The 23rd Circuito di Pescara was a Formula One motor race, held on 15 August 1954, at the Pescara Circuit in Abruzzo, Italy. Luigi Musso in a Maserati 250F scored his first Formula 1 victory. B. Bira (Maserati 250F) and Harry Schell (Maserati A6GCM) were second and third, with Bira setting fastest lap. Stirling Moss in yet another 250F started from pole position but retired after 3 laps with a broken oil pipe.
Results Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 8 Luigi Musso Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F 2:55:54.51, 139.15kph 5 2 20 B. Bira Prince Bira Maserati 250F +2:57.05 9 3 24 Harry Schell Harry Schell Maserati A6GCM +6:48.29 8 4 26 Jorge Daponte J. Daponte Maserati A6GCM +1 lap 12 5 16 Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +2 laps 4 6 2 Clemar Bucci Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +6 laps 3 Ret Louis Rosier Equipe Rosier Ferrari 500 9 laps 7 Ret 18 Stirling Moss Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F 3 laps, oil pipe 1 Ret 14 Berardo Taraschi B. Taraschi Ferrari 166 3 laps, mechanical 11 Ret Jacques Swaters Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 2 laps, mechanical 13 Ret André Guelfi Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 1 lap, fire 10 Ret Robert Manzon Equipe Rosier Ferrari 625 1 lap, engine 2 DNS Umberto Maglioli Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 553 6 DNA Sergio Mantovani Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F DNA Roberto Mieres R. Mieres Maserati 250F
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