1959 Silver City Trophy

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.

1959 Silver City Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1959 Formula One season
Race details
Date	10 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	Ron Flockhart	BRM
Time	1:34.8
Fastest lap
Driver	Ron Flockhart	BRM
Time	1:33.6
Podium
First	Ron Flockhart	BRM
Second	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Third	Bruce Halford	BRM

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.

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	Ron Flockhart	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	39m 49.2s	1
2	1	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51-Climax	25 laps	6
3	3	Bruce Halford	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	25 laps	4
4	6	David Piper	Dorchester Service Station	Lotus 16-Climax	24 laps	7
5	12	Chris Bristow	British Racing Partnership	Cooper T51-Borgward	24 laps	8
6	24	Mike McKee	Jim Russell	Cooper T45-Climax	24 laps	10
7	8	Ian Raby	Ian Raby Racing	Hume Cooper-Climax	23 laps	9
8	26	John Campbell-Jones	John Campbell-Jones	Cooper T45-Climax	23 laps	12
9	18	Trevor Taylor	Ace Garage Rotherham	Cooper T51-Climax	23 laps	15
10	9	Chris Summers	Equipe Arden	Cooper T51-Climax	22 laps	16
11	22	Andre Pilette	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Cooper T51-Climax	22 laps	17
12	25	Mike Parkes	David Fry	Fry-Climax	22 laps	18
13	21	Tim Parnell	Reg Parnell Racing	Cooper T45-Climax	22 laps	20
14	19	Dick Gibson	Dick Gibson	Cooper T43-Climax	22 laps	21
15	14	Ron Carter	Trentside Motor Co	Cooper T45-Climax	20 laps	22
16	15	Klaas Twisk	Tulip Stable	Cooper T51-Climax	20 laps	23
Ret	27	Stan Hart	Oliver Hart	Cooper T43-Climax	18 laps - mechanical	11
Ret	4	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus 16-Climax	15 laps - anti-roll bar	5
Ret	10	Roy Salvadori	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper T45-Maserati	11 laps - mechanical	2
Ret	5	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus 16-Climax	9 laps - drive shaft/steering	3
Ret	16	Brian Whitehouse	Westmount Garage	Cooper T43-Climax	2 laps - ignition	13
Ret	20	Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Cooper T43-Climax	2 laps - suspension	14
DNS	23	Lucien Bianchi	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Cooper T51-Climax	Mechanical	19
DNA	7	Bruce Halford	Horace Gould	Maserati 250F	Drove entry #3	-
DNA	11	Dennis Taylor	Dennis Taylor	Lotus 12-Climax		-
DNA	17	George Wicken	Wincheap Racing Association	Cooper T43-Climax		-