1955 Daily Telegraph Trophy

1955 Daily Telegraph Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1955 Formula One season
Race details
Date	3 September 1955
Official name	II Daily Telegraph Trophy
Location	Aintree Circuit, Merseyside
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.81 km (3.00 miles)
Distance	17 laps, 81.80 km (51.00 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss	Maserati
Time	2:06.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Roy Salvadori	Maserati
Time	2:05.2
Podium
First	Roy Salvadori	Maserati
Second	Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol
Third	Horace Gould	Maserati

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.[1][2]

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		-

References

1. "1955 Aintree F1". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
2. "1955 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.

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