1954 British Grand Prix
| Date | Saturday, 17 July 1954 |
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| Circuit | Silverstone, 90 laps |
| Round | 5 of 9 |
| Race numbers | The 1954 British Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +1 |  Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Ferrari | 90 | 2hr 56m 14.000s | 8.14 FL |
| 2 | +1 |  Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 90 | +1m 10.000s | 6.14 FL |
| 3 | +25 | Onofre Marimon | Maserati | 89 | +1 lap | 4.14 FL |
| 4 | -3 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes | 89 | +1 lap | 3.14 FL |
| 5 | +3 |  Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari | 87 | +3 laps | 2 |
| 6 | +26 | Roberto Mieres | Maserati (privateer) | 87 | +3 laps | |
| 7 | -1 |  Karl Kling | Mercedes | 87 | +3 laps | |
| 8 | +1 | Ken Wharton | Maserati (privateer) | 86 | +4 laps | |
| 9 | +3 |  Andre Pilette | Gordini | 86 | +4 laps | |
| 10 | +8 | Bob Gerard | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 85 | +5 laps | |
| 11 | +6 | Don Beauman | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) | 84 | +6 laps | |
| 12 | +4 |  Harry Schell | Maserati (privateer) | 83 | +7 laps | |
| 13 | +9 | Leslie Marr | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) | 82 | +8 laps | |
| R | Stirling Moss | Maserati (privateer) | 80 | DNF | 0.14 FL | |
| 14 | +9 | Leslie Thorne | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) | 78 | +12 laps | |
| R | Bill Whitehouse | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) | 63 | DNF | ||
| R | Jean Behra | Gordini | 54 | DNF | 0.14 FL | |
| R | Roy Salvadori | Maserati (privateer) | 53 | DNF | ||
| R | Maserati (privateer) | 44 | DNF | |||
| 15 | +5 | Horace Gould | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 44 | +46 laps | |
| R | Maserati | 40 | DNF | |||
| R | John Riseley-Prichard | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) | 40 | DNF | ||
| R | Reg Parnell | Ferrari (privateer) | 25 | DNF | ||
| R |  Alberto Ascari | Maserati | 21 | DNF | 0.14 FL | |
| R | Clemar Bucci | Gordini | 18 | DNF | ||
| R | Peter Collins | Vanwall | 16 | DNF | ||
| R | Robert Manzon | Ferrari (privateer) | 16 | DNF | ||
| R | Peter Whitehead | Cooper-Alta (privateer) | 4 | DNF | ||
| R | Louis Rosier | Ferrari (privateer) | 2 | DNF | ||
| R | Eric Brandon | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 2 | DNF | ||
| Did not start | ||||||
| Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | |||||
| Rodney Nuckey | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | |||||
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:45.000
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes |
| 2 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Ferrari |
| 3 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
| 4 | Stirling Moss | Maserati (privateer) |
| 5 | Jean Behra | Gordini |
| 6 | Karl Kling | Mercedes |
| 7 | Roy Salvadori | Maserati (privateer) |
| 8 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari |
| 9 | Ken Wharton | Maserati (privateer) |
| 10 |  Birabongse Bhanudej | Maserati (privateer) |
| 11 | Peter Collins | Vanwall |
| 12 | Andre Pilette | Gordini |
| 13 | Clemar Bucci | Gordini |
| 14 | Reg Parnell | Ferrari (privateer) |
| 15 | Robert Manzon | Ferrari (privateer) |
| 16 | Harry Schell | Maserati (privateer) |
| 17 | Don Beauman | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) |
| 18 | Bob Gerard | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 19 | Bill Whitehouse | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) |
| 20 | Horace Gould | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 21 | John Riseley-Prichard | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) |
| 22 | Leslie Marr | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) |
| 23 | Leslie Thorne | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) |
| 24 | Peter Whitehead | Cooper-Alta (privateer) |
| 25 | Eric Brandon | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati |
| 28 | Onofre Marimon | Maserati |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | Alberto Ascari | Maserati |
| 31 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari (privateer) |
| 32 | Roberto Mieres | Maserati (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1954 British Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | 28.14 |
| 2 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | 14.64 |
| 3 | Maurice Trintignant | 11 |
| 4 | Bill Vukovich | 8 |
| 5 | Mike Hawthorn | 7.64 |
| 6 | Giuseppe Farina | 6 |
| = | Jimmy Bryan | 6 |
| = | Karl Kling | 6 |
| 9 | Jack McGrath | 5 |
| 10 | Stirling Moss | 4.14 |
| = | Onofre Marimon | 4.14 |
| 12 | Robert Manzon | 4 |
| 13 | Birabongse Bhanudej | 3 |
| 14 | Elie Bayol | 2 |
| = | Mike Nazaruk | 2 |
| = | Andre Pilette | 2 |
| = | Luigi Villoresi | 2 |
| 18 | Duane Carter | 1.5 |
| = | Troy Ruttman | 1.5 |
| 20 | Hans Herrmann | 1 |
| = | Jean Behra | 0.14 |
| = | Alberto Ascari | 0.14 |
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)