# 1955 London Trophy

The 3rd London 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.
Despite most Internet sources describing this race as the London Trophy, it really should be called the International Trophy (not to be confused with the BRDC International Trophy). The actual London Trophy was a Formula Libre race also held at Crystal Palace on 30 May 1955 and was won by Peter Collins in a Maserati 250F.

## Entries

| 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 |
$^1$Numbers 4, 14 and 22 DNA

## Results
### Heats

| 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 | |
| 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

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 |