1954 Formula One season

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The 1954 Formula One season was the 5th edition of the championship. The champion was Juan Manuel Fangio in a close battle.

[change] Season review

Rd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 17	Oscar Gálvez	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
2	Indianapolis 500	May 31	Indianapolis	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	Report
3	Belgian Grand Prix	June 20	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
4	French Grand Prix	July 4	Reims	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 17	Silverstone	José Froilán González	Ferrari	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 1	Nürburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
7	Swiss Grand Prix	August 22	Bremgarten	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	September 5	Monza	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
9	Spanish Grand Prix	October 24	Pedralbes	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	Report

[change] 1954 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	ARG	500‡	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP	Pts.
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1		1*	1	4**	1	1*	1	3	42 (57.14)
2	José Froilán González	3*		4†	Ret	1**	2†	2*	3† / Ret		25.14 (26.64)
3	Mike Hawthorn	DSQ		4†	Ret	2**	2†	Ret	2	1	24.64
4	Maurice Trintignant	4		2	Ret	5	3	Ret	5	Ret	17
5	Karl Kling				2	7	4*	Ret	Ret	5	12
6	Bill Vukovich		1								8
7	Hans Herrmann				Ret*		Ret	3	4	Ret	8
8	Luigi Musso	DNS							Ret	2	6
9	Nino Farina	2		Ret							6
10	Jimmy Bryan		2								6
11	Roberto Mieres	Ret		Ret	Ret	6	Ret	4	Ret	4	6
12	Jack McGrath		3*								5
13	Stirling Moss			3		Ret**	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	4.14
14	Onofre Marimon	Ret		Ret	Ret	3**					4.14
15	Robert Manzon				3	Ret	9		Ret	Ret	4
16	Sergio Mantovani			7			5	5	9	Ret	4
17	Prince Bira	7		6	4	Ret†	Ret			9	3
18	Umberto Maglioli	9						7	3†		2
19	Andre Pilette			5		9	Ret				2
20	Luigi Villoresi				5	Ret†			Ret	Ret	2
21	Elie Bayol	5									2
22	Mike Nazaruk		5								2
23	Troy Ruttman		4†								1.5
24	Duane Carter		4† / 15†								1.5
25	Alberto Ascari				21	Ret** / Ret†			Ret	Ret*	1.14
26	Jean Behra	DSQ		Ret	6	Ret**	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	0.14
27	Harry Schell	6			Ret	12	7	Ret		Ret	0
28	Ken Wharton				Ret	8		6		8	0
29	Fred Wacker							Ret	6		0
30	Fred Agabashian		6								0
31	Piero Taruffi						6				0
32	Paco Godia									6	0
33	Louis Rosier	Ret			Ret	Ret	8		8	7	0
34	Peter Collins					Ret			7		0
35	Don Freeland		7								0
36	Jacques Swaters			Ret				8		Ret	0
37	Toulo de Graffenried	8								Ret†	0
38	Paul Russo		8								0
39	Larry Crockett		9								0
40	Cal Niday		10								0
41	Bob Gerard					10					0
42	Jorge Daponte	Ret							11		0
43	Art Cross		11								0
44	Don Beauman					11					0
45	Chuck Stevenson		12								0
46	Manny Ayulo		13								0
47	Leslie Marr					13					0
48	Bob Sweikert		14								0
49	Leslie Thorne					14					0
50	Horace Gould					15					0
51	Jimmy Jackson		15†								0
52	Ernie McCoy		16								0
53	Jimmy Reece		17								0
54	Ed Elisian		18								0
55	Frank Armi		19								0
—	Clemar Bucci					Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		0
—	Paul Frère			Ret	Ret		Ret				0
—	Roy Salvadori				Ret	Ret					0
—	Jacques Pollet				Ret					Ret	0
—	Roger Loyer	Ret									0
—	Sam Hanks		Ret								0
—	Pat O'Connor		Ret								0
—	Rodger Ward		Ret								0
—	Gene Hartley		Ret								0
—	Andy Linden		Ret								0
—	Johnny Thomson		Ret								0
—	Jerry Hoyt		Ret								0
—	Jimmy Daywalt		Ret								0
—	Tony Bettenhausen		Ret								0
—	Spider Webb		Ret								0
—	Bill Homeier		Ret								0
—	Johnnie Parsons		Ret								0
—	Len Duncan		Ret								0
—	Pat Flaherty		Ret†								0
—	Jim Rathmann		Ret†								0
—	Lance Macklin				Ret						0
—	Georges Berger				Ret						0
—	Bill Whitehouse					Ret					0
—	John Riseley-Prichard					Ret					0
—	Reg Parnell					Ret					0
—	Peter Whitehead					Ret					0
—	Eric Brandon					Ret					0
—	Hermann Lang						Ret				0
—	Theo Helfrich						Ret				0
—	Ron Flockhart					Ret†					0
—	Ottorino Volonterio									Ret†	0
—	Alan Brown					DNS					0
Pos.	Driver	ARG	500‡	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret) Withdrawn during race (WD/Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Withdrawn before qualifying (WD/DNQ) or pre-qualifying (WD/DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS) Withdrawn before start (WD/DNS)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) - from 2003 onwards
Blank	Did not practice (DNP) Withdrawn, thus DNP (WD/DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Did not have a car (DNC)

* Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
** Multiple drivers set equal fastest lap times, thus sharing the 1 point.
† Position shared between more drivers of the same car
‡ Several cars were shared in this race. See the race page for details.
Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

[change] Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races also held in 1954, which did not count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
XIII Grande Prêmio da Cidade de Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	January 3	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	Report
New Zealand Motor Cup Grand Prix	Ardmore	January 9	Stan Jones	Maybach	Report
Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires	January 31	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	Report
IV Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	April 11	Nino Farina	Ferrari	Report
XV Grand Prix de Pau	Pau	April 19	Jean Behra	Gordini	Report
VI Levant Cup	Goodwood	April 19	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	Report
III Grand Prix de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	May 9	José Froilán González	Ferrari	Report
IV BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	May 15	José Froilán González	Ferrari	Report
VII Gran Premio di Bari	Bari	May 22	José Froilán González	Ferrari	Report
II Curtis Trophy	Snetterton	June 5	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	Report
XIII Gran Premio di Roma	Castelfusano	June 6	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	Report
XXIV Grand Prix des Frontières	Chimay	June 6	Image:Flag of THA.svg B Bira	Maserati	Report
I Cornwall M.R.C. Formula 1 Race	Davidstow	June 7	John Riseley-Prichard	Connaught-Francis	Report
I BARC Formula 1 Race	Goodwood	June 7	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	Report
II Crystal Palace Trophy	Crystal Palace	June 19	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	Report
IV Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts	Rouen	July 11	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	Report
III Grand Prix de Caen	Caen	July 25	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	Report
I August Cup	Crystal Palace	August 2	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	Report
II Cornwall M.R.C. Formula 1 Race	Davidstow	August 2	John Coombs	Lotus-Francis	Report
I International Gold Cup	Oulton Park	August 7	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report
RedeX Trophy	Snetterton	August 14	Reg Parnell	Ferrari	Report
XXIII Circuito di Pescara	Pescara	August 15	Luigi Musso	Maserati	Report
III Joe Fry Memorial Trophy	Castle Combe	August 28	Horace Gould	Cooper-Bristol	Report
V Circuit de Cadours	Cadours	September 12	Jean Behra	Gordini	Report
I Grosser Preis von Berlin	AVUS	September 19	Karl Kling	Mercedes-Benz	Report
VII Goodwood Trophy	Goodwood	September 25	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report
I Daily Telegraph Trophy	Aintree	October 2	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report

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1954 Formula One season

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[change] 1954 Drivers Championship final standings

[change] Non-Championship race results

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