Silverstone International 1954

The 1954 Silverstone International was a sports car race that took place on May 15 of this year at the Silverstone Circuit . The race was not part of any racing series.

The race

In 1954, Scuderia Ferrari was able to enter the Silverstone International winners list for the third time. After the victory of Alberto Ascari in the Ferrari 166MM in 1950 and the success of Mike Hawthorn in the 340MM , José Froilán González crossed the finish line first in a Ferrari 375 Plus in 1954 . He won the race by more than a minute over the two Britons George Abecassis and Peter Walker .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Travel time
1	S + 3.0	11	Scuderia Ferrari	José Froilán González	Ferrari 375 Plus	35: 36,000
2	S + 3.0	1	HW Motors	George Abecassis	HWM	36: 42,000
3	S + 3.0	6th	Ecurie Ecosse	Peter Walker	Jaguar C-Type	36: 48,000
4th	S + 3.0	5	Ecurie Ecosse	Jimmy Stewart	Jaguar C-Type	36: 50,000
5	S + 3.0	10	Lagonda	Reg Parnell	Lagonda DP115	37: 00.000
6th	S + 3.0	9	Duncan Hamilton	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar C-Type	37: 04,000
7th	S 3.0	23	Aston Martin	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DB3S Coupe	37: 21,000
8th	S 3.0	22nd	Aston Martin	Peter Collins	Aston Martin DB3S	37: 23,000
9	S + 3.0	3		Peter Whitehead	Cooper T33	37: 23,000
10	S 2.0	36	Bob Chase	Alan Brown	Cooper T20	37: 41,000
11	S + 3.0	4th	Ecurie Ecosse	Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar C-Type	38: 00.000
12	S 3.0	24	Aston Martin	Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DB3S Coupe	36: 22,000
13	S 2.0	30th	Horace Gould	Horace Gould	Kieft	36: 39,000
14th	S 2.0	32	Tony Crook	Tony Crook	Cooper T24	36: 39.200
15th	S 1.5	42	Team Lotus	Colin Chapman	Lotus Mk.VIII	36: 46,000
16	S + 3.0	12	Joe Kelly	Joe Kelly	Jaguar C-Type	37: 03,000
17th	S 2.0	31	Bert Rogers	Bert Rogers	Cooper T33	37: 18,000
18th	S 1.5	18th	John Coombs	John Coombs	Connaught ALSR	37: 30,000
19th	S 2.0	37	Peter Scott-Russell	Peter Scott-Russell	Frazer Nash	37: 48,000
20th	S 1.5	44	Team Lotus	Peter Gammon	Lotus Mk.VI	37: 49,000
21st	S 1.5	46	Connaught	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught ALSR	37: 50,000
22nd	S 1.5	41	Lionel Leonard	Les Leston	Leonard	37: 59,000
23	S 1.5	43	Team Lotus	Mike Anthony	Lotus MK.VI	38: 12,000
24	S 2.0	35	Leslie Brooke	Leslie Brooke	Triumph TR2	35: 58,000
25th	S 1.5	45	Cornhill Racing Team	John Riseley-Prichard	Cooper Disco Volante	36: 54,000
Failed
26th	S 2.0	34	Peter Morgan	Peter Morgan	Morgan Plus 4
27	S 1.5	40	J. du Puy	Peter Reece	Osca
Not started
28	S 2.0	33	Gilbey Engineering	Cliff Davis	Maserati A6GCS	1

¹ not started

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
29	S + 3.0	2	HW Motors	Tony Gaze	HWM
30th	S + 3.0	7th	W. Lyons	Stirling Moss	jaguar
31	S + 3.0	8th	W. Lyons	Tony Rolt	jaguar
32	S 3.0	20th	Austin Healey Motor Co.	Lance Macklin	Austin-Healey 100
33	S 3.0	21st	Austin Healey Motor Co.	Ron Flockhart	Austin-Healey 100
34	S 1.5	48	Kieft Car Co.	Ian Burgess	Kieft

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 3.0	José Froilán González	Ferrari 375 Plus	Overall victory
S 3.0	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DB3S Coupe	Rank 7
S 2.0	Alan Brown	Cooper T20	Rank 10
S 1.5	Colin Chapman	Lotus MK.VIII	Rank 15

Racing data

• Registered: 34
• Started: 27
• Valued: 25
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 4.713 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 35: 36,000 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 17
• Total distance of the winning team: 80.124 km
• Winner's average: 133,670 km / h
• Pole position: Jimmy Stewart - Jaguar C-Type (# 5) - 1.54,000
• Fastest race lap: José Froilán González - Ferrari 375 Plus (# 11) - 2: 03,000 - 137,872 km / h
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

Web links

• Race results