1954 British Grand Prix

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Race Details

Date

July 17, 1954

Official Name

VII RAC British Grand Prix

Location

Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone, Northants/Bucks, England

Course

Permanent racing facility
4.7105 km (2.927 mi)

Distance

90 laps, 423.945 km (263.427 mi)

Pole Position

Driver

Juan Manuel Fangio

Mercedes

Time

1:45.0

Fastest Lap

Time

1:50

Podium

Lap Leaders

The 1954 British Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1954 Formula One Season. It was held at Silverstone and was the fifth running of the British Grand Prix as part of the Formula One World Championship, the eighth British Grand Prix in all.

The race was won by José Froilán González who took the lead on the first lap from polesitter, Juan Manuel Fangio and led every lap from that point. González was followed home by Mike Hawthorn, over a minute behind and the only other driver on the lead lap. Onofre Marimón completed the top three, albeit a lap down. It would be the young Argentine's final race as Marimón was killed in the practice session for the following race, the German Grand Prix.

The race is perhaps most notable for being the only occasion on which the fastest lap (and the point for achieving it) was split between seven drivers, all of which matched the best time of 1 minute 50 seconds. The seven drivers shared the single point, taking ¹⁄₇ of a point each. This strange occurrence was the result of the officials only timing laps in whole seconds. Even the practice times to determine the starting grid were issued in whole seconds. After this race, the FIA issued minimum standards for timing and scoring for the first time.

The result left Fangio with a slightly reduced 13.5 point lead of González in the Drivers' Championship.

Background[]

Entry List[]

