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British Grand Prix

Silverstone, 17 Jul 1954

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 José Froilán Gonzalez Ferrari 625 [625-4] 4
#9 Scuderia Ferrari 		90 2h 56m 14.0s
2 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 625 [625-5] 4
#11 Scuderia Ferrari 		90 2h 57m 24.0s
3 Onofre Marimón Maserati 250F [2506] 6
#33 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		89 2h 57m 00.0s
4 Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-3] - Mercedes s8
#1 Daimler Benz AG 		89 2h 57m 27.0s
5 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 625 [625-6] 4
#10 Scuderia Ferrari 		87 2h 56m 15.0s
6 Roberto Mieres Maserati A6GCM/250F [2048] 6
#4 R Mieres 		87 2h 56m 17.0s
7 Karl Kling Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-4] - Mercedes s8
#2 Daimler Benz AG 		87 2h 57m 15.0s
8 Ken Wharton Maserati 250F [2509] 6
#8 Owen Racing Organisation 		86 2h 57m 15.0s
9 André Pilette Gordini T16 [0033-GC] - T23 6
#19 Équipe Gordini (see note 1) 		86 2h 57m 46.0s
10 Bob Gerard (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' - Bristol 6
#29 F R Gerard Racing 		85 2h 57m 54.0s
11 Don Beauman (2.5 F1) 2-litre Connaught A [AL9] - Lea-Francis 4
#25 Sir Jeremy Boles 		84 2h 57m 47.0s
12 Harry Schell Maserati A6GCM/250F [2041 as '2503'] 6
#3 H Schell 		83 2h 56m 20.0s
13 Leslie Marr (2.5 F1) 2-litre Connaught A [A5] - Lea-Francis 4
#23 L Marr 		82 2h 57m 06.0s
14 Leslie Thorne (2.5 F1) 2-litre Connaught A [A6] - Lea-Francis 4
#26 Ecurie Ecosse 		78 Not classified
15 Horace Gould (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CBMk2-11-53] - Bristol 6
#28 Goulds Garage (Bristol) 		44
R Stirling Moss Maserati 250F [2508] 6
#7 A E Moss 		80 Transmission
R Bill Whitehouse (2.5 F1) 2-litre Connaught A [AL10] - Lea-Francis 4
#22 W J Whitehouse 		63 Fuel system
R Jean Behra Gordini T16 [0032-GC] - T23 6
#17 Équipe Gordini (see note 2) 		54 Suspension
R Roy Salvadori Maserati 250F [2507 (A)] 6
#5 Gilby Engineering Limited 		53 Gearbox
R Ron Flockhart Maserati 250F [2504] 6
#6 B Bira 		44 Shared drive - Accident
R "B Bira" Maserati 250F [2504] 6
#6 B Bira 		44 Shared drive L42 car to Flockhart
R Alberto Ascari Maserati 250F [2512] 6
#32 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		40 Engine
R John Riseley-Prichard (2.5 F1) 2-litre Connaught A [A3] - Lea-Francis 4
#24 Rob Walker Racing Team 		40 Accident
R Luigi Villoresi Maserati 250F [2512] 6
#32 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		40 Shared drive L30 car to Ascari
R Reg Parnell Ferrari 500/625 [188-F2] 4
#12 Scuderia Ambrosiana 		25 Engine
R Alberto Ascari Maserati 250F [2505] 6
#31 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		21 Engine
R Clemar Bucci Gordini T16 [0034-GC] - T23 6
#18 Équipe Gordini (see note 3) 		18 Accident
R Peter Collins (2.5 F1) 2.3-litre Vanwall Special [01]
#20 G A Vandervell 		16 Engine
R Robert Manzon Ferrari 625 [54-1] 4
#14 Écurie Rosier 		16 Engine
R Peter Whitehead (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper-Alta 'T24' [CA-1-53] - Alta 4
#21 P N Whitehead 		4 Oil leak
R Eric Brandon (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CB-3-53] - Bristol 6
#30 Ecurie Richmond 		2 Engine
R Louis Rosier Ferrari 500/625 [186-F2] 4
#15 Écurie Rosier 		2 Engine
DNS Alan Brown (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CB-7-53] - Bristol 6
#27 R J Chase 		Did not start
T Luigi Villoresi Maserati 250F [2502 as '2511'] 6
#32 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		(Only used in practice)
DNA Jacques Swaters Ferrari 500/625 [208-F2] 4
#16 Écurie Francorchamps 		Did not arrive

