1955 Daily Telegraph Trophy
# 1955 Daily Telegraph Trophy

The 2nd Daily Telegraph Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 3 September 1955 at Aintree Circuit, Merseyside. The race was run over 17 laps, and was won by British driver Roy Salvadori in a Maserati 250F. Salvadori also set fastest lap, and Stirling Moss was on pole position in a 250F but retired with engine problems. Bob Gerard was second in a Cooper T23-Bristol and Horace Gould third in another 250F.

This was the first race for the BRM P25. It only managed a few laps in practice before oil leaking onto the tyres caused driver Peter Collins to spin off and damage the car.

## Results

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car | Time/Retired | Grid |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Roy Salvadori | Gilby Engineering | Maserati 250F | 36:33.0, 83.72mph | 2 |
| 2 | 10 | Bob Gerard | F.R. Gerard | Cooper T23-Bristol | +15.2s | 4 |
| 3 | 4 | Horace Gould | Gould's Garage (Bristol) | Maserati 250F | +25.6s | 3 |
| 4 | 17 | Tony Brooks | Equipe Endeavour | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | +1:57.4 | 7 |
| 5 | 18 | John Young | J.A. Young | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | +2:14.6 | 12 |
| 6 | 2 | Reg Parnell | Connaught Engineering | Connaught Type B-Alta | +1 lap | 5 |
| 7 | 19 | Bill Holt | E.W. Holt | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | +1 lap | 10 |
| 8 | 11 | Bruce Halford | Equipe Devone | Cooper T23-Bristol | +1 lap | 9 |
| 9 | 14 | Alastair Birrell | A.W. Birrell | Cooper T20-Bristol | +1 lap | 14 |
| 10 | 12 | Tom Kyffin | Equipe Devone | Cooper T23-Bristol | | 19 |
| Ret | 7 | Stirling Moss | Stirling Moss Ltd. | Maserati 250F | 13 laps, engine | 1 |
| Ret | 21 | Horace Richards | H.A. Richards | HAR-Riley | 9 laps | 17 |
| Ret | 6 | Louis Rosier | Ecurie Rosier | Maserati 250F | 8 laps, clutch | 6 |
| Ret | 8 | Paul Emery | Emeryson Cars | Emeryson Mk.1-Alta | 7 laps, oil pressure | 15 |
| Ret | 20 | Dick Gibson | R. Gibson | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | 3 laps, oil pressure | 18 |
| Ret | 1 | Jack Fairman | Connaught Engineering | Connaught Type B-Alta | 2 laps, crash | 8 |
| Ret | 15 | Jimmy Somervail | Border Reivers | Cooper T20-Bristol | 0 laps, crash | 13 |
| DNS | 9 | Peter Collins | Owen Racing Organisation | BRM P25 | Crashed in practice | 16 |
| DNA | 3 | Michael Young | Roebuck Engineering | Connaught Type A-Alta | | - |
| DNA | 16 | Charles Boulton | Ecurie Ane | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | | - |
