1954 British Grand Prix

Results from the 1954 Formula One British Grand Prix held at Silverstone on July 17, 1954.

Race report

A huge crowd turned out at Silverstone to see if Mercedes could repeat their Rheims 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 100mph barrier with a lap of 100.35mph. It was Gonzalez who led away and held the lead until the flag. Behind him, Fangio passed Hawthorn for 2nd but after colliding several times with oil drums in a difficult handling car, he dropped to 4th. Moss took over the position but retired with rear axle problems, leaving Hawthorn to follow home for a Ferrari 1-2 and young Onofre Marimon to take his first podium place.

Classification

Notes

* Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio - 1' 45
* Fastest L
Alberto Ascari, Jean Behra, Juan Manuel Fangio, Jose Froilan Gonzalez, Mike Hawthorn, Onofre Marimon, & Stirling Moss - 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: Horace Gould, Vanwall.
* Final F1 Race for: Alan Brown, Reg Parnell, & Peter Whitehead.

References

F1 race report
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