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1953 Madgwick Cup
Race details
Date	26 September 1953
Official name	VI Madgwick Cup
Location	Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Course	Goodwood Circuit
Course length	3.863 km (2.400 mi)
Distance	7 laps, 27.039 km (16.801 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis
Time	1:35.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis
Time	1:35.0
Podium
First	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis
Second	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta
Third	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis

The 6th Madgwick Cup was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held at Goodwood Circuit on 26 September 1953. The race was won by Roy Salvadori in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis, starting from pole and setting fastest lap. Stirling Moss in a Cooper T24-Alta finished second and Tony Rolt was third in another Type A.

Results

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	10	Roy Salvadori	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	11:15.0, 144.26kph	1
2	7	Stirling Moss	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T24-Alta	+3.4s	2
3	11	Tony Rolt	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+3.8s	3
4	23	Ken Wharton	Ken Wharton	Cooper T23-Bristol	+24.8s	5
5	8	Bob Gerard	F.R. Gerard	Cooper T23-Bristol	+33.6s	4
6	27	Les Leston	Ecurie Londres	Cooper T26-JAP	+55.2s	6
7	12	Leslie Marr	Leslie Marr	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	7 laps	8
8	14	Guy Jason-Henry	Ecurie Brittanique	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	7 laps	10
9	9	Jimmy Somervail	Border Reivers	Cooper T20-Bristol	7 laps	9
Ret	24	Rodney Nuckey	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper T23-Bristol	6 laps	16
Ret	28	Horace Richards	Horace Richards	HAR-Riley	5 laps	13
Ret	26	Jack Fairman	John Webb	Turner-Lea Francis	4 laps	11
Ret	5	Ottorino Volonterio	Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati 4CLT/48	2 laps	14
Ret	21	Horace Gould	Gould's Garage Bristol	Cooper T23-Bristol	2 laps	7
Ret	22	Duncan Hamilton	R.J. Chase	Cooper T23-Bristol	0 laps, drive shaft	12
DNS	16	Paul Emery	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Aston Martin		15
DNA	6	Willi Sturzebecher	Willi Sturzebecher	Veritas Meteor
DNA	15	Lance Macklin	HW Motors Ltd	HWM-Alta
DNA	25	Austen Nurse	Austen Nurse	HWM-Alta
DNA	86	Mike Hawthorn	L.D. Hawthorn	Cooper T20-Bristol
DNA	9	Keith Hall	Border Reivers	Cooper T20-Bristol	car driven by Somervail
DNA	26	John Webb	John Webb	Turner-Lea Francis	car driven by Fairman

References

1. "1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-06-24.
2. "VI Madgwick Cup 1953". Retrieved 2022-06-24.

• 1953 Formula Two races
• 1953 in British motorsport