The 1954 Berlin Grand Prix was a non-championship event, held on September 19. Intended as a celebration of the championship won by Mercedes driver Juan Manuel Fangio, the Silver Arrows dominated the first race on the AVUS circuit in the modern era. Fangio led from the pole, and set the fastest lap, but backed off near the end to give victory to teammate and German driver Karl Kling. Fangio finished half a second back, and the other Mercedes of Hans Herrmann was another 0.4 seconds behind.
Gordini driver André Pilette finished fourth, three laps down.
Background[]
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 1954 Berlin Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview[]
Qualifying[]
Report[]
Qualifying Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 1954 Berlin Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Juan Manuel Fangio
|
 Mercedes
|
2:12.3 | — |
| 2 | 6 | Hans Herrmann
|
Mercedes
|
2:13.6 | +1.3s |
| 3 | 4 | Karl Kling
|
Mercedes
|
2:15.1 | +2.8s |
| 4 | 14 |  Jean Behra
|
Gordini
|
2:25.0 | +12.7s |
| 5 | 18 |  Jacques Swaters
|
 Ferrari
|
2:26.9 | +14.6s |
| 6 | 20 | Louis Rosier
|
Maserati
|
2:27.0 | +14.7s |
| 7 | 17 | André Pilette
|
Gordini
|
2:27.4 | +15.1s |
| 8* | 12 | Robert Manzon
|
Ferrari
|
2:30.3 | +18.0s |
| 9 | 16 |  Fred Wacker
|
Gordini
|
2:32.9 | +20.6s |
| 10 | 24 | Helmut Niedermayr
|
Klenk-BMW
|
2:37.4 | +25.1s |
| 11 | 22 | Harry Schell
|
Maserati
|
2:52.1 | +39.8s |
| WD | 8 |  Stirling Moss
|
Maserati
|
Withdrawn | |
| WD | 10 | Sergio Mantovani
|
Maserati
|
Withdrawn | |
| WD | 26 | Rudolf Krause
|
Greifzu-BMW
|
Withdrawn | |
- * Manzon could not take the start of the race due to a mechanical failure of his car.
Grid[]
| Pos | Pos | Pos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | Driver | |||
| ______________ | |||||
| ______________ | 1 | ||||
| ______________ | 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | |||
| 3 | Hans Herrmann | ||||
| Karl Kling | |||||
| ______________ | |||||
| ______________ | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Jean Behra | ||||
| Jacques Swaters | |||||
| ______________ | |||||
| ______________ | 6 | ||||
| ______________ | 7 | Louis Rosier | |||
| 8 | André Pilette | ||||
| ______________ | |||||
| ______________ | 9 | ||||
| 10 | Fred Wacker | ||||
| Helmut Niedermayr | |||||
| ______________ | |||||
| ______________ | 11 | ||||
| ______________ | 12 | Harry Schell | |||
| 13 | |||||
| ______________ | |||||
| ______________ | 14 | ||||
| 15 | |||||
| ______________ | |||||
| ______________ | 16 | ||||
| ______________ | 17 | ||||
| 18 | |||||
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- * Manzon could not take the start of the race due to a mechanical failure of his car.
Race[]
Report[]
Result[]
The full qualifying results for the 1954 Berlin Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Karl Kling
|
Mercedes
|
60 | 2:19:59.8 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
Mercedes
|
60 | + 0.5 | 1 |
| 3 | 6 | Hans Herrmann
|
Mercedes
|
60 | + 0.9 | 2 |
| 4 | 17 | André Pilette
|
Gordini
|
57 | + 3 Laps | 7 |
| 5 | 18 | Jacques Swaters
|
Ferrari
|
56 | + 4 Laps | 5 |
| 6 | 16 | Fred Wacker
|
Gordini
|
55 | + 5 Laps | 9 |
| 7 | 24 | Helmut Niedermayr
|
Klenk-BMW
|
52 | Steering | 10 |
| 8 | 22 | Harry Schell
|
Maserati
|
50 | + 10 Laps | 11 |
| Ret | 14 | Jean Behra
|
Gordini
|
14 | Engine | 4 |
| Ret | 20 | Louis Rosier
|
Maserati
|
0 | Driveshaft | 6 |
| DNS | 12 | Robert Manzon
|
Ferrari
|