1954 British Grand Prix
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| Race 5 of 9 in the 1954 Formula One season | |||
Silverstone Circuit in 1952–1973 configuration
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| Date | 17 July 1954 | ||
| Official name | VII RAC British Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, England |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.7105 km (2.927 mi) | ||
| Distance | 90 laps, 423.949 km (263.43 mi) | ||
| Weather | Cold, wet | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:45.0 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Drivers |  Alberto Ascari |
Maserati | |
 Jean Behra |
Gordini | ||
 Juan Manuel Fangio |
Mercedes | ||
| José Froilán González |
Ferrari | ||
 Mike Hawthorn |
Ferrari | ||
| Onofre Marimón |
Maserati | ||
| Stirling Moss |
Maserati | ||
| Time | 1:50 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Maserati | ||
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The 1954 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 17 July 1954. It was the fifth round of the 1954 World Drivers' Championship.
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Race report
A huge crowd turned out at Silverstone to see if Mercedes could repeat their Reims rout. In the end, just two silver cars arrived (for Fangio and Kling). In contrast, Maserati had nine cars, whilst Ferrari had three for the experienced trio of Hawthorn, Gonzalez and Trintignant. Fangio set Silverstone's fastest ever lap, breaking the 100 mph barrier with a lap of 100.35 mph. It was Gonzalez who led away and held the lead until the flag. Behind him, Fangio passed Hawthorn for second but after colliding several times with oil drums in a difficult handling car, he dropped to fourth. Moss took over the position but retired with rear axle problems, leaving Hawthorn to follow home for a Ferrari 1–2 and young Onofre Marimón to take his second (and last) podium place.
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 9 | José Froilán González |
Ferrari | 90 | 2:56:14 | 2 | 8 1⁄7 |
| 2 | 11 | Mike Hawthorn |
Ferrari | 90 | + 1:10[1] | 3 | 6 1⁄7 |
| 3 | 33 | Onofre Marimón |
Maserati | 89 | + 1 Lap | 28 | 4 1⁄7 |
| 4 | 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio |
Mercedes | 89 | + 1 Lap | 1 | 3 1⁄7 |
| 5 | 10 | Maurice Trintignant |
Ferrari | 87 | + 3 Laps | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Roberto Mieres |
Maserati | 87 | + 3 Laps | 32 | |
| 7 | 2 |  Karl Kling |
Mercedes | 87 | + 3 Laps | 6 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ken Wharton |
Maserati | 86 | + 4 Laps | 9 | |
| 9 | 19 |  André Pilette |
Gordini | 86 | + 4 Laps | 12 | |
| 10 | 29 | Bob Gerard |
Cooper-Bristol | 85 | + 5 Laps | 18 | |
| 11 | 25 | Don Beauman |
Connaught-Lea-Francis | 84 | + 6 Laps | 17 | |
| 12 | 3 |  Harry Schell |
Maserati | 83 | + 7 Laps | 16 | |
| 13 | 23 | Leslie Marr |
Connaught-Lea-Francis | 82 | + 8 Laps | 22 | |
| 14 | 26 | Leslie Thorne |
Connaught-Lea-Francis | 78 | + 12 Laps | 23 | |
| 15 | 28 | Horace Gould |
Cooper-Bristol | 44 | + 46 Laps | 20 | |
| Ret | 7 | Stirling Moss |
Maserati | 80 | Axle | 4 | 1⁄7 |
| Ret | 22 | Bill Whitehouse |
Connaught-Lea-Francis | 63 | Fuel System | 19 | |
| Ret | 17 | Jean Behra |
Gordini | 54 | Suspension | 5 | 1⁄7 |
| Ret | 5 | Roy Salvadori |
Maserati | 53 | Transmission | 7 | |
| Ret | 6 |  Prince Bira Ron Flockhart |
Maserati | 44 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 32 | Luigi Villoresi Alberto Ascari |
Maserati | 40 | Engine | 27 | |
| Ret | 24 | John Riseley-Prichard |
Connaught-Lea-Francis | 40 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 12 | Reg Parnell |
Ferrari | 25 | Engine | 14 | |
| Ret | 31 | Alberto Ascari |
Maserati | 21 | Engine | 30 | 1⁄7 |
| Ret | 18 | Clemar Bucci |
Gordini | 18 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 20 | Peter Collins |
Vanwall | 16 | Engine | 11 | |
| Ret | 14 | Robert Manzon |
Ferrari | 16 | Engine | 15 | |
| Ret | 21 | Peter Whitehead |
Cooper-Alta | 4 | Oil Leak | 24 | |
| Ret | 30 | Eric Brandon |
Cooper-Bristol | 2 | Engine | 25 | |
| Ret | 15 | Louis Rosier |
Ferrari | 2 | Engine | 31 | |
| DNS | 27 | Alan Brown |
Cooper-Bristol | Non Starter | 26 | ||
| DNS | 30 | Rodney Nuckey |
Cooper-Bristol | Non Starter | 29 | ||
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Notes
- Ascari, Behra, Fangio, González, Hawthorn, Marimón & Moss all set the equal fastest lap time of 1:50. Each received 1⁄7 of a point.
- Shared Drives:
- Car #6: Bira (42 laps) then Flockhart (2 laps)
- Car #32: Villoresi (30 laps) then Ascari (10 laps)
- F1 Debuts: Don Beauman, Clemar Bucci, Ron Flockhart, Horace Gould, Leslie Marr, John Riseley-Prichard, Leslie Thorne, Bill Whitehouse, Vanwall.
- Final F1 Race for: Alan Brown, Reg Parnell & Peter Whitehead.
Championship standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
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1 | Juan Manuel Fangio |
28 1⁄7 |
 2 |
2 | José Froilán González |
14 9⁄14 |
 1 |
3 | Maurice Trintignant |
11 |
| 1 |
4 |  Bill Vukovich |
8 |
| 11 |
5 | Mike Hawthorn |
7 9⁄14 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship.
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