1954 British Grand Prix

1954 British Grand Prix
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Silverstone Circuit in 1952–1973 configuration
Race details
Date	17 July 1954
Official name	7th RAC British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, England
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.7105 km (2.927 miles)
Distance	90 laps, 423.949 km (263.43 miles)
Weather	Cold, wet (heavy rain).
Attendance	90,000
Pole position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
Time	1:45.0
Fastest lap
Drivers	Alberto Ascari	Maserati
Fastest lap	Jean Behra	Gordini
Fastest lap	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
Fastest lap	José Froilán González	Ferrari
Fastest lap	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
Fastest lap	Onofre Marimón	Maserati
Fastest lap	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 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.

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	—
DNA	16	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	No time	—
Source:

^1 — 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	8+1⁄7
2	11	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	90	+ 1:10	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:

Notes

• ^1 – 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)

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
Source:

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