1954 F1 World Championship Season

1953 F1 World Championship

1955 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Juan Manuel Fangio (2nd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	n/a
Races:	9
Winning drivers:	Juan Manuel Fangio (6) Bill Vukovich (1) Jose Froilan Gonzalez (1) Mike Hawthorn (1)
Winning constructors:	Mercedes (4) Maserati (2) Ferrari (2) Kurtis Kraft (1)
First-time winners (driver):	none
First-time winners (constructor):	Mercedes

1954 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	17 January	1954 Argentine Grand Prix
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	31 May	1954 Indianapolis 500
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	20 June	1954 Belgian Grand Prix
4	France	Reims	4 July	1954 French Grand Prix
5	Britain	Silverstone	17 July	1954 British Grand Prix
6	Germany	Nurburgring	1 August	1954 German Grand Prix
7	Switzerland DT	Bremgarten	22 August	1954 Swiss Grand Prix
8	Italy	Monza	5 September	1954 Italian Grand Prix
9	Spain	Pedralbes	24 October	1954 Spanish Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	3	1m 19.000s
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	19	1m 09.951s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1	24.100s
4	France	Reims	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	1	0.100s
5	Britain	Silverstone	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	2	1m 10.000s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	1	1m 36.500s
7	Switzerland	Bremgarten	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	2	57.800s
8	Italy	Monza	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	1	1 lap
9	Spain	Pedralbes	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	3	1m 13.200s

Polesitters

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	2	0.100s
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	3	0.568s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1	1.500s
4	France	Reims	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	1	1.000s
5	Britain	Silverstone	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	4	1.000s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	1	3.200s
7	Switzerland	Bremgarten	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	2	0.200s
8	Italy	Monza	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	1	0.200s
9	Spain	Pedralbes	Alberto Ascari	Lancia	DNF	1.000s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
4	France	Reims	Hans Herrmann	Mercedes
5	Britain	Silverstone	Alberto Ascari Jean Behra Juan Manuel Fangio Jose Froilan Gonzalez Mike Hawthorn Onofre Marimon Stirling Moss	Maserati Gordini Mercedes Ferrari Ferrari Maserati Maserati
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Karl Kling	Mercedes
7	Switzerland	Bremgarten	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
8	Italy	Monza	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari
9	Spain	Pedralbes	Alberto Ascari	Lancia

1954 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	42 (57.14)
2	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	25.14 (26.64)	-16.86
3	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	24.64	-17.36
4	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	17	-25
5	Karl Kling	Mercedes	12	-30
6	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	8	-34
=	Hans Herrmann	Mercedes	8	-34
8	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	6	-36
=	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma	6	-36
=	Luigi Musso	Maserati	6	-36
=	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	6	-36
12	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	5	-37
13	Stirling Moss	Maserati	4.14	-37.86
=	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	4.14	-37.86
15	Robert Manzon	Ferrari	4	-38
=	Sergio Mantovani	Maserati	4	-38
17	Birabongse Bhanudej	Maserati	3	-39
18	Elie Bayol	Gordini	2	-40
=	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis Kraft	2	-40
=	Andre Pilette	Gordini	2	-40
=	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati Lancia	2	-40
=	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	2	-40
23	Troy Ruttman	Kurtis Kraft	1.50	-40.5
=	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	1.50	-40.5
25	Alberto Ascari	Lancia	1.14	-40.86
26	Jean Behra	Gordini	0.14	-41.86

Points scoring system used:

1st: 8 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
Fastest lap: 1 point

Only the best five results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ARG	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	CHE	ITA	ESP	Avg.	Best
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1.50	1
2	Giuseppe Farina	1	3							2.00	1
3	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	2	2	4	2	5	1	5		3.00	1
4	Stirling Moss		9		4	3	3	3	6	4.67	3
5	Mike Hawthorn	4	5	8	3	2	6	7	3	4.75	2
6	Hans Herrmann			7		4	7	8	9	7.00	4
7	Maurice Trintignant	5	6	9	8	7	4	11	8	7.25	4
8	Roy Salvadori			10	7					8.50	7
9	Karl Kling			2	6	23	5	4	12	8.67	2
10	Alberto Ascari			3	30			2	1	9.00	1
11	Carlos Menditeguy	9								9.00	9
12	Luigi Musso	7						14	7	9.33	7
13	Onofre Marimon	6	4	5	28	8				10.20	4
14	Hermann Lang					11				11.00	11
15	Paul Frere		10	19		6				11.67	6
16	Umberto Maglioli	12					11	13		12.00	11
17	Birabongse Bhanudej	10	13	6	10	19			15	12.17	6
18	Jean Behra	17	7	17	5	9	14	12	18	12.38	5
19	Luigi Villoresi			14	27	10		6	5	12.40	5
20	Sergio Mantovani		11	22		15	9	9	10	12.67	9
22	Piero Taruffi					13				13.00	13
21	Francisco Godia								13	13.00	13
23	Harry Schell	11		21	16	14	13		4	13.17	4
24	Andre Pilette		8		12	20				13.33	8
25	Ken Wharton			16	9	22	8		14	13.80	8
26	Clemar Bucci				13	16	10	17		14.00	10
27	Reg Parnell				14					14.00	14
28	Roberto Mieres	8	12	11	32	17	12	10	11	14.13	8
29	Robert Manzon			12	15	12	17	15	17	14.67	12
30	Lance Macklin			15						15.00	15
31	Elie Bayol	15								15.00	15
32	Roger Loyer	16								16.00	16
34	Peter Collins				11			16	22	16.33	11
33	Jacques Swaters		14				16		19	16.33	14
35	Fred Wacker						15	18		16.50	15
37	Emmanuel de Graffenried	13							21	17.00	13
36	Jacques Pollet			18					16	17.00	16
38	Don Beauman				17					17.00	17
39	Bob Gerard				18					18.00	18
40	Jorge Daponte	18						19		18.50	18
41	Bill Whitehouse				19					19.00	19
42	Louis Rosier	14		13	31	18		20	20	19.33	13
44	Georges Berger			20						20.00	20
43	Horace Gould				20					20.00	20
47	John Riseley-Prichard				21					21.00	21
46	Theo Helfrich					21				21.00	21
45	Giovanni de Riu							21		21.00	21
48	Leslie Marr				22					22.00	22
49	Leslie Thorne				23					23.00	23
50	Peter Whitehead				24					24.00	24
51	Eric Brandon				25					25.00	25
52	Alan Brown				26					26.00	26
53	Rodney Nuckey				29					29.00	29

