1954 British Grand Prix
1954 British Grand Prix | |||||
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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 |
| Maserati | |||
| Gordini | ||||
| Mercedes | ||||
| Ferrari | ||||
| Ferrari | ||||
| Maserati | ||||
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]- ^1 — Rodney 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
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 9 | Ferrari | 90 | 2:56:14 | 2 | 8+1⁄71 | |
2 | 11 | Ferrari | 90 | + 1:10[3][4] | 3 | 6+1⁄71 | |
3 | 33 | Maserati | 89 | + 1 lap | 28 | 4+1⁄71 | |
4 | 1 | Mercedes | 89 | + 1 lap | 1 | 3+1⁄71 | |
5 | 10 | Ferrari | 87 | + 3 laps | 8 | 2 | |
6 | 4 | Maserati | 87 | + 3 laps | 32 | ||
7 | 2 | Mercedes | 87 | + 3 laps | 6 | ||
8 | 8 | Maserati | 86 | + 4 laps | 9 | ||
9 | 19 | Gordini | 86 | + 4 laps | 12 | ||
10 | 29 | Cooper-Bristol | 85 | + 5 laps | 18 | ||
11 | 25 | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 84 | + 6 laps | 17 | ||
12 | 3 | Maserati | 83 | + 7 laps | 16 | ||
13 | 23 | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 82 | + 8 laps | 22 | ||
14 | 26 | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 78 | + 12 laps | 23 | ||
15 | 28 | Cooper-Bristol | 44 | + 46 laps | 20 | ||
Ret | 7 | Maserati | 80 | Axle | 4 | 1⁄71 | |
Ret | 22 | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 63 | Fuel system | 19 | ||
Ret | 17 | Gordini | 54 | Suspension | 5 | 1⁄71 | |
Ret | 5 | Maserati | 53 | Transmission | 7 | ||
Ret | 6 | Maserati | 44 | Accident | 10 | ||
Ret | 32 | Maserati | 40 | Engine | 27 | ||
Ret | 24 | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 40 | Accident | 21 | ||
Ret | 12 | Ferrari | 25 | Engine | 14 | ||
Ret | 31 | Maserati | 21 | Engine | 30 | 1⁄71 | |
Ret | 18 | Gordini | 18 | Accident | 13 | ||
Ret | 20 | Vanwall | 16 | Engine | 11 | ||
Ret | 14 | Ferrari | 16 | Engine | 15 | ||
Ret | 21 | Cooper-Alta | 4 | Oil leak | 24 | ||
Ret | 30 | Cooper-Bristol | 2 | Engine | 25 | ||
Ret | 15 | Ferrari | 2 | Engine | 31 | ||
DNS | 27 | Cooper-Bristol | Non-starter | 26 | |||
DNS | 30 | Cooper-Bristol | Non-starter | 29 | |||
Source:[5]
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- Notes
- ^1 – Ascari, Behra, Fangio, González, Hawthorn, Marimón and Moss all set the equal fastest lap time of 1:50. Each received 1⁄7 of a point.
Shared drives
[edit]- Car #6: Bira (42 laps) then Flockhart (2 laps)
- Car #32: Villoresi (30 laps) then Ascari (10 laps)
Championship standings after the race
[edit]- Drivers' Championship standings
Pos | Driver | Points | |
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1 | 28+1⁄7 | ||
2 | 14+9⁄14 | ||
3 | 11 | ||
4 | 8 | ||
5 | 7+9⁄14 | ||
Source: [6] |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "90,000 Watch Toughest British Grand Prix". Bury Free Press. 23 July 1954. Retrieved 9 July 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Britain 1954 – Qualifying". statsf1.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 75. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.
- ^ "Britain 1954 – Race". statsf1.com. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "1954 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Britain 1954 - Championship • STATS F1". statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.