The 8th Lavant Cup was a motor race, run to Formula Two rules, held on 22 April 1957 at Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex. The race was run over 12 laps, and was won from pole position by British driver Tony Brooks in a Cooper T41-Climax. Brooks had been penalised five seconds for jumping the start but still finished almost 18 seconds ahead of Jack Brabham in a Cooper T43-Climax. Ron Flockhart was third in a Lotus Eleven-Climax. Roy Salvadori set fastest lap in another Cooper T43-Climax but retired with clutch failure.
Results
Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 17 Tony Brooks R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T41-Climax 19:26.0, 142.98kph 1 2 10 Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper T43-Climax +17.8s 4 3 23 Ron Flockhart John Coombs Lotus Eleven-Climax 12 laps 3 4 16 George Wicken G. Wicken Cooper T43-Climax 12 laps 10 5 25 Graham Hill C.T. Atkins Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 12 laps 7 Ret 28 Herbert Mackay-Fraser Team Lotus Lotus Eleven-Climax 9 laps, accident 5 Ret 14 Cliff Allison Team Lotus Lotus 12-Climax 3 laps, transmission 9 Ret 11 Roy Salvadori Cooper Car Company Cooper T43-Climax 3 laps, clutch 2 DNS 12 Colin Chapman Team Lotus Lotus 12-Climax 6 DNS 15 Herbert Mackay-Fraser Team Lotus Lotus 12-Climax drove #28 8
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