1954 Formula One season

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1954 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1954 Formula One season was the 5th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on January 17, 1954, and ended on October 24 after ninth races.

[edit] Season summary

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.

[edit] Season review

Rd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentine Grand Prix	January 17	Oscar Gálvez	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
2	Image:US flag 48 stars.svg Indianapolis 500	May 31	Indianapolis	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	Report
3	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgian Grand Prix	June 20	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
4	Image:Flag of France.svg French Grand Prix	July 4	Reims	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
5	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Grand Prix	July 17	Silverstone	José Froilán González	Ferrari	Report
6	Image:Flag of Germany.svg German Grand Prix	August 1	Nürburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
7	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Swiss Grand Prix	August 22	Bremgarten	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
8	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italian Grand Prix	September 5	Monza	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
9	Image:Flag of the Spain Under Franco.png Spanish Grand Prix	October 24	Pedralbes	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	Report

[edit] 1954 Drivers Championship final standings

Place	Driver	Number	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	2	Argentina	42 (57.14)	6	7	5
2	José Froilán González	32	Argentina	25.14 (26.64)	1	4	1
3	Mike Hawthorn	38	Britain	24.64	1	3
4	Maurice Trintignant	40	France	17		2
5	Karl Kling	4	Germany	12		1
6	Bill Vukovich	14	USA	8	1	1
7	Hans Herrmann	6	Germany	8		1
8	Roberto Mieres	10	Argentina	6
9	Luigi Musso	14	Italy	6		1
10	Giuseppe Farina	4	Italy	6		1	1
11	Jimmy Bryan	9	USA	6		1
12	Jack McGrath	2	USA	5		1	1
13	Stirling Moss	8	Britain	4.14		1
14	Onofre Marimon	23	Argentina	4.14		1
15	Sergio Mantovani	12	Italy	4
16	Robert Manzon	6	France	4		1
17	Prince Bira	18	Thailand	3
18	Andre Pilette	19	Belgium	2
19	Mike Nazaruk	73	USA	2
20	Luigi Villoresi	36	Italy	2
21	Umberto Maglioli	38	Italy	2		1
22	Elie Bayol	20	France	2
23	Troy Ruttman	34	USA	1.5
24	Duane Carter	4	USA	1.5
25	Alberto Ascari	34	Italy	1.14			1
26	Jean Behra	46	France	0.14
27	Bob Gerard	29	Britain
28	Bill Whitehouse	22	Britain
29	Bill Homeier	51	USA
30	Art Cross	45	USA
31	Gene Hartley	31	USA
32	Alan Brown	46	Britain
33	Bob Sweikert	17	USA
34	Andy Linden	74	USA
35	Peter Collins	10	Britain
36	Lance Macklin	32	Britain
37	Larry Crockett	28	USA
38	Len Duncan	33	USA
39	Leslie Marr	23	Britain
40	Leslie Thorne	26	Britain
41	Louis Rosier	26	France
42	Manny Ayulo	88	USA
43	Paco Godia	16	Spain
44	Pat Flaherty	38	USA
45	Pat O'Connor	35	USA
46	Ken Wharton	28	Britain
47	Paul Russo	5	USA
48	Peter Whitehead	21	Britain
49	Piero Taruffi	4	Italy
50	Rodger Ward	12	USA
51	Roger Loyer	22	France
52	Roy Salvadori	5	Britain
53	Sam Hanks	1	USA
54	Spider Webb	65	USA
55	Theo Helfrich	22	Germany
56	Tony Bettenhausen	10	USA
57	Toulo de Graffenried	22	Switzerland
58	Cal Niday	24	USA
59	Paul Frere	10	Belgium
60	Don Freeland	7	USA
61	Reg Parnell	12	Britain
62	Jorge Daponte	8	Argentina
63	Chuck Stevenson	98	USA
64	Don Beauman	25	Britain
65	Ed Elisian	27	USA
66	Eric Brandon	30	Britain
67	Ernie McCoy	32	USA
68	Frank Armi	71	USA
69	Fred Wacker	42	USA
70	Fred Agabashian	77	USA
71	Georges Berger	30	Belgium
72	Jerry Hoyt	99	USA
73	John Riseley-Prichard	24	Britain
74	Harry Schell	24	USA
75	Clemar Bucci	46	Argentina
76	Johnny Thomson	43	USA
77	Johnnie Parsons	15	USA
78	Jimmy Daywalt	19	USA
79	Jimmy Reece	25	USA
80	Jacques Swaters	30	Belgium
81	Jacques Pollet	48	France
82	Horace Gould	28	Britain
83	Hermann Lang	21	Germany
84	Jimmy Jackson	16	USA