The 1954 Formula One season was the 5th running of the FIA Formula One World Championship, which commenced on January 17, 1954, and ended on October 24 after nine races. There were also 25 races that, while run to Formula One rules, did not count towards championship standings.
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 Juan Manuel 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
Teams and Drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1954 FIA Formula One World Championship.
1954 Driver line-ups
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† | 2 | Ret | 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
|
Ret | Ret / Ret† | Ret | Ret | 1.14 | |||||
| 26 | Jean Behra
|
DSQ | Ret | 6 | Ret | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0.14 | |
| — | Harry Schell
|
6 | Ret | 12 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||
| — | Ken Wharton
|
Ret | 8 | 6 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| — | Fred Wacker
|
Ret | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| — | Fred Agabashian
|
6 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Piero Taruffi
|
6 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Paco Godia
|
6 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Louis Rosier
|
Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | |||
| — | Peter Collins
|
Ret | 7 | 0 | |||||||
| — | Don Freeland
|
7 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Jacques Swaters
|
Ret | 8 | Ret | 0 | ||||||
| — | Toulo de Graffenried
|
8 | Ret† | 0 | |||||||
| — | Paul Russo
|
8 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Larry Crockett
|
9 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Cal Niday
|
10 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Bob Gerard
|
10 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Jorge Daponte
|
Ret | 11 | 0 | |||||||
| — | Art Cross
|
11 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Don Beauman
|
11 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Chuck Stevenson
|
12 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Manny Ayulo
|
13 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Leslie Marr
|
13 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Bob Sweikert
|
14 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Leslie Thorne
|
14 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Horace Gould
|
15 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Jimmy Jackson
|
15† | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Ernie McCoy
|
16 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Jimmy Reece
|
17 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Ed Elisian
|
18 | 0 | ||||||||
| — | 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 | ||||||||
| — | Ron Flockhart
|
Ret† | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Hermann Lang
|
Ret | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Theo Helfrich
|
Ret | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Ottorino Volonterio
|
Ret† | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Alan Brown
|
DNS | 0 | ||||||||
| — | Rodney Nuckey
|
DNS | 0 | ||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | ARG
|
500‡
|
BEL
|
FRA
|
GBR
|
GER
|
SUI
|
ITA
|
ESP
|
Pts. |
- Italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – point shared equally between drivers sharing fastest lap)
- Bold indicates pole position
- † Position shared between multiple 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV Gran Premio di Siracusa
|
Syracuse | April 11 | Nino Farina
|
Ferrari
|
Report |
| XV Pau Grand Prix
|
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 |
Notes
See Also
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