1954 British Grand Prix

  1954 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 9 in the 1954 Formula One season
Silverstone Circuit in 1952–1973 configuration
Date	17 July 1954
Official name	VII RAC British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, England
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.7105 km (2.927 mi)
Distance	90 laps, 423.949 km (263.43 mi)
Weather	Cold, wet
Pole position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
Time	1:45.0
Fastest lap
Drivers	Alberto Ascari	Maserati
	Jean Behra	Gordini
	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
	José Froilán González	Ferrari
	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
	Onofre Marimón	Maserati
	Stirling Moss	Maserati
Time	1:50
Podium
First	José Froilán González	Ferrari
Second	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
Third	Onofre Marimón	Maserati
Lap leaders

The 1954 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 17 July 1954. It was the fifth round of the 1954 World Drivers' Championship. The 90-lap race was won by Ferrari driver José Froilán González after he started from second position. His teammate Mike Hawthorn finished second and Maserati driver Onofre Marimón came in third.

Race report

A huge crowd turned out at Silverstone to see if Mercedes could repeat their Reims rout. In the end, just two silver cars arrived (for Fangio and Kling). In contrast, Maserati had nine cars, whilst Ferrari had three for the experienced trio of Hawthorn, Gonzalez and Trintignant. Fangio set Silverstone's fastest ever lap, breaking the 100 mph barrier with a lap of 100.35 mph. It was Gonzalez who led away and held the lead until the flag. Behind him, Fangio passed Hawthorn for second but after colliding several times with oil drums in a difficult handling car, he dropped to fourth. Moss took over the position but retired with rear axle problems, leaving Hawthorn to follow home for a Ferrari 1–2 and young Onofre Marimón to take his second (and last) podium place.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Time	Gap
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Mercedes	1'45"0
2	José Froilán González	Ferrari	Ferrari	1'46"0	1
3	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	Ferrari	1'46"5	1.5
4	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Maserati	1'47"0	2
5	Jean Behra	Gordini	Gordini	1'48"0	3
6	Karl Kling	Mercedes	Mercedes	1'48"1	3.1
7	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	Maserati	1'48"4	3.4
8	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	Ferrari	1'48"6	3.6
9	Ken Wharton	Maserati	Maserati	1'49"5	4.5
10	Prince Bira	Maserati	Maserati	1'49"6	4.6
11	Peter Collins	Vanwall	Vanwall	1'50"0	5
12	André Pilette	Gordini	Gordini	1'51"0	6
13	Clemar Bucci	Gordini	Gordini	1'52"0	7
14	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	Ferrari	1'52"1	7.1
15	Robert Manzon	Ferrari	Ferrari	1'52"5	7.5
16	Harry Schell	Maserati	Maserati	1'53"0	8
17	Don Beauman	Connaught	Lea-Francis	1'55"0	10
18	Bob Gerard	Cooper	Bristol	1'55"3	10.3
19	Bill Whitehouse	Connaught	Lea-Francis	1'56"0	11
20	Leslie Thorne	Cooper	Bristol	1'56"7	11.7
21	John Riseley-Prichard	Connaught	Lea-Francis	1'57"0	12
22	Leslie Marr	Connaught	Lea-Francis	1'57"3	12.3
23	Leslie Thorne	Connaught	Lea-Francis	1'57"8	12.8
24	Peter Whitehead	Cooper	Alta	1'59"0	14
25	Eric Brandon	Cooper	Bristol	1'59"7	14.7
DNS	Alan Brown	Cooper	Bristol	2'00"0	15
27	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	Maserati	2'02"0	17
28	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	Maserati	2'02"6	17.6
DNS	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper	Bristol	-	-
30	Alberto Ascari	Maserati	Maserati	-	-
31	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	Ferrari	-	-
32	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	Maserati	-	-
Source:[1]

Race

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[2]	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
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	Axle	4	^1⁄7
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
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
Source:[3]

Notes

• Ascari, Behra, Fangio, González, Hawthorn, Marimón & Moss all set the equal fastest lap time of 1:50. Each received ¹⁄₇ of a point.
• Shared Drives:
  • Car #6: Bira (42 laps) then Flockhart (2 laps)
  • Car #32: Villoresi (30 laps) then Ascari (10 laps)
• F1 Debuts: Don Beauman, Clemar Bucci, Ron Flockhart, Horace Gould, Leslie Marr, John Riseley-Prichard, Leslie Thorne, Bill Whitehouse, Vanwall.
• Final F1 Race for: Alan Brown, Reg Parnell & Peter Whitehead.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	28 ^1⁄7
2	2	José Froilán González	14 ^9⁄14
1	3	Maurice Trintignant	11
1	4	Bill Vukovich	8
11	5	Mike Hawthorn	7 ^9⁄14

• Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship.

References

1. "Britan 1954 - Qualifying". statsf1.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
2. Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 75. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.
3. "1954 British Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.