British Grand Prix

Date
Sat 17th July 1954 (UTC)
Sat 17th July 1954 (Local)

Timestamp
1954-07-17T13:00:00

Time

13:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1954

Round
5

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Location
Silverstone Circuit

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Description

The 1954 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 17 July 1954. It was race 5 of 9 in the 1954 World Championship of Drivers. The 90-lap race was won by Ferrari driver José Froilán González after he started from second position. His teammate Mike Hawthorn finished second and Maserati driver Onofre Marimón came in third.
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.

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Result Description

1 José Froilán González Ferrari 2:56:14
2 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari + 1:10
3 Onofre Marimón Maserati + 1 lap
4 Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes + 1 lap
5 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari + 3 laps
6 Roberto Mieres Maserati + 3 laps
7 Karl Kling Mercedes + 3 laps
8 Ken Wharton Maserati + 4 laps
9 André Pilette Gordini + 4 laps
10 Bob Gerard Cooper-Bristol + 5 laps

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