooper-Bristol Ret Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol

Heat 2 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. 1 Harry Schell Vanwall 11:04.4, 75.33mph 2 Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta +5.4s 3 Jack Brabham Cooper-Alta +54.2s 4 Michael Young Connaught-Alta +55.6s 5 Tom Kyffin Cooper-Bristol +56.2s 6 Bill Holt Connaught-Lea Francis +57.2s 7 John Webb Turner-Lea Francis +1 lap Ret John Young Connaught-Lea Francis 7 laps, valve Ret Charles Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 1 lap, crash Ret Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 0 laps, half-shaft

Final

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Grid positions for the final were determined by the drivers' finishing times in the heats. Only the top six drivers from each heat qualified for the final.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Mike Hawthorn	Maserati	16:10.0, 77.30mph	1
2	Harry Schell	Vanwall	+1.4s	3
3	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	+32.8s	2
4	Tony Brooks	Connaught-Lea Francis	+53.0s	6
5	Paul Emery	Emeryson-Alta	+1 lap	7
6	Michael Young	Connaught-Alta	+1 lap	9
7	Keith Hall	Cooper-Bristol	+1 lap	12
8	Bill Holt	Connaught-Lea Francis		11
Ret	Horace Gould	Maserati	10 laps, transmission	4
DNS	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Bristol		8
DNS	Jack Fairman	Connaught-Alta		5
DNS	Tom Kyffin	Cooper-Bristol		10

References

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1. "1955 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.

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