Silverstone Grand Prix - Formula 2 1956 - Race Results

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Event: 9th R.A.C British Grand Prix sponsored by the Daily Express		Date: 14.7.1956
Track: Silverstone (United Kingdom), 4.710 kms	Organiser: unknown
Silverstone Grand Prix - Formula 2
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h
1^st	1	Roy Salvadori	Cooper T41 Climax	Cooper Car Co. Ltd.	25	45:44.0000	117.7500 kms	154.4970
2^nd	14	Colin Chapman	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	25	46:14.6000		152.7911
3^rd	4	Ivor Bueb	Cooper T39 Climax	Ecurie Demi-Litre	25	47:15.2000		149.5242
4^th	16	Cliff Allison	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	25	47:20.0000
5^th	25	Les Leston	Cooper T39 Climax	Willment Speed Shop	25	46:26.4000
6^th	3	Jack Brabham	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Co. Ltd.	25	46:30.2000
7^th	18	Graham Hill	Lotus Eleven Climax	J. J. Richards	24
8^th	21	Keith Hall	Lotus Eleven Climax	Keith Hall	24
9^th	5	Dennis Taylor	Cooper T39 Climax	Dennis Taylor	24
10^th	6	Tony Marsh	Cooper T39 Climax	A. E. Marsh	24
11^th	7	Reg Parnell	Lotus Eleven Climax	Equipe Endeavour	24
12^th	11	André Pilette	Gordini T17S	Amedée Gordini	24
13^th	20	Bill Frost	Lotus Eleven Climax	W. S. Frost	23
14^th	26	Ian Burgess	Beart-Rodger Osca	J. W. Byrnes	23
15^th	19	Jimmy Somervail	Lotus Eleven Climax	The Border Reivers	20

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
9	Alex McMillan	Cooper T39 Climax	Alex McMillan		DNF
8	Chris Summers	Cooper T39 Climax	C. G. Summers		DNF
22	Jim Russell	Lotus Eleven Alta	Jim Russell		Brakes
15	Reg Bicknell	Lotus Eleven Climax	Team Lotus	4	Con rod
23	Brian Naylor	Lotus Eleven Maserati	J. B. Naylor	1	Camshaft

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
10	Ian Raby	Elva Mk I Maserati	G. G. Smith	Engine in practice

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
2	Mike MacDowel	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Co. Ltd.	Car not ready
7	Parnell / Scott-Brown	Cooper T39 Lea Francis	Equipe Endeavour	Raced Lotus Eleven
12	Horace Richards	HAR - Riley	H. A. Richards
17	Hawthorn / Bueb	Lotus Eleven Climax	Ecurie Demi-Litre
24	Jo Bonnier	Maserati 150S	Scuderia Bonnier
25	Les Leston	Willment - Climax	Willment Speed Shop	Car not ready
22	Tony Brooks	Lotus Mark IX Lea Francis	John Coombs	Not known if ran

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