The Glover Trophy was originally presented to the winner of the Richmond Formula One race, which was for contemporary Formula One machinery.
At the Goodwood Revival 2010, this is a race for post-1961 Formula One and Formula One-based Tasman cars. While this year that meant cars from the 1.5-litre era of 1961-1965 such as ATS, Brabham, BRM, Cooper, Lola, Lotus and Scirocco, the Goodwood Revival 1999 race catered for ‘wingless’ 3-litre cars of a type that raced between 1966 and 1969.
Former Grand Prix driver Richard Attwood drove a brilliantly measured race to win the Glover Trophy aboard his BRM P261. Frank Sytner led for most of the running, having defended robustly against fellow Lotus man Andy Middlehurst into Madgwick for the first time. At half distance there was barely half-a-second between the two former touring car chargers, Sytner’s older 24 model staying ahead of the newer monocoque 25 with millimetre precision as Alain Baillie’s Cooper squabbled with Peter Horsman’s Lotus 21, Mark Piercy’s Lola Mk4 and Phil Keen’s Lotus 24 with positions ever changing.
A slow starting Attwood gradually picked off the squabbling quartet before arriving on the tail of the lead pair with five minutes left to run. Two minutes later he surged past Middlehurst with a perfectly timed run at Lavant. Moments later he was past Sytner at Fordwater, the top three places remaining the same to the chequer. Horsman was an eventual third with Baillie fifth and Piercy sixth.
“I knew going into the race that it would be tricky,” admitted the winner Attwood. “We’ve had engine problems with the car but to win is very satisfying. Frank and I have raced together several times so I knew I could trust him.”
Goodwood Revival 2010 – Glover Trophy Race Results (18 laps)
1. Richard Attwood, BRM P261 (1:24.394 fastest lap)
2. Frank Sytner, Lotus 24
3. Andy Middlehurst, Lotus 25
4. Peter Horsman, Lotus 18/21
5. Alan Baillie, Cooper T71/73
Click for complete Glover Trophy Race Results
Similar to our Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 coverage, photographer Tim Scott of Fluid Images also documented this year’s Goodwood Revival, including the following images from the Glover Trophy race. To see more from Tim, visit fluidimages.co.uk.
Goodwood Revival 2010 – Glover Trophy Photo Gallery (click image for larger picture and description)
[Source: Goodwood; photo credit: Tim Scott / Fluid Images]
Hi
I am writing a book on the 1 litre F2 cars.
Would it be possible to use the photos of the BT10 Please. I will of course credit the source
K Whittle