1959 Silver City Trophy

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1959 Silver City Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1959 Formula One season
Snetterton 1963 annotated.svg
Race details
Date10 October 1959
Official name IV Silver City Trophy
Location Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.36 km (2.71 miles)
Distance 25 laps, 109.03 km (67.75 miles)
Pole position
Driver BRM
Time 1:34.8
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Flockhart BRM
Time 1:33.6
Podium
First BRM
Second Cooper-Climax
Third BRM

The 4th Silver City Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 10 October 1959 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 25 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Ron Flockhart in a BRM P25. Flockhart also took pole and fastest lap.

There were also several Formula Two entries in the field. Chris Bristow was highest-placed in that category, driving a Cooper T51, and fifth overall.

Results

Note: a blue background indicates a car running under Formula 2 regulations.

PosNo.DriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Flockhart Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 39m 49.2s1
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper T51-Climax 25 laps6
33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bruce Halford Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 25 laps4
46 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Piper Dorchester Service Station Lotus 16-Climax 24 laps7
512 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Bristow British Racing Partnership Cooper T51-Borgward 24 laps8
624 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike McKee Jim Russell Cooper T45-Climax 24 laps10
78 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Raby Ian Raby Racing Hume Cooper-Climax 23 laps9
826 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Campbell-Jones John Campbell-Jones Cooper T45-Climax 23 laps12
918 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Ace Garage Rotherham Cooper T51-Climax 23 laps15
109 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Summers Equipe Arden Cooper T51-Climax 22 laps16
1122 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Andre Pilette Ecurie Nationale Belge Cooper T51-Climax 22 laps17
1225 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Parkes David Fry Fry-Climax 22 laps18
1321 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Parnell Reg Parnell Racing Cooper T45-Climax 22 laps20
1419 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dick Gibson Dick Gibson Cooper T43-Climax 22 laps21
1514 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Carter Trentside Motor Co Cooper T45-Climax 20 laps22
1615 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Klaas Twisk Tulip Stable Cooper T51-Climax 20 laps23
Ret27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stan Hart Oliver Hart Cooper T43-Climax 18 laps - mechanical11
Ret4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus 16-Climax 15 laps - anti-roll bar5
Ret10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori High Efficiency Motors Cooper T45-Maserati 11 laps - mechanical2
Ret5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Team Lotus Lotus 16-Climax 9 laps - drive shaft/steering3
Ret16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Whitehouse Westmount Garage Cooper T43-Climax 2 laps - ignition13
Ret20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Cooper T43-Climax 2 laps - suspension14
DNS23 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lucien Bianchi Ecurie Nationale Belge Cooper T51-Climax Mechanical19
DNA7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bruce Halford Horace Gould Maserati 250F Drove entry #3-
DNA11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dennis Taylor Dennis Taylor Lotus 12-Climax -
DNA17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Wicken Wincheap Racing Association Cooper T43-Climax -

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