The 1954 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 17 July 1954. It was race 5 of 9 in the 1954 World Championship of Drivers. 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.
Entries +TeamNoDriverCarEngineTyre Daimler Benz AG1 Juan Manuel FangioMercedes-Benz W196Mercedes M196 2.5 L82 Karl Kling Harry Schell3 Harry SchellMaserati A6GCMMaserati A6 2.0 L6 Roberto Mieres4 Roberto Mieres Gilby Engineering5 Roy SalvadoriMaserati 250FMaserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Birabongse Bhanudej6 Prince Bira A.E. Moss7 Stirling Moss Owen Racing Organisation8 Ken Wharton Scuderia Ferrari9 José Froilán GonzálezFerrari 625 F1Ferrari 625 2.5 L410 Maurice Trintignant11 Mike Hawthorn Scuderia Ambrosiana12 Reg ParnellFerrari 500Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 Ecurie Rosier14 Robert ManzonFerrari 625 F1Ferrari 625 2.5 L415 Louis Rosier Ecurie Francorchamps16 Jacques Swaters Equipe Gordini17 Jean BehraGordini T16Gordini 23 2.5 L618 Clemar Bucci19 André Pilette Vandervell Products20 Peter CollinsVanwallVanwall 254 2.5 L4 Peter Whitehead21 Peter WhiteheadCooper T24Alta GP 2.5 L4 Bill Whitehouse22 Bill WhitehouseConnaught ALea-Francis 2.0 L4 Leslie Marr23 Leslie Marr R.R.C. Walker Racing Team24 John Riseley-Prichard Sir Jeremy Boles25 Don Beauman Ecurie Ecosse26 Leslie Thorne R.J. Chase27 Alan BrownCooper T23Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Gould's Garage (Bristol)28 Horace Gould Bob Gerard29 Bob Gerard Ecurie Richmond30 Eric Brandon Rodney Nuckey Officine Alfieri Maserati31 Alberto AscariMaserati 250FMaserati 250F1 2.5 L632 Luigi Villoresi33 Onofre Marimón — Rodney Nuckey, named substitute driver for Eric Brandon in the #30 Cooper-Bristol, was given a starting position despite not completing a single lap in qualifying or in the race.
Classification
Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 1 Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 1:45.0 — 2 9 José Froilán González Ferrari 1:46.0 + 1.0 3 11 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 1:46.5 + 1.5 4 7 Stirling Moss Maserati 1:47.0 + 2.0 5 17 Jean Behra Gordini 1:48.0 + 3.0 6 2 Karl Kling Mercedes 1:48.1 + 3.1 7 5 Roy Salvadori Maserati 1:48.4 + 3.4 8 10 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 1:48.6 + 3.6 9 8 Ken Wharton Maserati 1:49.5 + 4.5 10 6 Prince Bira Maserati 1:49.6 + 4.6 11 20 Peter Collins Vanwall 1:50.0 + 5.0 12 19 André Pilette Gordini 1:51.0 + 6.0 13 18 Clemar Bucci Gordini 1:52.0 + 7.0 14 12 Reg Parnell Ferrari 1:52.1 + 7.1 15 14 Robert Manzon Ferrari 1:52.5 + 7.5 16 3 Harry Schell Maserati 1:53.0 + 8.0 17 25 Don Beauman Connaught-Lea-Francis 1:55.0 + 10.0 18 29 Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol 1:55.3 + 10.3 19 22 Bill Whitehouse Connaught-Lea-Francis 1:56.0 + 11.0 20 28 Horace Gould Cooper-Bristol 1:56.7 + 11.7 21 24 John Riseley-Prichard Connaught-Lea-Francis 1:57.0 + 12.0 22 23 Leslie Marr Connaught-Lea-Francis 1:57.3 + 12.3 23 26 Leslie Thorne Connaught-Lea-Francis 1:57.8 + 12.8 24 21 Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta 1:59.0 + 14.0 25 30 Eric Brandon Cooper-Bristol 1:59.7 + 14.7 26 27 Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 2:00.0 + 15.0 27 32 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 2:02.0 + 17.0 28 33 Onofre Marimón Maserati 2:02.6 + 17.6 29 30 Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol No time — 30 31 Alberto Ascari Maserati No time — 31 15 Louis Rosier Ferrari No time — 32 4 Roberto Mieres Maserati No time — 16 Jacques Swaters Ferrari No time —
— Rodney Nuckey, named substitute driver for Eric Brandon in the #30 Cooper-Bristol, was given a starting position despite not completing a single lap in qualifying or in the race.
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 José Froilán González Ferrari 90 2:56:14 2 2 11 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 90 + 1:10 3 3 33 Onofre Marimón Maserati 89 + 1 lap 28 4 1 Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 89 + 1 lap 1 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 7 Stirling Moss Maserati 80 Axle 4 22 Bill Whitehouse Connaught-Lea-Francis 63 Fuel system 19 17 Jean Behra Gordini 54 Suspension 5 5 Roy Salvadori Maserati 53 Transmission 7 6 Prince Bira Ron Flockhart Maserati 44 Accident 10 32 Luigi Villoresi Alberto Ascari Maserati 40 Engine 27 24 John Riseley-Prichard Connaught-Lea-Francis 40 Accident 21 12 Reg Parnell Ferrari 25 Engine 14 31 Alberto Ascari Maserati 21 Engine 30 18 Clemar Bucci Gordini 18 Accident 13 20 Peter Collins Vanwall 16 Engine 11 14 Robert Manzon Ferrari 16 Engine 15 21 Peter Whitehead Cooper-Alta 4 Oil leak 24 30 Eric Brandon Cooper-Bristol 2 Engine 25 15 Louis Rosier Ferrari 2 Engine 31 27 Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol Non-starter 26 30 Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol Non-starter 29 Notes – Ascari, Behra, Fangio, González, Hawthorn, Marimón and Moss all set the equal fastest lap time of 1:50. Each received of a point.
Shared drives Car #6: Bira (42 laps) then Flockhart (2 laps) Car #32: Villoresi (30 laps) then Ascari (10 laps)
Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Juan Manuel Fangio 2 2 José Froilán González 1 3 Maurice Trintignant 11 1 4 Bill Vukovich 8 11 5 Mike Hawthorn Source:
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