The 1956 Glover Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race, held on 2 April 1956 at Goodwood Circuit, England. The race was won by Stirling Moss after a set distance of 32 laps.
Entry list No Driver Entrant Car Engine 2 Stirling Moss Stirling Moss Ltd Maserati 250F Maserati 2 Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini T32 Gordini 3 Élie Bayol Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 Gordini 4 Mike Hawthorn Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 BRM 5 Tony Brooks Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 BRM 6 Archie Scott-Brown Connaught Engineering Connaught Type B Alta 7 Les Leston Connaught Engineering Connaught Type B Alta 8 Bob Gerard Connaught Engineering Connaught Type B Alta 9 Reg Parnell R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type B Alta 10 Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F Maserati 12 Ken Wharton Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 Ferrari 14 Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Maserati 250F Maserati
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Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 1 Stirling Moss Maserati 1:32.0 - 2 6 Archie Scott-Brown Connaught-Alta 1:32.6 +0.6 3 4 Mike Hawthorn BRM 1:33.8 +1.8 4 8 Bob Gerard Connaught-Alta 1:34.2 +2.2 5 10 Roy Salvadori Maserati 1:36.2 +4.2 6 9 Reg Parnell Connaught-Alta 1:36.6 +4.6 7 7 Les Leston Connaught-Alta 1:37.4 +5.4 8 2 Robert Manzon Gordini 1:38.8 +6.8 9 14 Louis Rosier Maserati 1:42.0 +10.0 10 3 Élie Bayol Gordini 1:43.0 +11.0 11 12 Ken Wharton Ferrari 1:57.4 +25.4 12 5 Tony Brooks BRM - -Source:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired 1 1 Stirling Moss Maserati 32 48:50.4 2 10 Roy Salvadori Maserati 32 +1:03.2 3 7 Les Leston Connaught-Alta 32 +1:35.4 4 8 Bob Gerard Connaught-Alta 31 +1 Lap 5 9 Reg Parnell Connaught-Alta 31 +1 Lap 6 2 Robert Manzon Gordini 30 +2 Laps 7 14 Louis Rosier Maserati 0 - 8 3 Élie Bayol Gordini 0 - Ret 4 Mike Hawthorn BRM 23 Lost wheel/Accident Ret 6 Archie Scott-Brown Connaught-Alta 17 Engine Ret 5 Tony Brooks BRM 9 Oil Pressure Ret 12 Ken Wharton Ferrari 1 EngineSource:
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