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Home / Seasons / 1954 F1 World Championship Season / 1954 British Grand Prix

1954 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 17 July 1954
Winner
  • Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari
  • Italy flag lazyload Maserati
  • France flag lazyload Jean Behra
  • France flag lazyload Gordini
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
  • Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
  • Argentina flag lazyload Onofre Marimon
  • Italy flag lazyload Maserati
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • Italy flag lazyload Maserati
CircuitSilverstone, 90 laps
Round5 of 9
Race numbers

The 1954 British Grand Prix was the

  • 37th World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan GonzalezFerrari902hr 56m 14.000s8.14 FL
2+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornFerrari90+1m 10.000s6.14 FL
3+25Argentina flag lazyload Onofre MarimonMaserati89+1 lap4.14 FL
4-3Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMercedes89+1 lap3.14 FL
5+3France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantFerrari87+3 laps2
6+26Argentina flag lazyload Roberto MieresMaserati (privateer)87+3 laps 
7-1Germany flag lazyload Karl KlingMercedes87+3 laps 
8+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken WhartonMaserati (privateer)86+4 laps 
9+3Belgium flag lazyload Andre PiletteGordini86+4 laps 
10+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob GerardCooper-Bristol (privateer)85+5 laps 
11+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Don BeaumanConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)84+6 laps 
12+4USA flag lazyload Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)83+7 laps 
13+9United Kingdom flag lazyload Leslie MarrConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)82+8 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMaserati (privateer)80DNF0.14 FL
14+9United Kingdom flag lazyload Leslie ThorneConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)78+12 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Bill WhitehouseConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)63DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean BehraGordini54DNF0.14 FL
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriMaserati (privateer)53DNF 
R 
  • Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse Bhanudej
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron Flockhart
Maserati (privateer)44DNF 
15+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace GouldCooper-Bristol (privateer)44+46 laps 
R 
  • Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi
  • Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari
Maserati40DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John Riseley-PrichardConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)40DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Reg ParnellFerrari (privateer)25DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariMaserati21DNF0.14 FL
R Argentina flag lazyload Clemar BucciGordini18DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsVanwall16DNF 
R France flag lazyload Robert ManzonFerrari (privateer)16DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter WhiteheadCooper-Alta (privateer)4DNF 
R France flag lazyload Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)2DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Eric BrandonCooper-Bristol (privateer)2DNF 
Did not start
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Alan BrownCooper-Bristol (privateer)   
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Rodney NuckeyCooper-Bristol (privateer)   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:45.000

PosDriverConstructor
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMercedes
2Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan GonzalezFerrari
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornFerrari
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMaserati (privateer)
5France flag lazyload Jean BehraGordini
6Germany flag lazyload Karl KlingMercedes
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriMaserati (privateer)
8France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantFerrari
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken WhartonMaserati (privateer)
10Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse BhanudejMaserati (privateer)
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsVanwall
12Belgium flag lazyload Andre PiletteGordini
13Argentina flag lazyload Clemar BucciGordini
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Reg ParnellFerrari (privateer)
15France flag lazyload Robert ManzonFerrari (privateer)
16USA flag lazyload Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Don BeaumanConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob GerardCooper-Bristol (privateer)
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Bill WhitehouseConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace GouldCooper-Bristol (privateer)
21United Kingdom flag lazyload John Riseley-PrichardConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Leslie MarrConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
23United Kingdom flag lazyload Leslie ThorneConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter WhiteheadCooper-Alta (privateer)
25United Kingdom flag lazyload Eric BrandonCooper-Bristol (privateer)
26  
27Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiMaserati
28Argentina flag lazyload Onofre MarimonMaserati
29  
30Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariMaserati
31France flag lazyload Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)
32Argentina flag lazyload Roberto MieresMaserati (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1954 British Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio28.14
2Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez14.64
3France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant11
4USA flag lazyload Bill Vukovich8
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn7.64
6Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina6
=USA flag lazyload Jimmy Bryan6
=Germany flag lazyload Karl Kling6
9USA flag lazyload Jack McGrath5
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss4.14
=Argentina flag lazyload Onofre Marimon4.14
12France flag lazyload Robert Manzon4
13Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse Bhanudej3
14France flag lazyload Elie Bayol2
=USA flag lazyload Mike Nazaruk2
=Belgium flag lazyload Andre Pilette2
=Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi2
18USA flag lazyload Duane Carter1.5
=USA flag lazyload Troy Ruttman1.5
20Germany flag lazyload Hans Herrmann1
=France flag lazyload Jean Behra0.14
=Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari0.14

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Don Beauman (only start), Clemar Bucci, Ron Flockhart, Horace Gould, Leslie Marr, John Riseley-Prichard (only start), Leslie Thorne (only start), Bill Whitehouse (only start)
Vanwall
Last start
Eric Brandon, Onofre Marimon, Reg Parnell, Peter Whitehead
Wins
2nd and last for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (first win since 1951)
18th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
12th for Ferrari
Podiums
11th for Jose Froilan Gonzalez, 5th for Mike Hawthorn, 2nd and last for Onofre Marimon
53rd & 54th for Ferrari, 14th for Maserati
Poles
13th for Juan Manuel Fangio EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Alberto Ascari)
2nd for Mercedes
Fastest laps
12th for Juan Manuel Fangio (first for Mercedes), 11th for Alberto Ascari (only fastest lap for Maserati), 5th for Jose Froilan Gonzalez, 1st and only for Jean Behra (12th different fastest lap setter, 1st French driver; last French driver to set a fastest lap until 1959), 1st and only for Onofre Marimon (13th different fastest lap setter, 3rd Argentine driver), 1st for Mike Hawthorn (last until 1958), 1st for Stirling Moss (14th & 15th different fastest lap setters, 1st & 2nd British drivers)
14th for Ferrari NEW RECORD, 7th for Maserati, 2nd for Mercedes, 1st and only for Gordini (6th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
24th for Juan Manuel Fangio, 10th for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (4th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 2nd Argentine driver), 5th for Mike Hawthorn, 1st for Stirling Moss (25th different front row starter, 3rd British driver)
Points finishes
2nd and last for Onofre Marimon
Win & fastest lap
1st and only for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (8th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 2nd Argentine driver)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Silverstone circuit
  • 1954 World Championship season

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