1954 Portuguese Grand Prix
The fourth Grand Prix of Portugal , also II Circuito Internacional de Lisboa (IV Grande Premio do Portugal), Circuito de Monsanto , was announced and held as a sports car race. The event took place on July 25, 1954 and was not part of any racing series.
The race
The history of the Portuguese Grand Prix began in 1951 with a sports car race won by the Portuguese Casimiro de Oliveira in a Ferrari 340 America Berlinetta Vignale . The event was advertised for sports cars until 1957 (there was no race in 1956). 1957 was Juan Manuel Fangio on a plant - Maserati 300S successful.
In 1958 a Formula 1 race was held for the first time under this name. In 1954 the sports cars were still active; The Circuito de Monsanto was chosen as the venue this year . 60 laps had to be covered on the 5.440 km long circuit. Driver changes were not planned.
José Froilán González secured overall victory by eight seconds over his Ferrari team- mate Mike Hawthorn .
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | 4th |
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Ferrari 750 Monza | 60 | |||
2 | 5 |
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Ferrari 750 Monza | 60 | |||
3 | 6th |
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Ferrari 375MM | 59 | |||
4th | 19th |
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Gordini T24S 3.0 | 59 | |||
5 | 22nd |
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Jaguar C-Type | 58 | |||
6th | 15th |
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Maserati A6GCS | 58 | ||||
7th | 8th |
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Ferrari 250MM | 57 | |||
8th | 7th |
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Ferrari 250MM | 56 | |||
9 | 23 |
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Cooper T33 | 55 | ||||
10 | 3 |
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Ferrari 250MM | 55 | |||
11 | 1 |
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Ferrari 166MM / 53 | 55 | ||||
12 | 14th |
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Maserati | 53 | ||||
13 | 12 |
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Ferrari 250MM | 51 | |||
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14th | 12 |
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Jaguar XK120 | 48 | ||||
15th | 9 |
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Ferrari 375MM | 37 | ||||
16 | 11 |
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Ferrari 735 Monza | 35 | ||||
17th | 20th |
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Gordini T16S 2.5 | 29 | |||
18th | 2 |
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Ferrari 225S | 20th | |||
19th | 10 |
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Ferrari 250MM | 15th | |||
20th | 16 |
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Maserati | 13 | ||||
21st | 18th |
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Maserati | 3 |
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
No class winners are known for this race.
Racing data
- Registered: 21
- Started: 21
- Rated: 13
- Racing classes: unknown
- Spectator: unknown
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: 5.440 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 2: 26: 56.350 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 60
- Total distance of the winning team: 326,400 km
- Winner's average: 133.280 km / h
- Pole position: José Froilán González - Ferrari 750 Monza (# 4) - 2.24.970
- Fastest race lap: José Froilán González - Ferrari 750 Monza (# 4) - 2.21.770 - 138.140 km / h
- Racing series: did not belong to any racing series
literature
- Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .