# 1953 Coronation Trophy

The 3rd Coronation Trophy was a Formula Two motor race held on 25 May 1953 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 10 laps.
Tony Rolt in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis won Heat 1 and set fastest lap in that heat. Peter Whitehead in a Cooper T24-Alta won Heat 2 and set fastest lap in that heat.
Rolt won the final, starting from pole by way of being fastest winner in the heats, and set fastest lap. Ken Wharton was second in a Cooper T23-Bristol and Peter Whitehead third.

## Entries

Note - a blue background denotes entries that DNA (did not arrive)
| No. | Driver | Entrant | Car |
| 1 | Roy Salvadori | Connaught Engineering | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis |
| 2 | Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught Engineering | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis |
| 3 | John Coombs | Connaught Engineering | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis |
| 4 | Peter Collins | HW Motors Ltd. | HWM-Alta |
| 5 | Lance Macklin | HW Motors Ltd. | HWM-Alta |
| 6 | Jack Fairman | HW Motors Ltd. | HWM-Alta |
| 6 | Duncan Hamilton | HW Motors Ltd. | HWM-Alta |
| 7 | Stirling Moss | Cooper Car Company | Cooper T24-Alta |
| 8 | Bobbie Baird | Bobbie Baird | Ferrari 500 |
| 9 | Torrie Large | Bobbie Baird | Alta F2 |
| 10 | Peter Whitehead | Atlantic Stable | Cooper T24-Alta |
| 11 | Tom Cole | Atlantic Stable | Cooper T23-Bristol |
| 12 | Graham Whitehead | Atlantic Stable | Cooper T23-Bristol |
| 14 | Tony Crook | Tony Crook | Cooper T20-Bristol |
| 15 | Frank Curtis | Frank Curtis | HWM-Alta |
| 16 | John Barber | John Barber | Cooper T23-Bristol |
| 17 | Alan Brown | Equipe Anglaise | Cooper T23-Alfa Romeo |
| 18 | Leslie Marr | Leslie Marr | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis |
| 19 | Ken Wharton | Ken Wharton | Cooper T23-Bristol |
| 20 | John Webb | John Webb | Turner-Lea Francis |
| 21 | Archie Bryde | Archie Bryde | Cooper T20-Bristol |
| 22 | Peter Murdoch | Oliver Simpson | Alta F2 |
| 23 | Paul Emery | Emeryson Cars | Emeryson-Alta |
| 24 | Bertie Bradnack | Bertie Bradnack | Woden-Bristol |
| 25 | Bill Aston | Bill Aston | Aston Butterworth |
| 26 | Donald Bennett | Donald Bennett | Cooper T19-Vincent |

## Results
### Heats

| Pos | Driver | Car | Time/Ret. | Grid |
| 1 | Tony Rolt | Connaught-Lea Francis | 11:47.4, 113.92kph | 4 |
| 2 | Ken Wharton | Cooper-Bristol | +0.6s | 5 |
| 3 | Lance Macklin | HWM-Alta | +18.8s | 6 |
| 4 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Alta | +27.6s | 3 |
| 5 | Bill Aston | Aston Butterworth | +47.6s | 2 |
| 6 | Torrie Large | Alta F2 | +1:50.6 | 8 |
| Ret | Archie Bryde | Cooper-Bristol | 8 laps, mechanical | 1 |
| DNS | Paul Emery | Emeryson-Alta | | 7 |
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time/Ret. | Grid |
| 1 | Peter Whitehead | Cooper-Alta | 12:00.8, 11.70kph | 4 |
| 2 | Peter Collins | HWM-Alta | +11.4s | 3 |
| 3 | Graham Whitehead | Cooper-Bristol | +12.0s | 2 |
| 4 | Jack Fairman | HWM-Alta | +46.2s | 1 |
| 5 | Leslie Marr | Connaught-Lea Francis | +46.6s | 5 |
| 6 | John Barber | Cooper-Bristol | | 8 |
| Ret | Bobbie Baird | Ferrari | 3 laps, crash | 7 |
| Ret | Tony Crook | Cooper-Bristol | 2 laps | 6 |
| Ret | Donald Bennett | Cooper-Vincent | 0 laps, chain drive | 10 |
| Ret | Alan Brown | Cooper-Alfa Romeo | 0 laps, fuel pump | 9 |

### Final

Grid positions for the final were determined by the drivers' finishing times in the heats.
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | Tony Rolt | Connaught-Lea Francis | 11:42.2, 114.72kph | 1 |
| 2 | Ken Wharton | Cooper-Bristol | +2.0s | 2 |
| 3 | Peter Whitehead | Cooper-Alta | +14.0s | 3 |
| 4 | Lance Macklin | HWM-Alta | +14.6s | 4 |
| 5 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Alta | +21.8s | 7 |
| 6 | Graham Whitehead | Cooper-Bristol | +25.6s | 6 |
| 7 | Peter Collins | HWM-Alta | +29.6s | 5 |
| 8 | Bill Aston | Aston Butterworth | +38.2s | 8 |
| 9 | Jack Fairman | HWM-Alta | +1:15.4 | 10 |
| 10 | Torrie Large | Alta F2 | +1 lap | 9 |
| Ret | Leslie Marr | Connaught-Lea Francis | 1 lap, crash | 11 |