1954 German Grand Prix

Results from the 1954 German Grand Prix held at Nürburgring on August 1, 1954.

Race report

Formula One suffered its first fatality ever in a championship race. Onofre Marimon, leading the Maserati team plunged down a banking in practice. His car somersaulted and he was killed instantly. Once again, Fangio and Kling led the way in the two Mercedes. Gonzalez started and was running third but was so upset by Marimon's death he was called in to hand over to Hawthorn, who set off in pursuit of the Mercedes. He moved into second when Kling pitted and pursued Fangio relentlessly. Late in the race, drizzle forced him to slow and he held second from Trintignant.

Classification

Notes

* Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio - 9' 50.1
* Fastest l
Karl Kling - 9' 55.1
* Shared Drive - Car #1: González (16 laps) then Hawthorn (6 laps). They would share the points for 2nd place.
* The death of Onofre Marimon in a practice accident was Formula One's first driver fatality.
* Final F1 Race for Hermann Lang.
* At a time of 3 hours 45 minutes 45.8 seconds this is the longest (non Indy 500) F1 championship race in history.

F1 race report
Name_of_race = German Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1954
Previous_race_in_season = 1954 British Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 1954 Swiss Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 1953 German Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 1956 German Grand Prix