The 1st Daily Telegraph Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 2 October 1954 at Aintree Circuit, Merseyside. The race was run over 17 laps, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Maserati 250F. Moss also set pole and fastest lap. Mike Hawthorn was second in a Vanwall and Harry Schell third in another 250F.
Results
Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 7 Stirling Moss Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F 35:49.0, 85.43 mph 1 2 8 Mike Hawthorn Vandervell Products Ltd. Vanwall Special +14.4s 3 3 15 Harry Schell Harry Schell Maserati 250F +15.4s 4 4 6 Sergio Mantovani Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F +17.8s 6 5 17 André Pilette Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +1:30.6 5 6 1 Louis Rosier Equipe Rosier Maserati 250F 2:06.2 10 7 10 Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F 17 laps 18 8 11 Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol +1 lap 11 9 21 John Riseley-Prichard J. Riseley-Prichard Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap 9 10 23 Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap 8 11 14 Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F +1 lap 12 12 32 Jock Lawrence Ecurie Ecosse Cooper T20-Bristol +1 lap 16 13 16 Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +2 laps, clutch 2 NC 5 Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 500 +3 laps, gearbox 7 NC 27 Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta +3 laps 17 Ret 34 Bill Whitehouse W.J. Whitehouse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 9 laps 13 Ret 33 Leslie Thorne Ecurie Ecosse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 8 laps 19 Ret 26 Keith Hall The Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol 8 laps 15 Ret 20 Charles Boulton C.D. Boulton Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 1 lap 14 DNA 2 Ken Wharton Owen Racing Organisation Maserati 250F - DNA 12 Jack Fairman J.W. Webb Turner-Lea Francis - DNA 19 Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis car not repaired - DNA 24 Alan Brown R.J. Chase Cooper T24-Alta - DNA 28 Ted Whiteaway E.J. Whiteaway HWM-Alta car not repaired -
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