All cars are 2.5-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Juan Manuel Fangio (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-3] - Mercedes s8 1' 45.0
2 José Froilán Gonzalez (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Ferrari 625 [625-4] - Ferrari 4 1' 46.0
3 Mike Hawthorn (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Ferrari 625 [625-5] - Ferrari 4 1' 46.0
4 Stirling Moss (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2508] - Maserati 6 1' 47.0
5 Jean Behra (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Gordini T16 [0032-GC] - Gordini T23 6 1' 48.0
6 Karl Kling (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-4] - Mercedes s8 1' 48.0
7 Roy Salvadori (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2507 (A)] - Maserati 6 1' 48.0
8 Maurice Trintignant (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Ferrari 625 [625-6] - Ferrari 4 1' 48.0
9 Ken Wharton (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2509] - Maserati 6 1' 49.0
10 "B Bira" (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2504] - Maserati 6 1' 49.0
11 Peter Collins (2.5 F1) 2.3-litre Vanwall Special [01] - Vanwall 1' 50.0
12 André Pilette (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Gordini T16 [0033-GC] - Gordini T23 6 1' 51.0
13 Clemar Bucci (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Gordini T16 [0034-GC] - Gordini T23 6 1' 52.0
14 Reg Parnell (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Ferrari 500/625 [188-F2] - Ferrari 4 1' 52.0
15 Robert Manzon (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Ferrari 625 [54-1] - Ferrari 4 1' 52.0
16 Harry Schell (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati A6GCM/250F [2041 as '2503'] - Maserati 6 1' 52.0
17 Don Beauman (2.5 F1) 2-litre Connaught A [AL9] - Lea-Francis 4 1' 55.0
18 Bob Gerard (2.5 F1) 2.2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' - Bristol 6 1' 55.0
19 Bill Whitehouse (2.5 F1) 2-litre Connaught A [AL10] - Lea-Francis 4 1' 56.0
20 Horace Gould (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CBMk2-11-53] - Bristol 6 1' 56.0
21 John Riseley-Prichard (2.5 F1) 2-litre Connaught A [A3] - Lea-Francis 4 1' 58.0
22 Leslie Marr (2.5 F1) 2-litre Connaught A [A5] - Lea-Francis 4 1' 58.0
23 Leslie Thorne (2.5 F1) 2-litre Connaught A [A6] - Lea-Francis 4 1' 59.0
24 Peter Whitehead (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper-Alta 'T24' [CA-1-53] - Alta 4 2' 00.0
25 Eric Brandon (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CB-3-53] - Bristol 6 2' 05.0
26 Alan Brown * (2.5 F1) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CB-7-53] - Bristol 6 2' 12.0
27 Luigi Villoresi (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2512] - Maserati 6 no time
28 Onofre Marimón (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2506] - Maserati 6 no time
29 Louis Rosier (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Ferrari 500/625 [186-F2] - Ferrari 4 no time
30 Alberto Ascari (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2505] - Maserati 6 no time
31 Roberto Mieres (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati A6GCM/250F [2048] - Maserati 6 no time
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Gordini T16 [0033-GC] (André Pilette): Works car 1952-55, driven by Trintignant 1952, Behra 1953, Bayol, Loyer, Simon, Frère, Bucci and Pilette 1954, Pollet and Hamilton 1955. Crashed by Hamilton at Silverstone in 1955 and apparently written off, though a car numbered '33' was in the Pantin museum in 1993.
  2. Gordini T16 [0032-GC] (Jean Behra): Works car 1952-57, 2500 engine from 1954. Driven by Behra and Manzon 1952, Mieres and Schell 1953, Pollet (once) and Behra 1954, Manzon, da Silva Ramos and Pollet 1955, Manzon 1956 (winning Naples GP), Simon 1957. In Musée Henri Malartre at Rochetaillé 1961-90.
  3. Gordini T16 [0034-GC] (Clemar Bucci): Possibly raced late 1952, and from 1953-55 with 2.5 engine. Driven by Trintignant 1953, Pollet, Loyer, Martin, Behra, Bucci and Wacker 1954. To Schlumpf Collection and still in Musée Nationale 1994.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985

These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.

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