1954 Belgian Grand Prix

 1954 Belgian Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 9 races of the 1954 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XVI Grand Prix de Belgique
Date:	June 20, 1954
Place:	Spa Francorchamps
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	508.32 km in 36 laps of 14.12 km
Weather:	sunny, dry
Pole position
Driver:	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Time:	4: 22.1 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Time:	4: 25.5 min (lap 13)
Podium
First:	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Second:	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari
Third:	Stirling Moss	Maserati

The 1954 Belgian Grand Prix took place on June 20 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa-Francorchamps and was the third race of the 1954 World Cup .

Reports

background

For all starters, the Belgian Grand Prix was only the second race of the 1954 Formula 1 season, as none of the drivers had participated in the Indianapolis 500. The Swiss Toulo de Graffenried only took part in this race unofficially to shoot for the film Der Favorit (original title: The Racers).

training

Juan Manuel Fangio took pole position with a time of 4: 22.1 minutes. He started ahead of José Froilán González and Giuseppe Farina .

run

After the start, Farina took the lead in the Ferrari; Fangio had got off badly. After about 500 meters the order was: Gonzáles, Farina, Hawthorn, Marimon, Pilette, Trintignant, Behra, Fangio. But at the end of the third lap, Fangio was leading by 2.5 seconds. In the first lap, four of the 14 cars that had started had already retired. Roberto Mieres had been hit most dangerous . Gasoline spilled from the tank of his car onto the exhaust pipe, ignited, and at about 130 km / h the car started to burn within sight of the start-and-finish grandstands. Mieres, whose clothes were also on fire, turned to the right and jumped out of the still moving Maserati, which rolled on without a driver before it came to a stop on an embankment. Mieres got relatively light burns on his back; he did not injure himself during the jump. From lap four, Fangio and Farina dueled until Farina had to give up the race on lap 14 with an engine failure. Fangio then led the race and drove gently when problems with the front suspension of his car arose towards the end of the race. Maurice Trintignant in the Ferrari came close to Fangio, but could not overtake him.

Fangio won the Belgian Grand Prix in 1954 ahead of Maurice Trintignant and Stirling Moss . For Trintignant and Moss it was the first podium finish each. The other points went to Hawthorn and González, who shared the car, and André Pilette in the Gordini . Moss and Pilette took their first world championship points in this race, but it remained the only point placement for Pilette.

Only Ferrari , Maserati and Gordini cars competed in this race .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Ecurie Francorchamps	02	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari 500 / Ferrari 625F1	Ferrari 2.5 L4	E.
Scuderia Ferrari	04th	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari 553 Squalo / Ferrari 625F1	Ferrari 2.5 L4	P
	06th	José Froilán González	Ferrari 553 Squalo / Ferrari 555 Super Qualo
	08th	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari 625F1
	10	Mike Hawthorn
Equipe Gordini	12	Jean Behra	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.5 L6	E.
	16	Paul Brother		Gordini 2.0 L6
	18th	André Pilette		Gordini 2.5 L6
Prince Bira	20th	Prince Bira	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	P
Equipe Moss	22nd	Stirling Moss	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	P
Roberto Mieres	24	Roberto Mieres	Maserati A6GCM / Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	P
Officine Alfieri Maserati	26th	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	P
	28	Onofre Marimon
	30th	Sergio Mantovani

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	4: 22.1	193.94 km / h	01
02	José Froilán González	Ferrari	4: 23.6	192.83 km / h	02
03	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	4.26: 0	191.10 km / h	03
04th	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	4: 27.6	189.96 km / h	04th
05	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	4: 29.4	188.69 km / h	05
06th	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	4: 30.0	188.27 km / h	06th
07th	Jean Behra	Gordini	4: 34.5	185.18 km / h	07th
08th	André Pilette	Gordini	4: 40.0	181.54 km / h	08th
09	Stirling Moss	Maserati	4: 40.8	181.03 km / h	09
10	Paul Brother	Gordini	4: 42.0	180.26 km / h	10
11	Sergio Mantovani	Maserati	4: 43.2	179.5 km / h	11
12	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	4: 43.8	179.11 km / h	12
13	Prince Bira	Maserati	4: 46.5	177.42 km / h	13
14th	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	4: 54.2	172.78 km / h	14th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	36		2: 44: 42.4	01	4: 25,500
02	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	36		+ 24.2	06th
03	Stirling Moss	Maserati	35		+ 1 lap	09
04th	Mike Hawthorn José Froilán González	Ferrari	35		+ 1 lap	05
05	André Pilette	Gordini	35		+ 1 lap	08th
06th	Prince Bira	Maserati	35		+ 1 lap	13
07th	Sergio Mantovani	Maserati	34		+ 2 rounds	11
-	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	14th		DNF	3		ignition
-	Paul Brother	Gordini	14th		DNF	10		Engine failure
-	Jean Behra	Gordini	12		DNF	7th		suspension
-	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	3		DNF	4th		Engine failure
-	José Froilán González	Ferrari	1		DNF	2		Engine failure
-	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	1		DNF	14th		Engine failure
-	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	0		DNF	12		accident

World Cup stand after the race

In 1954, points were awarded according to the following scheme:

1st place	place 2	place 3	4th place	5th place	Fastest lap
8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

• Only the five best results from nine races counted. Deleted results are shown in brackets.
• The numbers marked with * include the point for the fastest lap.
• Fields marked in the same color indicate shared vehicles.

Item	driver	constructor										Points
1.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	8th		9 *							17th
2.	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	3		6th							9
3.	Bill Vukovich	Kurti's power		8th								8th
4th	José Froilán González	Ferrari	5 *		1.5							6.5
5.	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	6th									6th
	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma		6th								6th
7th	Jack McGrath	Kurtis power		4th								4th
	Stirling Moss	Maserati			4th							4th
9.	Elie Bayol	Gordini	2									2
	Mike Nazaruk	Kurtis power		2								2
	André Pilette	Gordini			2							2
12.	Troy Ruttman	Kurti's power		1.5								1.5
	Duane Carter	Kurti's power		1.5								1.5
	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari			1.5							1.5
15th	Sam Hanks	Kurti's power		1*								1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Internationaler Motorsport , Jahrbuch 1954. Edited by ADAC and AvD, Europa-Contact Verlags-GmbH, Döffingen 1954, p. 135 u. 136.
2. ↑ "GP Stories - The Races of 1954" (www.motorsport-magazin.com on January 14, 2013)

Web links

• Result at motorsportarchiv.de