1954 Crystal Palace Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 19 June 1954
Official name II Crystal Palace Trophy
Location Crystal Palace Circuit, London
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 2.240 km (1.390 miles)
Distance 10 (final) laps, 21.64 km (13.49 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Grid positions set by heat results
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Reg Parnell Ferrari
Time 1:07
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Connaught-Lea Francis
Third Cooper-Bristol

The 2nd Crystal Palace Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 19 June 1954 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 10 laps.

Reg Parnell in a Ferrari 500 won Heat 1 and set fastest lap in that heat. Peter Collins in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis started from pole position in Heat 1.

Rodney Nuckey in a Cooper T23-Bristol won Heat 2 and set fastest lap in that heat. Don Beauman in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis started from pole position in Heat 2.

Parnell won the final, starting from pole by way of being fastest winner in the heats, and set fastest lap. Collins was second and Nuckey third.[1][2]

Entries

No.DriverEntrantCar
1 United Kingdom Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
2 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 500
3 United Kingdom Charles Boulton Charles Boulton Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
4 United Kingdom Peter Collins R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
5 United Kingdom Bill Whitehouse Bill Whitehouse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
6 United Kingdom Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
7 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol
81 United Kingdom Mike Keen R.J. Chase Cooper T23-Bristol
9 United Kingdom Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol
101 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F
11 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta
121 United Kingdom Keith Hall Keith Hall Cooper T20-Bristol
14 United Kingdom Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta
15 United Kingdom Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis
152 United Kingdom John Webb J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis
161 United Kingdom Oliver Simpson Ron Searles Cooper-JAP
17 United Kingdom Gerry Dunham Gerry Dunham Alvis Special
18 United Kingdom Les Leston Les Leston Cooper-JAP
19 United Kingdom Don Bennett Don Bennett Cooper-Vincent
20 United Kingdom Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Cooper T23-Bristol
211 United Kingdom Tom Kyffin Tom Kyffin Cooper T20-Bristol
211 United Kingdom David Watts Tom Kyffin Cooper T20-Bristol

1DNA
2Fairman raced Webb's car

Results

Heats

Heat 1
PosDriverCarTime/Ret.
1 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:26.6, 72.94mph
2 United Kingdom Peter Collins Connaught-Lea Francis +9.0s
3 United Kingdom Les Leston Cooper-JAP +11.8s
4 United Kingdom Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 10 laps
5 United Kingdom Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 10 laps
6 United Kingdom Michael Young Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps
Heat 2
PosDriverCarTime/Ret.
1 United States Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol 11:36.4, 71.67mph
2 United Kingdom Don Beauman Connaught-Lea Francis +4.2s
3 United Kingdom Bill Whitehouse Connaught-Lea Francis +12.6s
4 United Kingdom Jack Fairman Turner-Lea Francis 10 laps
5 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 10 laps
6 United Kingdom Charles Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps
7 United Kingdom Gerry Dunham Alvis 10 laps
Ret United Kingdom Jimmy Somervail Cooper-Bristol 4 laps, crash
Ret United Kingdom Don Bennett Cooper-Vincent 0 laps, mechanical

Final

Grid positions for the final were determined by the drivers' finishing times in the heats. Only the top six drivers from each heat qualified for the final.

Pos.DriverCarTime/RetiredGrid
1 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Ferrari 11:26.6, 72.94mph 1
2 United Kingdom Peter Collins Connaught-Lea Francis +5.2s 2
3 United Kingdom Don Beauman Connaught-Lea Francis +17.0s 5
4 United Kingdom Bill Whitehouse Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps 6
5 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 3
6 United Kingdom Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 10 laps 7
7 United Kingdom Michael Young Connaught-Lea Francis 10 laps 10
8 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 10 laps 11
9 United Kingdom Charles Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 9 laps 12
Ret United Kingdom Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 6 laps 9
Ret United Kingdom Jack Fairman Turner-Lea Francis 3 laps, gearbox 8
Ret United Kingdom Les Leston Cooper-JAP 0 laps 4

References

  1. "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  2. "II Crystal Palace Trophy 1954". the-fastlane.co.uk.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
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