The 3rd Coronation Trophy was a Formula Two motor race held on 25 May 1953 at Crystal Palace Circuit, London. The race was run over two heats of 10 laps and a final of 10 laps.

Tony Rolt in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis won Heat 1 and set fastest lap in that heat. Peter Whitehead in a Cooper T24-Alta won Heat 2 and set fastest lap in that heat.

Rolt won the final, starting from pole by way of being fastest winner in the heats, and set fastest lap. Ken Wharton was second in a Cooper T23-Bristol and Peter Whitehead third.^[1][2]

Note - a blue background denotes entries that DNA (did not arrive)

No.	Driver	Entrant	Car
1	Roy Salvadori	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
2	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
3	John Coombs	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
4	Peter Collins	HW Motors Ltd.	HWM-Alta
5	Lance Macklin	HW Motors Ltd.	HWM-Alta
6	Jack Fairman	HW Motors Ltd.	HWM-Alta
6	Duncan Hamilton	HW Motors Ltd.	HWM-Alta
7	Stirling Moss	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T24-Alta
8	Bobbie Baird	Bobbie Baird	Ferrari 500
9	Torrie Large	Bobbie Baird	Alta F2
10	Peter Whitehead	Atlantic Stable	Cooper T24-Alta
11	Tom Cole	Atlantic Stable	Cooper T23-Bristol
12	Graham Whitehead	Atlantic Stable	Cooper T23-Bristol
14	Tony Crook	Tony Crook	Cooper T20-Bristol
15	Frank Curtis	Frank Curtis	HWM-Alta
16	John Barber	John Barber	Cooper T23-Bristol
17	Alan Brown	Equipe Anglaise	Cooper T23-Alfa Romeo
18	Leslie Marr	Leslie Marr	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
19	Ken Wharton	Ken Wharton	Cooper T23-Bristol
20	John Webb	John Webb	Turner-Lea Francis
21	Archie Bryde	Archie Bryde	Cooper T20-Bristol
22	Peter Murdoch	Oliver Simpson	Alta F2
23	Paul Emery	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Alta
24	Bertie Bradnack	Bertie Bradnack	Woden-Bristol
25	Bill Aston	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth
26	Donald Bennett	Donald Bennett	Cooper T19-Vincent

Heat 1 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid 1 Tony Rolt Connaught-Lea Francis 11:47.4, 113.92kph 4 2 Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol +0.6s 5 3 Lance Macklin HWM-Alta +18.8s 6 4 Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta +27.6s 3 5 Bill Aston Aston Butterworth +47.6s 2 6 Torrie Large Alta F2 +1:50.6 8 Ret Archie Bryde Cooper-Bristol 8 laps, mechanical 1 DNS Paul Emery Emeryson-Alta 7

Heat 2 Pos Driver Car Time/Ret. Grid 1 Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta 12:00.8, 11.70kph 4 2 Peter Collins HWM-Alta +11.4s 3 3 Graham Whitehead Cooper-Bristol +12.0s 2 4 Jack Fairman HWM-Alta +46.2s 1 5 Leslie Marr Connaught-Lea Francis +46.6s 5 6 John Barber Cooper-Bristol 8 Ret Bobbie Baird Ferrari 3 laps, crash 7 Ret Tony Crook Cooper-Bristol 2 laps 6 Ret Donald Bennett Cooper-Vincent 0 laps, chain drive 10 Ret Alan Brown Cooper-Alfa Romeo 0 laps, fuel pump 9

Grid positions for the final were determined by the drivers' finishing times in the heats.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis	11:42.2, 114.72kph	1
2	Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol	+2.0s	2
3	Peter Whitehead	Cooper-Alta	+14.0s	3
4	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	+14.6s	4
5	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta	+21.8s	7
6	Graham Whitehead	Cooper-Bristol	+25.6s	6
7	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	+29.6s	5
8	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	+38.2s	8
9	Jack Fairman	HWM-Alta	+1:15.4	10
10	Torrie Large	Alta F2	+1 lap	9
Ret	Leslie Marr	Connaught-Lea Francis	1 lap, crash	11