The grid does look strange!
Doug Nye's 1977 book has the front row (left to right)
Maclure Farina Sommer
2:14.0 2:08.4 2:14.0
Featherstonhaugh Howe Shuttleworth
2:17.0 2:16.0 2:19.0
Martin Rose Bira
2:21.8 2:23.0 2:23.0
Lewis Handley Dobson
2:24.0 2:17.0 2:27.0
Dobbs Everitt Eccles
2:23.0 2:23.0 No time
Doug writes "Farina dominated practice with his remarkably quiet Maserati V8, whuffling around the undulating woodland glades in 2 minutes 8 seconds, whiuch was a clear second below Eccles' contemporary record. Sommer was 6 seconds per lap slower, while Mclure astounded everyone by equalling the Monoposto's time in his fleet Riley"
While Leif Snellman has
Maclure Farina Sommer
2m14s 2m08.4s 2m04s
Featherstonhaugh Howe Shuttleworth
2m17s 2m16s 2m19s
Martin Rose "B Bira"
2m21.8s 2m23s 2m23s
10
Lewis Handley Dobson
2m24s 2m17s 2m27s
Dobbs Everett Eccles
2m23s 2m23s
The same, apart from Sommer's time.
He writes: "Sommer took the pole with a time of 2m04.8s from Farina (2m08.4s) and Maclure's Riley (2m14.8s)"
Looking at the grid as a whole, the organisers have generally put the fastest car in the centre. This makes some sort of sense as the first bend was a sharp left although it was a clockwise circuit. I don't know why Dobbs and Everett were on the back row - insufficient practice laps, reserve entries or some other idiosyncratic rule perhaps.
This all hinges on Sommer's time.
Having typed all this, I remembered that I have the 1935 Motor Sport report on disc and will have to go and read it now.
Edit: Leif Snellman's grid formatted the same as Doug Nye's (the preview showed it like that!)
Edited by D-Type, 05 May 2014 - 15:16.