1953 London Trophy
# 1953 London Trophy

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. | Driver | Entrant | Car |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tony Rolt | R.R.C. Walker Racing Team | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis |
| 2 | Ken $Wharton^1$ | Ken Wharton | Cooper T23-Bristol |
| 3 | Bernie Ecclestone | Bernard Ecclestone | Cooper T20-Bristol |
| 4 | Bob Gerard | F.R. Gerard | Cooper T23-Bristol |
| 5 | Rodney Nuckey | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper T23-Bristol |
| 6 | Horace Gould | Gould's Garage Bristol | Cooper T23-Bristol |
| 7 | Stirling Moss | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T24-Alta |
| 8 | John Webb | John Webb | Turner-Lea Francis |
| 9 | Paul Emery | Emeryson Cars | Emeryson-Aston Martin |
| 10 | Ron Flockhart | Connaught Engineering | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis |
| 11 | Tony Crook | Tony Crook | Cooper T20-Bristol |
| 12 | Austen Nurse | Sibley's Garage | HWM-Alta |

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## Results

### Heats

| Pos | Driver | Car | Time/Ret. |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Alta | 11:48.0 |
| 2 | Tony Rolt | Connaught-Lea Francis | +0.4s |
| 3 | Bob Gerard | Cooper-Bristol | +16.4s |
| 4 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper-Bristol | |
| 5 | Horace Gould | Cooper-Bristol | |
| 6 | Bernie Ecclestone | Cooper-Bristol | |
| | John Webb | Turner-Lea Francis | |
| | Austen Nurse | HWM-Alta | |
| | Paul Emery | Emeryson-Aston Martin | |
| | Tony Crook | Cooper-Bristol | |
| DNS | Ron Flockhart | Connaught-Lea Francis | Engine |
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time/Ret. |
| 1 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Alta | 11:36.4 |
| 2 | Tony Rolt | Connaught-Lea Francis | +2.4s |
| 3 | Ron Flockhart | Connaught-Lea Francis | +28.0s |
| 4 | Horace Gould | Cooper-Bristol | |
| 5 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper-Bristol | |
| 6 | Bernie Ecclestone | Cooper-Bristol | |
| | John Webb | Turner-Lea Francis | |
| | Austen Nurse | HWM-Alta | |
| | Paul Emery | Emeryson-Aston Martin | |
| | Bob Gerard | Cooper-Bristol | |
| | Tony Crook | Cooper-Bristol | |

### Aggregate

| Pos | Driver | Car | Time/Ret. |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Alta | 23:24.2, 114.71kph |
| 2 | Tony Rolt | Connaught-Lea Francis | +3.0s |
| 3 | Horace Gould | Cooper-Bristol | +47.8s |
| 4 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper-Bristol | +1:48.0 |
| 5 | Bernie Ecclestone | Cooper-Bristol | +2:17.2 |
| | John Webb | Turner-Lea Francis | |
| | Austen Nurse | HWM-Alta | |
| | Paul Emery | Emeryson-Aston Martin | |
| | Bob Gerard | Cooper-Bristol | |
| | Tony Crook | Cooper-Bristol | |
| | Ron Flockhart | Connaught-Lea Francis | |
