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Event: British Grand Prix		Date: 16.7.1955
Track: Aintree (United Kingdom), unknown length	Organiser: unknown
British GP
Non championship race

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	3	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DB3S	Aston Martin	17	37:37.8000	82.0000 kms	130.8400	1^st	S+2.0
2^nd	1	Peter Collins	Aston Martin DB3S	Aston Martin	17	37:38.6000			2^nd	S+2.0
3^rd	5	Reg Parnell	Aston Martin DB3S	Aston Martin	17	37:39.0000			3^rd	S+2.0
4^th	7	Peter Walker	Aston Martin DB3S	Aston Martin	17	37:48.0000			4^th	S+2.0
5^th	9	Mike Hawthorn	Jaguar D-type	Jaguar Cars Ltd.	17	38:04.0000			5^th	S+2.0
6^th	15	Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar D-type	Ec. Ecosse	17	38:55.6000			6^th	S+2.0
7^th	19	Bob Berry	Jaguar D-type	Jack Broadhead	17	39:21.6000			7^th	S+2.0
8^th	21	Mike Keen	HWM Jaguar	H. W. Motors	17	39:35.8000			8^th	S+2.0
9^th	57	Colin Chapman	Lotus Mark IX MG	Team Lotus	17	39:47.0000			1^st	S1.5
10^th	39	David Hampshire	Lister - Bristol	John Green	16				1^st	S2.0
11^th	51	Ken McAlpine	Connaught ALSR	Connaught	16				2^nd	S1.5
12^th	23	John Heath	HWM Jaguar	H. W. Motors	16				9^th	S+2.0
13^th	59	Ivor Bueb	Cooper T39 Climax	Cooper Car Co.	16				3^rd	S1.5
14^th	49	Alan Brown	Cooper - Maserati	Gilbey Eng.	16				2^nd	S2.0
15^th	33	Cliff Davis	Lotus Mark X Bristol	F. C. Davis	16				3^rd	S2.0
	37	Allan Moore	Lister - Bristol	Ormsby Issard-Davies	16
	53	Les Leston	Connaught	Peter Bell	16
	63	Brian Naylor	Lotus Mark VIII Connaught	J. B. Naylor Ltd.	16
	31	Peter Scott-Russell	Lotus Mark X Bristol	P. Scott Russell	14

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason
27	Tom Sulman	Aston Martin DB3S	Kangaroo	7	DNF
29	Mike Anthony	Lotus Mark X Bristol	M. Anthony	7	DNF
61	Tommy Sopwith	Cooper T39 Connaught	Eq. Endeavour	6	Clutch
45	Bert Rogers	Cooper T22 Bristol	A. P. O. Rogers	1	Accident
35	Archie Scott-Brown	Lister - Bristol	Lister Eng.	0	Throttle linkage

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
55	John Coombs	Lotus - Connaught	A. Moore	Retired in warm up lap

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason
11	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar D-type	J. D. Hamilton	DNS or DNA
17	Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar D-type	Ec. Ecosse	DNS or DNA
41	Tony Crook	Cooper - Bristol	T. A. D. Crook	DNS or DNA
43	Mike Keen	Cooper - Bristol	R. Chase	DNS or DNA
47	Tony Brooks	Frazer Nash	W. H. Aldington	DNS or DNA

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