Type: | NC |
Country: | GBR |
Grand Prix: | Daily Telegraph Trophy |
Date: | 3 September |
Year: | 1955 |
Official Name: | II Daily Telegraph Trophy |
Location: | Aintree Circuit, Merseyside |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Mi: | 3.00 |
Course Km: | 4.81 |
Distance Laps: | 17 |
Distance Mi: | 51.00 |
Distance Km: | 81.80 |
Pole Driver: | Stirling Moss |
Pole Team: | Maserati |
Pole Time: | 2:06.4 |
Pole Country: | GBR |
Fast Driver: | Roy Salvadori |
Fast Team: | Maserati |
Fast Time: | 2:05.2 |
Fast Country: | GBR |
First Driver: | Roy Salvadori |
First Country: | GBR |
First Team: | Maserati |
Second Driver: | Bob Gerard |
Second Country: | GBR |
Second Team: | Cooper-Bristol |
Third Driver: | Horace Gould |
Third Country: | GBR |
Third Team: | Maserati |
The 2nd Daily Telegraph Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 3 September 1955 at Aintree Circuit, Merseyside. The race was run over 17 laps, and was won by British driver Roy Salvadori in a Maserati 250F. Salvadori also set fastest lap, and Stirling Moss was on pole position in a 250F but retired with engine problems. Bob Gerard was second in a Cooper T23-Bristol and Horace Gould third in another 250F.[1] [2]
This was the first race for the BRM P25. It only managed a few laps in practice before oil leaking onto the tyres caused driver Peter Collins to spin off and damage the car.