1956 Vanwall Trophy

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type = NC

|Country = GBR

|Grand Prix = Vanwall Trophy

|GP_Suffix =

|Details ref =

|Date = 22 July

|Year = 1956

|Image = Snetterton 1963 annotated.svg

|Caption = Snetterton Circuit

|Official name = I Vanwall Trophy

|Location = Snetterton Circuit, United Kingdom

|Course = Permanent racing facility

|Course_mi = 2.71

|Course_km = 4.35

|Distance_laps = 15

|Distance_mi = 40.65

|Distance_km = 65.20

|Weather =

|Attendance =

|Pole_Driver = Roy Salvadori

|Pole_Country = GBR

|Pole_Team = Maserati

|Pole_Time =

|Fast_Driver = Archie Scott-Brown

|Fast_Team = Connaught

|Fast_Time = 1:41.4

|Fast_Lap =

|Fast_Country = GBR

|First_Driver = Roy Salvadori

|First_Country = GBR

|First_Team = Maserati

|Second_Driver = Horace Gould

|Second_Country = GBR

|Second_Team = Maserati

|Third_Driver = Jack Brabham

|Third_Country = AUS

|Third_Team = Maserati

|Lapchart =

}}

The 1956 Vanwall Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held on 22 July 1956 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was won by Roy Salvadori, in a privately entered Maserati 250F.{{cite web|url=http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1956/1956.html#van|title=I Vanwall Trophy|publisher=silhouet.com|accessdate=2022-04-06}}{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1956-snetterton-f1/|title=1956 Snetterton F1|publisher=Motor Sport|accessdate=2022-04-06}}

Results

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Pos

! No

! Driver

! Constructor

! Car

! Time/Retired

! Grid

1

| 10

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Salvadori

| Gilby Engineering

| Maserati 250F

| 26m24.8, 92.34mph

| 1

2

| 21

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Horace Gould

| Gould's Garage (Bristol)

| Maserati 250F

| 27m32.2, +1m7.4

| 3

3

| 37

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Brabham

| J.A. Brabham

| Maserati 250F

| +1 lap

| 4

4

| 22

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Morice

| W.F. Morice

| Cooper T20-Aston Martin

| +4 laps

| 5

5

| 23

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Leslie Hunt

| L.A. Hunt

| Cooper T23-Bristol

| +1 lap

| 6

Ret

| 36

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Archie Scott-Brown

| Connaught Engineering

| Connaught Type B-Alta

| 6 laps, oil pipe

| 2

DNA

|

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Paul Emery

| Emeryson Cars

| Emeryson-Alta

| engine not repaired

| -

DNA

|

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tommy Atkins

| C.T. Atkins

| Connaught Type A-Lea Francis

|

| -

DNA

|

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dick Gibson

| R. Gibson

| Connaught Type A-Lea Francis

|

| -

DNA

|

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bruce Halford

| B. Halford

| Maserati 250F

| engine not repaired

| -

DNA

|

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alastair Birrell

| A.W. Birrell

| Cooper T20-Bristol

|

| -

DNA

|

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob Gerard

| F.R. Gerard

| Cooper T23-Bristol

| car not ready

| -

References

{{Reflist}}

{{F1 NC race report

| Name_of_race = Vanwall Trophy

| Year_of_race = 1956

| Previous_race_in_season = 1956 Aintree 100

| Next_race_in_season = 1956 Caen Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = None

| Next_year's_race = None

}}

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