1954 Argentine Grand Prix

The 1954 Argentine Grand Prix (officially II Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina) was race number 1 of the 1954 Formula One Season. It took place at the Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez on January 17 1954. The race was won Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio with Nino Farina in second and José Froilán González in third, both of Ferrari.

BackgroundEdit

After the tragedy of the 1953 race, a number of changes had been made to the circuit, particularly in terms of security and spectator protection. But one change that was seemingly unrelated to that goal was the reversal of the track direction, from clockwise to counterclockwise. But that seemed to backfire, as the pole time was 10 seconds faster than in 1953. Even allowing for the change in formula, the experiment was never repeated.

Entry listEdit

The full entry list for the 1954 Argentine Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
4	Onofre Marimón	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
6	Luigi Musso	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
8	Prince Bira	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
10	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	625	Ferrari	625 L4 2.5	P
12	José Froilán González	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	625	Ferrari	625 L4 2.5	P
14	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	625	Ferrari	625 L4 2.5	P
16	Umberto Maglioli	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	625	Ferrari	625 L4 2.5	P
18	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16	Gordini	23 L6 2.5	E
20	Élie Bayol	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16	Gordini	23 L6 2.0	E
22	Roger Loyer	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16	Gordini	23 L6 2.5	E
24	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari	500	Ferrari	500 L4 2.0	P
26	Maurice Trintignant	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari	500	Ferrari	500 L4 2.0	P
28	Harry Schell	Harry Schell	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati	A6 L6 2.0	P
30	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati	A6 L6 2.0	P
32	Roberto Mieres	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati	A6 L6 2.0	P
34	Jorge Daponte	Jorge Daponte	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati	A6 L6 2.0	P
36	Carlos Menditeguy	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati	A6 L6 2.0	P

Practice OverviewEdit

QualifyingEdit

Q1Edit

Q2Edit

Q3Edit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	10	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	1:44.8	—
2	12	José Froilán González	Ferrari	1:44.9	+ 0.1
3	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1:45.6	+ 0.8
4	14	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	1:47.0	+ 2.2
5	26	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	1:47.4	+ 2.6
6	4	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	1:47.4	+ 2.6
7	6	Luigi Musso	Maserati	1:48.2	+ 3.4
8	32	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	1:49.0	+ 4.2
9	36	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	1:49.2	+ 4.4
10	8	Prince Bira	Maserati	1:49.3	+ 4.5
11	28	Harry Schell	Maserati	1:50.0	+ 5.2
12	16	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	1:50.2	+ 5.4
13	30	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	1:50.7	+ 5.9
14	24	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	1:51.1	+ 6.3
15	20	Élie Bayol	Gordini	1:51.6	+ 6.8
16	22	Roger Loyer	Gordini	1:52.6	+ 7.8
17	18	Jean Behra	Gordini	1:53.0	+ 8.2
18	34	Jorge Daponte	Maserati	1:56.7	+ 11.9
Source:[1]

GridEdit

RaceEdit

ResultsEdit

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	87	3:00:55.8	3	8
2	10	Nino Farina	Ferrari	87	+ 1:19.0	1	6
3	12	José Froilán González	Ferrari	87	+ 2:01.0	2	5
4	26	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	86	+ 1 Lap	5	3
5	20	Élie Bayol	Gordini	85	+ 2 Laps	15	2
6	28	Harry Schell	Maserati	84	+ 3 Laps	11
7	8	Prince Bira	Maserati	83	+ 4 Laps	10
8	30	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	83	+ 4 Laps	13
9	16	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	82	+ 5 Laps	12
DSQ	18	Jean Behra	Gordini	61	Push Start	17
DSQ	14	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	52	Push Start	4
Ret	4	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	48	Engine	6
Ret	32	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	37	Oil Leak	8
Ret	22	Roger Loyer	Gordini	19	Oil Pressure	16
Ret	34	Jorge Daponte	Maserati	19	Gearbox	18
Ret	24	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	1	Accident	14
DNS	6	Luigi Musso	Maserati		Engine	7
DNS	36	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati		Engine	9
Source:[2]

MilestonesEdit

Standings after raceEdit

External LinksEdit

V T E	Argentine Grand Prix
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Non-Championship Race	1971