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ARG	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	CHE	ITA	ESP	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1		1	1	4	1	1	1	3	42 (57.14)
2	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	3		4/R	R	1	2	2	3/R		25.14 (26.64)
3	Mike Hawthorn	DSQ		4	R	2	2/R	R	2	1	24.64
4	Maurice Trintignant	4		2	R	5	3	R	5	R	17
5	Karl Kling				2	7	4	R	R	5	12
6	Bill Vukovich		1								8
=	Hans Herrmann				R		R	3	4	R	8
8	Giuseppe Farina	2		R							6
=	Jimmy Bryan		2								6
=	Luigi Musso	DNS							R	2	6
=	Roberto Mieres	R		R	R	6	R	4	R	4	6
12	Jack McGrath		3								5
13	Stirling Moss			3		R	R	R	10	R	4.14
=	Onofre Marimon	R		R	R	3	DNS				4.14
15	Robert Manzon				3	R	9	DNS	R	R	4
=	Sergio Mantovani			7	DNS		5	5	9	R	4
17	Birabongse Bhanudej	7		6	4	R	R			9	3
18	Elie Bayol	5									2
=	Mike Nazaruk		5								2
=	Andre Pilette			5		9	R				2
=	Luigi Villoresi				5	R	DNS		R	R	2
=	Umberto Maglioli	9						7	3		2
23	Troy Ruttman		4								1.5
=	Duane Carter		4/14								1.5
25	Alberto Ascari				R	R/R			R	R	1.14
26	Jean Behra	DSQ		R	6	R	10	R	R	R	0.14
	Harry Schell	6			R	12	7	R		R
	Ken Wharton				R	8	DNS	6		8
	Fred Wacker							R	6
	Fred Agabashian		6
	Piero Taruffi						6
	Francisco Godia									6
	Louis Rosier	R			R	R	8		8	7
	Peter Collins					R			7	DNS
	Don Freeland		7
	Jacques Swaters			R				8		R
	Emmanuel de Graffenried	8								R
	Paul Russo		8
	Jerry Hoyt		8/26^R
	Larry Crockett		9
	Cal Niday		10
	Bob Gerard					10
	Jorge Daponte	R							11
	Art Cross		11
	Sam Hanks		11/20^R
	Andy Linden		11/24^R/25^R
	Johnnie Parsons		11/32^R
	Don Beauman					11
	Chuck Stevenson		12
	Manuel Ayulo		13
	Leslie Marr					13
	Bob Sweikert		14
	Leslie Thorne					14
	Horace Gould					15
	Jimmy Jackson		15
	Tony Bettenhausen		15/29^R
	Ernie McCoy		16
	Jimmy Reece		17
	Ed Elisian		18
	Frank Armi		19
	Jim Rathmann		20^R/28^R
	Pat O’Connor		21^R
	Rodger Ward		22^R
	Gene Hartley		23^R
	Johnny Thomson		24^R
	Jimmy Daywalt		27^R
	Pat Flaherty		28^R
	Spider Webb		30^R
	Danny Kladis		30^R
	Len Duncan		31^R
	Bill Homeier		33^R
	Clemar Bucci					R	R	R	R
	Paul Frere			R	R		R
	Roy Salvadori				R	R
	Jacques Pollet				R					R
	Roger Loyer	R
	Lance Macklin				R
	Georges Berger				R
	Bill Whitehouse					R
	John Riseley-Prichard					R
	Reg Parnell					R
	Peter Whitehead					R
	Eric Brandon					R
	Ron Flockhart					R
	Hermann Lang						R
	Theo Helfrich						R
	Ottorino Volonterio									R
	Carlos Menditeguy	DNS
	Alan Brown					DNS
	Rodney Nuckey					DNS
	Giovanni de Riu								DNS

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1954 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1954 F1 World Championship Season Statistics