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1954 British Grand Prix
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Silverstone Circuit in 1952–1973 configuration
Silverstone Circuit in 1952–1973 configuration
Race details
Date 17 July 1954
Official name 7th RAC British Grand Prix
Location Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone, England
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.7105 km (2.927 miles)
Distance 90 laps, 423.949 km (263.43 miles)
Weather Cold, wet (heavy rain).[1]
Attendance 90,000[1]
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:45.0
Fastest lap
Drivers Italy Alberto Ascari Maserati
Fastest lap France Jean Behra Gordini
Fastest lap Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes
Fastest lap Argentina José Froilán González Ferrari
Fastest lap United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Ferrari
Fastest lap Argentina Onofre Marimón Maserati
Fastest lap United Kingdom Stirling Moss Maserati
Time 1:50
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Maserati
Lap leaders

The 1954 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 17 July 1954. It was race 5 of 9 in the 1954 World Championship of Drivers. The 90-lap race was won by Ferrari driver José Froilán González after he started from second position. His teammate Mike Hawthorn finished second and Maserati driver Onofre Marimón came in third.

Race report

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A huge crowd turned out at Silverstone to see if Mercedes could repeat their Reims rout. In the end, just two silver cars arrived (for Fangio and Kling). In contrast, Maserati had nine cars, whilst Ferrari had three for the experienced trio of Hawthorn, Gonzalez and Trintignant. Fangio set Silverstone's fastest ever lap, breaking the 100 mph barrier with a lap of 100.35 mph. It was Gonzalez who led away and held the lead until the flag. Behind him, Fangio passed Hawthorn for second but after colliding several times with oil drums in a difficult handling car, he dropped to fourth. Moss took over the position but retired with rear axle problems, leaving Hawthorn to follow home for a Ferrari 1–2 and young Onofre Marimón to take his second (and last) podium place.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 1:45.0
2 9 Argentina José Froilán González Ferrari 1:46.0 + 1.0
3 11 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 1:46.5 + 1.5
4 7 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Maserati 1:47.0 + 2.0
5 17 France Jean Behra Gordini 1:48.0 + 3.0
6 2 Germany Karl Kling Mercedes 1:48.1 + 3.1
7 5 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Maserati 1:48.4 + 3.4
8 10 France Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 1:48.6 + 3.6
9 8 United Kingdom Ken Wharton Maserati 1:49.5 + 4.5
10 6 Thailand Prince Bira Maserati 1:49.6 + 4.6
11 20 United Kingdom Peter Collins Vanwall 1:50.0 + 5.0
12 19 Belgium André Pilette Gordini 1:51.0 + 6.0
13 18 Argentina Clemar Bucci Gordini 1:52.0 + 7.0
14 12 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Ferrari 1:52.1 + 7.1
15 14 France Robert Manzon Ferrari 1:52.5 + 7.5
16 3 United States Harry Schell Maserati 1:53.0 + 8.0
17 25 United Kingdom Don Beauman Connaught-Lea-Francis 1:55.0 + 10.0
18 29 United Kingdom Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 1:55.3 + 10.3
19 22 United Kingdom Bill Whitehouse Connaught-Lea-Francis 1:56.0 + 11.0
20 28 United Kingdom Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 1:56.7 + 11.7
21 24 United Kingdom John Riseley-Prichard Connaught-Lea-Francis 1:57.0 + 12.0
22 23 United Kingdom Leslie Marr Connaught-Lea-Francis 1:57.3 + 12.3
23 26 United Kingdom Leslie Thorne Connaught-Lea-Francis 1:57.8 + 12.8
24 21 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta 1:59.0 + 14.0
25 30 United Kingdom Eric Brandon1 Cooper-Bristol 1:59.7 + 14.7
26 27 United Kingdom Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 2:00.0 + 15.0
27 32 Italy Luigi Villoresi Maserati 2:02.0 + 17.0
28 33 Argentina Onofre Marimón Maserati 2:02.6 + 17.6
29 30 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey1 Cooper-Bristol No time
30 31 Italy Alberto Ascari Maserati No time
31 15 France Louis Rosier Ferrari No time
32 4 Argentina Roberto Mieres Maserati No time
DNA 16 Belgium Jacques Swaters Ferrari No time
Source:[2]
^1Rodney Nuckey, named substitute driver for Eric Brandon in the #30 Cooper-Bristol, was given a starting position despite not completing a single lap in qualifying or in the race.

