1953 Curtis Trophy

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type =

|Country = UK

|Grand Prix = Curtis Trophy

|GP_Suffix =

|Official name = I Curtis Trophy

|Location = Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk

|Image = Snetterton_1963_annotated.svg

|Date = 17 October

|Year = 1953

|Course = Permanent racing facility

|Course_mi = 2.719

|Course_km = 4.361

|Distance_laps = 15

|Distance_mi = 40.78

|Distance_km = 65.43

|Weather =

|Pole_Driver =

|Pole_Country =

|Pole_Team =

|Pole_Time =

|Fast_Driver = Bob Gerard

|Fast_Team = Cooper-Bristol

|Fast_Time = 2:08.8

|Fast_Country = UK

|First_Driver = Bob Gerard

|First_Country = UK

|First_Team = Cooper-Bristol

|Second_Driver = Les Leston

|Second_Country = UK

|Second_Team = Cooper-JAP

|Third_Driver = Jimmy Somervail

|Third_Country = UK

|Third_Team = Cooper-Bristol

}}

The 1st Curtis Trophy was a Formula Two motor race held on 17 October 1953 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was run over 15 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Bob Gerard in a Cooper T23-Bristol, who also set fastest lap. Les Leston in a Cooper T26-JAP and Jimmy Somervail in a Cooper T20-Bristol were second and third.{{cite web|url=http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#curtis|title=1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix|accessdate=2022-07-19}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_50.htm|title=I Curtis Trophy 1953|accessdate=2022-07-19}}