1954 Formula One season

The 1954 Formula One season included the 5th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 17, 1954, and ended on October 24 after nine races. The Championship was won by Juan Manuel Fangio who drove, and won races, for both Maserati and Mercedes over the course of the season.

Season summary

With the formula changing to 2.5 litres unsupercharged, Mercedes re-entered grand prix racing for the first time since the Second World War at the French Grand Prix with a streamlined single seater which Fangio and Karl Kling took to a dominating 1-2 win. Fangio's French success had come after switching from the Maserati team with whom he had won the first two Grands Prix of the season. Although the streamlined body proved unsuitable for Silverstone, Mercedes produced a more conventional body for the Nürburgring and Fangio won three of the remaining four races.

Reigning champion Alberto Ascari had a less successful switch of teams, choosing to leave Ferrari for the newly formed Lancia team. Unfortunately for him, Lancia's car, the D50, was not ready until the final World Championship race, meaning he had to sit out most of his title defence.

Points were given to top 5 finishers (8, 6, 4, 3, 2). 1 point was given for fastest lap. Only the best five of nine scores counted towards the world championship. Points for shared drives were divided equally between the drivers, regardless of who had driven more laps unless one of the drivers was deemed to have completed "insufficient distance". Drivers who shared more than one car during a race received points only for their highest finish.

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

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 Marimón 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 André Pilette 5 9 Ret 2 20 Luigi Villoresi 5 Ret† Ret Ret 2 21 Élie 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.

Key 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) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

• * 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.

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 Cidade do 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 Lavant 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	B Bira	Maserati	Report
I Cornwall MRC 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 MRC Formula 1 Race	Davidstow	August 2	John Coombs	Lotus-Connaught	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
V Sachsenring-Rennen	Sachsenring	August 15	Paul Thiel	EMW	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	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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