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Argentina José Froilán González Ferrari 90 2:56:14 2 8+171
2 11 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 90 + 1:10[3][4] 3 6+171
3 33 Argentina Onofre Marimón Maserati 89 + 1 lap 28 4+171
4 1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 89 + 1 lap 1 3+171
5 10 France Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 87 + 3 laps 8 2
6 4 Argentina Roberto Mieres Maserati 87 + 3 laps 32  
7 2 Germany Karl Kling Mercedes 87 + 3 laps 6  
8 8 United Kingdom Ken Wharton Maserati 86 + 4 laps 9  
9 19 Belgium André Pilette Gordini 86 + 4 laps 12  
10 29 United Kingdom Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 85 + 5 laps 18  
11 25 United Kingdom Don Beauman Connaught-Lea-Francis 84 + 6 laps 17  
12 3 United States Harry Schell Maserati 83 + 7 laps 16  
13 23 United Kingdom Leslie Marr Connaught-Lea-Francis 82 + 8 laps 22  
14 26 United Kingdom Leslie Thorne Connaught-Lea-Francis 78 + 12 laps 23  
15 28 United Kingdom Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 44 + 46 laps 20  
Ret 7 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Maserati 80 Axle 4 171
Ret 22 United Kingdom Bill Whitehouse Connaught-Lea-Francis 63 Fuel system 19  
Ret 17 France Jean Behra Gordini 54 Suspension 5 171
Ret 5 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Maserati 53 Transmission 7  
Ret 6 Thailand Prince Bira
United Kingdom Ron Flockhart
Maserati 44 Accident 10  
Ret 32 Italy Luigi Villoresi
Italy Alberto Ascari
Maserati 40 Engine 27  
Ret 24 United Kingdom John Riseley-Prichard Connaught-Lea-Francis 40 Accident 21  
Ret 12 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Ferrari 25 Engine 14  
Ret 31 Italy Alberto Ascari Maserati 21 Engine 30 171
Ret 18 Argentina Clemar Bucci Gordini 18 Accident 13  
Ret 20 United Kingdom Peter Collins Vanwall 16 Engine 11  
Ret 14 France Robert Manzon Ferrari 16 Engine 15  
Ret 21 United Kingdom Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta 4 Oil leak 24  
Ret 30 United Kingdom Eric Brandon Cooper-Bristol 2 Engine 25  
Ret 15 France Louis Rosier Ferrari 2 Engine 31  
DNS 27 United Kingdom Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol   Non-starter 26  
DNS 30 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol   Non-starter 29  
Source:[5]
Notes
  • ^1 – Ascari, Behra, Fangio, González, Hawthorn, Marimón and Moss all set the equal fastest lap time of 1:50. Each received 17 of a point.

Shared drives

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  • Car #6: Bira (42 laps) then Flockhart (2 laps)
  • Car #32: Villoresi (30 laps) then Ascari (10 laps)

Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 28+17
2 2 Argentina José Froilán González 14+914
1 3 France Maurice Trintignant 11
1 4 United States Bill Vukovich 8
11 5 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn 7+914
Source: [6]
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship.

References

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  1. ^ a b "90,000 Watch Toughest British Grand Prix". Bury Free Press. 23 July 1954. Retrieved 9 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Britain 1954 – Qualifying". statsf1.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 75. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.
  4. ^ "Britain 1954 – Race". statsf1.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  5. ^ "1954 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Britain 1954 - Championship • STATS F1". statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.


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