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
Practice Overview
Qualifying
Qualifying Results
Pos | Pos | Pos | Pos | ||||
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Driver | Driver | Driver | Driver | ||||
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______________ | 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 | 8 1⁄7 |
2 | 11 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 90 | + 1:10[1] | 3 | 6 1⁄7 |
3 | 33 | Onofre Marimón | Maserati | 89 | + 1 Lap | 28 | 4 1⁄7 |
4 | 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes | 89 | + 1 Lap | 1 | 3 1⁄7 |
5 | 10 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari | 87 | + 3 Laps | 8 | 2 |
6 | 4 | Roberto Mieres | Maserati | 87 | + 3 Laps | 32 | |
7 | 2 | Karl Kling | Mercedes | 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 | |
Ret | 7 | Stirling Moss | Maserati | 80 | Axle | 4 | 1⁄7 |
14 | 26 | Leslie Thorne | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 78 | + 12 Laps | 23 | |
Ret | 22 | Bill Whitehouse | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 63 | Fuel System | 19 | |
Ret | 17 | Jean Behra | Gordini | 54 | Suspension | 5 | 1⁄7 |
Ret | 5 | Roy Salvadori | Maserati | 53 | Transmission | 7 | |
Ret | 6 | Prince Bira Ron Flockhart |
Maserati | 44 | Accident | 10 | |
15 | 28 | Horace Gould | Cooper-Bristol | 44 | + 46 Laps | 20 | |
Ret | 32 | Luigi Villoresi Alberto Ascari |
Maserati | 40 | Engine | 27 | |
Ret | 24 | John Riseley-Prichard | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 40 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 12 | Reg Parnell | Ferrari | 25 | Engine | 14 | |
Ret | 31 | Alberto Ascari | Maserati | 21 | Engine | 30 | 1⁄7 |
Ret | 18 | Clemar Bucci | Gordini | 18 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 20 | Peter Collins | Vanwall | 16 | Engine | 11 | |
Ret | 14 | Robert Manzon | Ferrari | 16 | Engine | 15 | |
Ret | 21 | Peter Whitehead | Cooper-Alta | 4 | Oil Leak | 24 | |
Ret | 30 | Eric Brandon | Cooper-Bristol | 2 | Engine | 25 | |
Ret | 15 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari | 2 | Engine | 31 | |
DNS | 27 | Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol | Non Starter | 26 | ||
DNS | 30 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper-Bristol | Non Starter | 29 | ||
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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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