The full entry list of the 1954 British Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz	W196S	Mercedes	M196 2.5 L8	C
2	Karl Kling	Daimler-Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz	W196S	Mercedes	M196 2.5 L8	C
3	Harry Schell	Privateer	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati	A6 2.0 L6	P
4	Roberto Mieres	Privateer	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati	A6 2.0 L6	P
5	Roy Salvadori	Gilby Engineering	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	D
6	Prince Bira	Privateer	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
6	Ron Flockhart	Privateer	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
7	Stirling Moss	A.E. Moss	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
8	Ken Wharton	Owen Racing Organisation	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
9	José Froilán González	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	625	Ferrari	625 2.5 L4	P
10	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	625	Ferrari	625 2.5 L4	P
11	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	625	Ferrari	625 2.5 L4	P
12	Reg Parnell	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Ferrari	500/625	Ferrari	625 2.5 L4	A
14	Robert Manzon	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari	625	Ferrari	625 2.5 L4	P
15	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari	500/625	Ferrari	625 2.5 L4	D
16	Jacques Swaters	Ecurie Filipinetti	Ferrari	500/625	Ferrari	625 2.5 L4	E
17	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16	Gordini	23 2.5 L6	E
18	Clemar Bucci	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16	Gordini	23 2.5 L6	E
19	André Pilette	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16	Gordini	23 2.5 L6	E
20	Peter Collins	G.A. Vandervell	Vanwall	Special	Vanwall	254 2.5 L4	P
21	Peter Whitehead	Privateer	Cooper	T24	Alta	GP 2.5 L4	D
22	Bill Whitehouse	Privateer	Connaught	A	Lea-Francis	2.0 L4	D
23	Leslie Marr	Privateer	Connaught	A	Lea-Francis	2.0 L4	D
24	John Riseley-Prichard	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Connaught	A	Lea-Francis	2.0 L4	D
25	Don Beauman	Sir Jeremy Boles	Connaught	A	Lea-Francis	2.0 L4	D
26	Leslie Thorne	Ecurie Ecosse	Connaught	A	Lea-Francis	2.0 L4	D
27	Alan Brown	R.J. Chase	Cooper	T23	Bristol	BS1 2.0 L6	D
28	Horace Gould	Gould's Garage	Cooper	T23	Bristol	BS1 2.0 L6	D
29	Bob Gerard	Bob Gerard	Cooper	T23	Bristol	BS1 2.0 L6	D
30	Eric Brandon	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper	T23	Bristol	BS1 2.0 L6	D
30	Rodney Nuckey	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper	T23	Bristol	BS1 2.0 L6	D
31	Alberto Ascari	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
32	Luigi Villoresi	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
33	Onofre Marimón	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed
1	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes-Benz	1:45.0	—	161.520 km/h
2	9	José Froilán González	Ferrari	1:46.0	+1.0s	159.996 km/h
3	11	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	1:46.5	+1.5s	159.245 km/h
4	7	Stirling Moss	Maserati	1:47.0	+2.0s	158.501 km/h
5	17	Jean Behra	Gordini	1:48.0	+3.0s	157.033 km/h
6	2	Karl Kling	Mercedes-Benz	1:48.1	+3.1s	156.888 km/h
7	5	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	1:48.4	+3.4s	156.454 km/h
8	10	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	1:48.6	+3.6s	156.166 km/h
9	8	Ken Wharton	Maserati	1:49.5	+4.5s	154.882 km/h
10	6	Prince Bira	Maserati	1:49.6	+4.6s	154.741 km/h
11	20	Peter Collins	Vanwall	1:50.0	+5.0s	154.178 km/h
12	19	André Pilette	Gordini	1:51.0	+6.0s	152.789 km/h
13	18	Clemar Bucci	Gordini	1:52.0	+7.0s	151.425 km/h
14	12	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	1:52.1	+7.1s	151.290 km/h
15	14	Robert Manzon	Ferrari	1:52.5	+7.5s	150.752 km/h
16	3	Harry Schell	Maserati	1:53.0	+8.0s	150.085 km/h
17	25	Don Beauman	Connaught-Lea-Francis	1:55.0	+10.0s	147.475 km/h
18	29	Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol	1:55.3	+10.3s	147.091 km/h
19	22	Bill Whitehouse	Connaught-Lea-Francis	1:56.0	+11.0s	146.203 km/h
20	28	Horace Gould	Cooper-Bristol	1:56.7	+11.7s	145.326 km/h
21	24	John Riseley-Prichard	Connaught-Lea-Francis	1:57.0	+12.0s	144.954 km/h
22	23	Leslie Marr	Connaught-Lea-Francis	1:57.3	+12.3s	144.583 km/h
23	26	Leslie Thorne	Connaught-Lea-Francis	1:57.8	+12.8s	143.969 km/h
24	21	Peter Whitehead	Cooper-Alta	1:59.0	+14.0s	142.518 km/h
25	30	Eric Brandon	Cooper-Bristol	1:59.7	+14.7s	141.684 km/h
26*	27	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol	2:00.0	+15.0s	141.330 km/h
27	32	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	2:02.0	+17.0s	139.013 km/h
28	33	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	2:02.6	+17.6s	138.333 km/h
NC*	30	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper-Bristol	—
NC	31	Alberto Ascari	Maserati	—
NC	15	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	—
NC	4	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	—
WD	6	Ron Flockhart	Maserati	Appeared in race
WD	16	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	Engine

* Brown and Nuckey could not take the start of the race.

Grid[]

Pos		Pos		Pos		Pos

Driver		Driver		Driver		Driver
						______________
				______________		1
		______________		2		Juan Manuel Fangio
______________		3		José Froilán González
4		Mike Hawthorn
Stirling Moss
					______________
			______________		5
	______________		6		Jean Behra
	7		Karl Kling
	Roy Salvadori
						______________
				______________		8
		______________		9		Maurice Trintignant
______________		10		Ken Wharton
11		Prince Bira
Peter Collins
					______________
			______________		12
	______________		13		André Pilette
	14		Clemar Bucci
	Reg Parnell
						______________
				______________		15
		______________		16		Robert Manzon
______________		17		Harry Schell
18		Don Beauman
Bob Gerard
					______________
			______________		19
	______________		20		Bill Whitehouse
	21		Horace Gould
	John Riseley-Prichard
						______________
				______________		22
		______________		23		Leslie Marr
______________		24		Leslie Thorne
25		Peter Whitehead
Eric Brandon
					______________
			______________		26
	______________		27		Alan Brown
	28		Luigi Villoresi
	Onofre Marimón
						______________
				______________		29
		______________		30		Louis Rosier
______________		31		Alberto Ascari
32		Roberto Mières

