The 2nd Daily Telegraph Trophy was a

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, run to

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rules, held on 3 September 1955 at

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. The race was run over 17 laps, and was won by British driver

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in a

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. Salvadori also set fastest lap, and

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was on pole position in a 250F but retired with engine problems.

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was second in a Cooper T23-

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and

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third in another 250F. This was the first race for the

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. It only managed a few laps in practice before oil leaking onto the tyres caused driver Peter Collins to spin off and damage the car.

Results

References

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Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was foun ...