1954 British Grand Prix | |||||
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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 | Alberto Ascari | Maserati | |||
Fastest lap | Jean Behra | Gordini | |||
Fastest lap | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes | |||
Fastest lap | José Froilán González | Ferrari | |||
Fastest lap | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | |||
Fastest lap | Onofre Marimón | Maserati | |||
Fastest lap | 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.
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.
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 9 | José Froilán González | Ferrari | 90 | 2:56:14 | 2 | 8+1⁄71 |
2 | 11 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 90 | + 1:10[3][4] | 3 | 6+1⁄71 |
3 | 33 | Onofre Marimón | Maserati | 89 | + 1 lap | 28 | 4+1⁄71 |
4 | 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes | 89 | + 1 lap | 1 | 3+1⁄71 |
5 | 10 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari | 87 | + 3 laps | 8 | 2 |
6 | 4 | Roberto Mieres | Maserati | 87 | + 3 laps | 32 | |
7 | 2 | Karl Kling | Mercedes | 87 | + 3 laps | 6 | |
8 | 8 | Ken Wharton | Maserati | 86 | + 4 laps | 9 | |
9 | 19 | André Pilette | Gordini | 86 | + 4 laps | 12 | |
10 | 29 | Bob Gerard | Cooper-Bristol | 85 | + 5 laps | 18 | |
11 | 25 | Don Beauman | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 84 | + 6 laps | 17 | |
12 | 3 | Harry Schell | Maserati | 83 | + 7 laps | 16 | |
13 | 23 | Leslie Marr | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 82 | + 8 laps | 22 | |
14 | 26 | Leslie Thorne | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 78 | + 12 laps | 23 | |
15 | 28 | Horace Gould | Cooper-Bristol | 44 | + 46 laps | 20 | |
Ret | 7 | Stirling Moss | Maserati | 80 | Axle | 4 | 1⁄71 |
Ret | 22 | Bill Whitehouse | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 63 | Fuel system | 19 | |
Ret | 17 | Jean Behra | Gordini | 54 | Suspension | 5 | 1⁄71 |
Ret | 5 | Roy Salvadori | Maserati | 53 | Transmission | 7 | |
Ret | 6 | Prince Bira Ron Flockhart |
Maserati | 44 | Accident | 10 | |
Ret | 32 | Luigi Villoresi Alberto Ascari |
Maserati | 40 | Engine | 27 | |
Ret | 24 | John Riseley-Prichard | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 40 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 12 | Reg Parnell | Ferrari | 25 | Engine | 14 | |
Ret | 31 | Alberto Ascari | Maserati | 21 | Engine | 30 | 1⁄71 |
Ret | 18 | Clemar Bucci | Gordini | 18 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 20 | Peter Collins | Vanwall | 16 | Engine | 11 | |
Ret | 14 | Robert Manzon | Ferrari | 16 | Engine | 15 | |
Ret | 21 | Peter Whitehead | Cooper-Alta | 4 | Oil leak | 24 | |
Ret | 30 | Eric Brandon | Cooper-Bristol | 2 | Engine | 25 | |
Ret | 15 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari | 2 | Engine | 31 | |
DNS | 27 | Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol | Non-starter | 26 | ||
DNS | 30 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper-Bristol | Non-starter | 29 | ||
Source:[5]
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Pos | Driver | Points | |
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1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | 28+1⁄7 | |
2 | 2 | José Froilán González | 14+9⁄14 |
1 | 3 | Maurice Trintignant | 11 |
1 | 4 | Bill Vukovich | 8 |
11 | 5 | Mike Hawthorn | 7+9⁄14 |
Source: [6] |
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