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1954 Curtis Trophy

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1954 Curtis Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 5 June 1954
Official name II Curtis Trophy
Location Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.361 km (2.719 miles)
Distance 10 laps, 43.61 km (27.19 miles)
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Maserati
Time 1:49.2
Podium
First Maserati
Second Connaught-Lea Francis
Third Cooper-Bristol

The 2nd Curtis Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 5 June 1954 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 10 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Roy Salvadori in a Maserati 250F, who also set fastest lap. Bill Whitehouse in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis and Jimmy Somervail in a Cooper T20-Bristol were second and third.[1][2]

Results

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Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired
1 10 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F 18:26.4, 87.85mph
2 5 United Kingdom Bill Whitehouse W.J. Whitehouse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +55.4s
3 4 United Kingdom Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol +1:01.0
4 6 United Kingdom Tony Crook T.A.D. Crook Cooper T23-Bristol +1:22.0
5 54 United Kingdom Charles Boulton C.D. Boulton Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
6 1 United Kingdom Les Leston Les Leston Cooper-JAP
7 3 United Kingdom Michael Young Michael Young Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
8 8 United Kingdom Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta
DNA 2 United Kingdom Jock Lawrence Ecurie Ecosse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
DNA 15 United Kingdom Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol

References

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  1. ^ "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  2. ^ "II Curtis Trophy 1954". Retrieved 2022-05-09.


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