The 4th
Lombank Trophy
The Lombank Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held during the early 1960s at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit in Norfolk, England.
The event took place early in the season and was sometimes the first Formula One race of the year. The 1 ...
was a
motor race, run to
Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
rules, held on 30 March 1963 at
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit,
England
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. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver
Graham Hill in a
BRM P57.
The lead changed hands several times between
Richie Ginther and
Jim Clark, before Hill, who had started from the back of the grid, passed Clark on lap 33. He stayed in front until the end of the race, with Clark second, while Ginther spun and finished fifth.
This was the first and only Formula One start for
Adam Wyllie, who was killed at a
Formula Three
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event at
Dunboyne
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Location
Dunboyne is centred on the ...
in 1965, when he was involved in an accident with
Jack Pearce.
[F2 Register - XXIII Leinster Trophy 196]
/ref> Pearce had also entered this Lombank Trophy race but withdrew.
Results
References
* Results at Silhouet.co
* "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
* "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp 126-127.
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The Lombank Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held during the early 1960s at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit in Norfolk, England.
The event took place early in the season and was sometimes the first Formula One race of the year. The 1 ...
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The 3rd Lombank Trophy was a motor race, run for cars complying with Formula One rules, held on 14 April 1962 at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark i ...
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Lombank Trophy
The Lombank Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held during the early 1960s at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit in Norfolk, England.
The event took place early in the season and was sometimes the first Formula One race of the year. The 1 ...
Lombank Trophy
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