1957 Glover Trophy
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The 1957 Glover Trophy 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 22 April 1957 at Goodwood Circuit,
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. The race was run over 42 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stuart Lewis-Evans in a
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B Type. The
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and
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works entries were
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cars.


Classification

*The Cooper Car Company had entered a second Formula Two Cooper (#11), but no driver was allocated and the car did not arrive.


References

* Results at www.silhouet.co

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