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1957 Glover Trophy
The 1957 Glover Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 22 April 1957 at Goodwood Circuit, England. The race was run over 42 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stuart Lewis-Evans in a Connaught B Type.
| 1957 Glover Trophy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-championship race in the 1957 Formula One season | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | April 22, 1957 | ||
| Official name | V Glover Trophy | ||
| Location | Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.862 km (2.4 miles) | ||
| Distance | 32 laps, 123.584 km (76.8 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Vanwall | ||
| Time | 1:28.2 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Tony Brooks | Vanwall | |
| Time | 1.29.6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Connaught-Alta | ||
| Second | Connaught-Alta | ||
| Third | BRM | ||
The Team Lotus and Cooper Car Company works entries were Formula Two cars.
Classification
| Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Stuart Lewis-Evans | Connaught Engineering | Connaught-Alta | 50:49.8 | 5 |
| 2 | 5 | Jack Fairman | Connaught Engineering | Connaught-Alta | + 6.8 s | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | Ron Flockhart | Owen Racing Organisation | BRM | 32 laps | 4 |
| 4 | 10 | Jack Brabham | Cooper Car Company | Cooper-Climax (F2) | 31 laps | 8 |
| 5 | 8 | Jim Russell | Gilby Engineering | Maserati | 31 laps | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Tony Brooks | Vandervell Products | Vanwall | 27 laps | 2 |
| Ret | 7 | Stirling Moss | Vandervell Products | Vanwall | Throttle linkage | 1 |
| Ret | 3 | Archie Scott Brown | Connaught Engineering | Connaught-Alta | Oil pressure | 3 |
| Ret | 9 | Paul Emery | Emeryson Cars | Emeryson-Alta | 10 | |
| Ret | 1 | Roy Salvadori | Owen Racing Organisation | BRM | Brakes | 6 |
| DNS | 14 | Cliff Allison | Team Lotus | Lotus-Climax (F2) | Transmission | (9) |
| DNA | 12 | Keith Hall | Team Lotus | Lotus-Climax (F2) | – |
- The Cooper Car Company had entered a second Formula Two Cooper (#11), but no driver was allocated and the car did not arrive.[1]
References
- ^ "V Glover Trophy 1957". F2 Register. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- Results at www.silhouet.com [1]