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1953 Madgwick Cup

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1953 Madgwick Cup
Race details
Date 26 September 1953
Official name VI Madgwick Cup
Location Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Course Goodwood Circuit
Course length 3.863 km (2.400 mi)
Distance 7 laps, 27.039 km (16.801 mi)
Pole position
Driver Connaught-Lea Francis
Time 1:35.4
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Connaught-Lea Francis
Time 1:35.0
Podium
First Connaught-Lea Francis
Second Cooper-Alta
Third Connaught-Lea Francis

The 6th Madgwick Cup was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held at Goodwood Circuit on 26 September 1953. The race was won by Roy Salvadori in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis, starting from pole and setting fastest lap. Stirling Moss in a Cooper T24-Alta finished second and Tony Rolt was third in another Type A.[1][2]

Results

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Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid
1 10 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 11:15.0, 144.26kph 1
2 7 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper Car Company Cooper T24-Alta +3.4s 2
3 11 United Kingdom Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +3.8s 3
4 23 United Kingdom Ken Wharton Ken Wharton Cooper T23-Bristol +24.8s 5
5 8 United Kingdom Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol +33.6s 4
6 27 United Kingdom Les Leston Ecurie Londres Cooper T26-JAP +55.2s 6
7 12 United Kingdom Leslie Marr Leslie Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 7 laps 8
8 14 United Kingdom Guy Jason-Henry Ecurie Brittanique Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 7 laps 10
9 9 United Kingdom Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol 7 laps 9
Ret 24 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23-Bristol 6 laps 16
Ret 28 United Kingdom Horace Richards Horace Richards HAR-Riley 5 laps 13
Ret 26 United Kingdom Jack Fairman John Webb Turner-Lea Francis 4 laps 11
Ret 5 Italy Ottorino Volonterio Ottorino Volonterio Maserati 4CLT/48 2 laps 14
Ret 21 United Kingdom Horace Gould Gould's Garage Bristol Cooper T23-Bristol 2 laps 7
Ret 22 United Kingdom Duncan Hamilton R.J. Chase Cooper T23-Bristol 0 laps, drive shaft 12
DNS 16 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Aston Martin 15
DNA 6 West Germany Willi Sturzebecher Willi Sturzebecher Veritas Meteor
DNA 15 United Kingdom Lance Macklin HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta
DNA 25 United Kingdom Austen Nurse Austen Nurse HWM-Alta
DNA 86 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn L.D. Hawthorn Cooper T20-Bristol
DNA 9 United Kingdom Keith Hall Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol car driven by Somervail
DNA 26 United Kingdom John Webb John Webb Turner-Lea Francis car driven by Fairman

References

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  1. ^ "1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-06-24.
  2. ^ "VI Madgwick Cup 1953". Retrieved 2022-06-24.


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