Race[]

Results[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	José Froilán González	Ferrari	90	2:56:14	2	8¹⁄₇^FL
2	11	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	90	+1:10^[1]	3	6¹⁄₇^FL
3	33	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	89	+1 Lap	28	4¹⁄₇^FL
4	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes-Benz	89	+1 Lap	1	3¹⁄₇^FL
5	10	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	87	+3 Laps	8	2
6	4	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	87	+3 Laps	31
7	2	Karl Kling	Mercedes-Benz	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	Rear axle	4	¹⁄₇^FL
Ret	22	Bill Whitehouse	Connaught-Lea-Francis	63	Engine	19
Ret	17	Jean Behra	Gordini	54	Suspension	5	¹⁄₇^FL
Ret	5	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	53	Gearbox	7
Ret	6	Prince Bira	Maserati	42	Accident	10
Ret	6	Ron Flockhart	Maserati	2	Accident	10
Ret	32	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	30	Con rod	27
Ret	32	Alberto Ascari	Maserati	10	Con rod	27
Ret	24	John Riseley-Prichard	Connaught-Lea-Francis	40	Spin	21
Ret	12	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	25	Accident	14
Ret	31	Alberto Ascari	Maserati	21	Valve	29	¹⁄₇^FL
Ret	18	Clemar Bucci	Gordini	18	Accident	13
Ret	20	Peter Collins	Vanwall	16	Head gasket	11
Ret	14	Robert Manzon	Ferrari	16	Cylinder block	15
Ret	21	Peter Whitehead	Cooper-Alta	4	Oil pipe	24
Ret	30	Eric Brandon	Cooper-Bristol	2	Engine	25
Ret	15	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	2	Engine	30
DNS	27	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol
DNS	30	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper-Bristol
WD	16	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari
Source:^[2]

Milestones[]

Standings after race[]

References[]

↑ Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 75. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.
↑ "1954 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141104142815/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1954/709/. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

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Constructors	Connaught • Cooper • Ferrari • Gordini • HWM • Klenk • Lancia • Maserati • Mercedes-Benz • Vanwall
Engines	Alta • BMW • Bristol • Ferrari • Gordini • Lancia • Lea-Francis • Maserati • Mercedes • Vanwall
Drivers	Ascari • Bayol • Beauman • Behra • Berger • Bertocchi • Bira • Brandon • Brown • Bucci • Collins • Daponte • Fangio • Farina • Flockhart • Frère • Gerard • Godia-Sales • J. F. González • Gould • de Graffenried • Hawthorn • Helfrich • Herrmann • Kling • Lang • Loyer • Macklin • Maglioli • Mantovani • Marr • Manzon • Marimón • Menditeguy • Mieres • S. Moss • Musso • Nuckey • Parnell • Pilette • Pollet • Riseley-Prichard • de Riu • Rosier • Salvadori • Schell • Swaters • Taruffi • Thorne • Trintignant • Villoresi • Volonterio • Wacker • Wharton • Whitehead • Whitehouse
Cars	Connaught A • Cooper T23 • Cooper T24 • Ferrari 500 • Ferrari 553 • Ferrari 625 • Gordini T16 • HWM 53 • Klenk Meteor • Lancia D50 • Maserati 250F • Maserati A6GCM • Mercedes-Benz W196 • Vanwall Special
Tyres	Avon • Continental • Dunlop • Englebert • Pirelli
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See also	1953 Formula One Season • 1955 Formula One Season • Category

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[Lang-1] Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 75. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.

[2] "1954 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141104142815/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1954/709/. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

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