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.
Background[]
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 list[]
The full entry list for the 1954 Argentine Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview[]
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| 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] | ||||||
Grid[]
Race[]
Results[]
| 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] | |||||||
Milestones[]
Standings after race[]
External Links[]
- ↑ "Argentina 1954 - Qualifications". statsf1.com. http://www.statsf1.com/en/1954/argentine/qualification.aspx. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ↑ "1954 Argentine Grand Prix". formula1.com. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1954/races/126/argentina.html. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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