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British Grand Prix

1954 RAC British Grand Prix

Round 5 of 9Silverstone Circuit, SilverstoneJul 17 195490 laps

Podium

HAWFerrari
2
GONFerrari
1
MARMaserati
3

Key facts

WinnerGON2:56:14.000 from P2
PoleFAN1:45.000
Fastest lapGON1:50.000
Finishers15 / 34classified

Race result

PosDriverTeamGrid+/-LapsTime / gapPtsFastest lap
1GONJosé Froilán GonzálezFerrari2▲1902:56:14.0008.11:50.000
2HAWMike HawthornFerrari3▲190+70.000s6.11:50.000
3MAROnofre MarimónMaserati28▲2589+1 lap4.11:50.000
4FANJuan Manuel FangioMercedes1▼389+1 lap3.11:50.000
5TRIMaurice TrintignantFerrari8▲387+3 laps2–
6MIERoberto MieresMaserati32▲2687+3 laps–
7KLIKarl KlingMercedes6▼187+3 laps–
8WHAKen WhartonMaserati9▲186+4 laps–
9PILAndré PiletteGordini12▲386+4 laps–
10GERBob GerardCooper18▲885+5 laps–
11BEADon BeaumanConnaught17▲684+6 laps–
12SCHHarry SchellMaserati16▲483+7 laps–
13LMALeslie MarrConnaught22▲982+8 laps–
14LTHLeslie ThorneConnaught23▲978+12 laps–
15GOUHorace GouldCooper20▲544+46 laps–
DNFMOSStirling MossMaserati480Axle0.11:50.000
DNFBWHBill WhitehouseConnaught1963Fuel system–
DNFBEHJean BehraGordini554Suspension0.11:50.000
DNFSALRoy SalvadoriMaserati753Transmission–
DNFBIRBirabongse BhanudejMaserati1044Accident–
DNFFLORon FlockhartMaserati–0Retired–
DNFVILLuigi VilloresiMaserati2740Engine–
DNFASCAlberto AscariMaserati–0Retired1:50.000
DNFRISJohn Riseley-PrichardConnaught2140Accident–
DNFPARReg ParnellFerrari1425Engine–
DNFASCAlberto AscariMaserati3021Engine0.11:50.000
DNFBUCClemar BucciGordini1318Accident–
DNFCOLPeter CollinsVanwall1116Engine–
DNFMANRobert ManzonFerrari1516Engine–
DNFWHIPeter WhiteheadCooper244Oil leak–
DNFROSLouis RosierFerrari312Engine–
DNFBRAEric BrandonCooper252Engine–
DNSBROAlan BrownCooper260Did not start–
DNSNUCRodney NuckeyCooper290Did not start–

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamTimeGap to pole
1FANJuan Manuel FangioMercedes1:45.000
2GONJosé Froilán GonzálezFerrari1:46.000+1.000s
3HAWMike HawthornFerrari1:46.000+1.000s
4MOSStirling MossMaserati1:47.000+2.000s
5BEHJean BehraGordini1:48.000+3.000s
6KLIKarl KlingMercedes1:48.000+3.000s
7SALRoy SalvadoriMaserati1:48.000+3.000s
8TRIMaurice TrintignantFerrari1:48.000+3.000s
9WHAKen WhartonMaserati1:49.000+4.000s
10BIRBirabongse BhanudejMaserati1:49.000+4.000s
11COLPeter CollinsVanwall1:50.000+5.000s
12PILAndré PiletteGordini1:51.000+6.000s
13BUCClemar BucciGordini1:52.000+7.000s
14PARReg ParnellFerrari1:52.000+7.000s
15MANRobert ManzonFerrari1:52.000+7.000s
16SCHHarry SchellMaserati1:53.000+8.000s
17BEADon BeaumanConnaught1:55.000+10.000s
18GERBob GerardCooper1:55.000+10.000s
19BWHBill WhitehouseConnaught1:56.000+11.000s
20GOUHorace GouldCooper1:56.000+11.000s
21RISJohn Riseley-PrichardConnaught1:58.000+13.000s
22LMALeslie MarrConnaught1:58.000+13.000s
23LTHLeslie ThorneConnaught1:59.000+14.000s
24WHIPeter WhiteheadCooper2:00.000+15.000s
25BRAEric BrandonCooper2:05.000+20.000s
26BROAlan BrownCooper2:12.000+27.000s
27VILLuigi VilloresiMaserati–
28MAROnofre MarimónMaserati–
29NUCRodney NuckeyCooper–
30ASCAlberto AscariMaserati–
31ROSLouis RosierFerrari–
32MIERoberto MieresMaserati–

Silverstone Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1954. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1953Alberto AscariFerrari
1952Alberto AscariFerrari
1951José Froilán GonzálezFerrari
1950Nino FarinaAlfa Romeo

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