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

1954 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 4 July 1954
Winner
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Hans Herrmann
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitReims, 61 laps
Round4 of 9
Race numbers

The 1954 French Grand Prix was the

  • 36th World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Reims
More 1954 season
More French Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMercedes612hr 42m 47.900s8
2 Germany flag lazyload Karl KlingMercedes61+0.100s6
3+9France flag lazyload Robert ManzonFerrari (privateer)60+1 lap4
4+2Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse BhanudejMaserati (privateer)60+1 lap3
5+9Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiMaserati58+3 laps2
6+11France flag lazyload Jean BehraGordini56+5 laps 
R Belgium flag lazyload Paul FrereGordini50DNF 
R France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantFerrari36DNF 
R France flag lazyload Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)27DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Onofre MarimonMaserati27DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Roberto MieresMaserati (privateer)24DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken WhartonMaserati (privateer)19DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)19DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Hans HerrmannMercedes16DNF1 FL
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriMaserati (privateer)15DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan GonzalezFerrari13DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Lance MacklinHWM-Alta10DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Georges BergerGordini (privateer)9DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornFerrari9DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jacques PolletGordini8DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariMaserati1DNF 
Did not start
  Italy flag lazyload Sergio MantovaniMaserati   

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:29.400

PosDriverConstructor
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMercedes
2Germany flag lazyload Karl KlingMercedes
3Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariMaserati
4Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan GonzalezFerrari
5Argentina flag lazyload Onofre MarimonMaserati
6Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse BhanudejMaserati (privateer)
7Germany flag lazyload Hans HerrmannMercedes
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornFerrari
9France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantFerrari
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriMaserati (privateer)
11Argentina flag lazyload Roberto MieresMaserati (privateer)
12France flag lazyload Robert ManzonFerrari (privateer)
13France flag lazyload Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)
14Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiMaserati
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Lance MacklinHWM-Alta
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken WhartonMaserati (privateer)
17France flag lazyload Jean BehraGordini
18France flag lazyload Jacques PolletGordini
19Belgium flag lazyload Paul FrereGordini
20Belgium flag lazyload Georges BergerGordini (privateer)
21USA flag lazyload Harry SchellMaserati (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio25
2France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant9
3USA flag lazyload Bill Vukovich8
4Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez6.5
5Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina6
=USA flag lazyload Jimmy Bryan6
=Germany flag lazyload Karl Kling6
8USA flag lazyload Jack McGrath5
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss4
=France flag lazyload Robert Manzon4
11Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse Bhanudej3
12France flag lazyload Elie Bayol2
=USA flag lazyload Mike Nazaruk2
=Belgium flag lazyload Andre Pilette2
=Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi2
16USA flag lazyload Duane Carter1.5
=USA flag lazyload Troy Ruttman1.5
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn1.5
19Germany flag lazyload Hans Herrmann1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Karl Kling, Jacques Pollet
Mercedes
Last start
Georges Berger
HWM
Wins
10th for Juan Manuel Fangio (2nd driver to win ten races, 1st Argentine driver; first for Mercedes)
1st for Mercedes (6th different winner)
Race 1-2
1st for Mercedes (4th different constructor to finish 1-2)
Podiums
15th for Juan Manuel Fangio (first for Mercedes), 2nd and last for Robert Manzon (first podium since 1952), 1st for Karl Kling (35th different podium finisher, 1st German driver)
52nd for Ferrari, 1st & 2nd for Mercedes (10th different podium finisher)
Poles
12th for Juan Manuel Fangio (first for Mercedes)
1st for Mercedes (5th different polesitter)
Qualifying 1-2
1st for Mercedes (4th different constructor to qualify 1-2)
Fastest laps
1st and only for Hans Herrmann (11th different fastest lap setter, 1st German driver)
1st for Mercedes (5th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
23rd for Juan Manuel Fangio (first for Mercedes), 21st for Alberto Ascari (only front row start for Maserati), 1st for Karl Kling (24th different front row starter, 1st German driver)
Points finishes
5th and last for Robert Manzon, 3rd and last for Birabongse Bhanudej, 1st for Karl Kling & Hans Herrmann (58th & 59th different point scorers, 2nd & 3rd German drivers)
Pole & win
6th for Juan Manuel Fangio (first for Mercedes)

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Reims circuit
  • 1954 World Championship season

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