Season 1954 · Round 5

British Grand Prix

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1954-07-17 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 90Lap · 423.949km
32 José Froilán González
Ferrari 2:56
Team win 16.3pt P1 · P2 · P5 · P23 · P27 · P30 1-2
38 Mike Hawthorn
Ferrari +1:10.000
6 Onofre Marimón
Maserati
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
16
Stirling Moss L80 Bill Whitehouse L63 Jean Behra L54 Roy Salvadori L53 Ron Flockhart L44 Prince Bira L44 Luigi Villoresi L40 John Riseley-Prichard L40 Reg Parnell L25 Alberto Ascari L21 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
90Lap 423.949km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Starts
P32 Roy Salvadori 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P40 Maurice Trintignant 10 starts · → Nico Rosberg -1
P69 Harry Schell 8 starts · → Romain Grosjean -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L90 González · P2 → P1 · +1 2 González GON 1 González GON Hawthorn · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Hawthorn HAW 2 Hawthorn HAW Marimón · P28 → P3 · +25 28 Marimón MAR 3 Marimón MAR Fangio · P1 → P4 · -3 1 Fangio FAN 4 Fangio FAN Trintignant · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Trintignant TRI 5 Trintignant TRI Mieres · P32 → P6 · +26 32 Mieres MIE 6 Mieres MIE Kling · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Kling KLI 7 Kling KLI Wharton · P9 → P8 · +1 9 Wharton WHA 8 Wharton WHA Pilette · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Pilette PIL 9 Pilette PIL Gerard · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Gerard GER 10 Gerard GER Beauman · P17 → P11 · +6 17 Beauman BEA 11 Beauman BEA Schell · P16 → P12 · +4 16 Schell SCH 12 Schell SCH Marr · P22 → P13 · +9 22 Marr MAR 13 Marr MAR Thorne · P23 → P14 · +9 23 Thorne THO 14 Thorne THO Gould · P20 → P15 · +5 20 Gould GOU 15 Gould GOU Moss · P4 → retired L80 Moss · retired L80 4 Moss MOS R Moss MOS Whitehouse · P19 → retired L63 Whitehouse · retired L63 19 Whitehouse WHI R Whitehouse WHI Behra · P5 → retired L54 Behra · retired L54 5 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Salvadori · P7 → retired L53 Salvadori · retired L53 7 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL Flockhart · P10 → retired L44 Flockhart · retired L44 10 Flockhart FLO R Flockhart FLO Bira · P10 → retired L44 Bira · retired L44 10 Bira BIR R Bira BIR Villoresi · P27 → retired L40 Villoresi · retired L40 27 Villoresi VIL R Villoresi VIL Riseley-Prichard · P21 → retired L40 Riseley-Prichard · retired L40 21 Riseley-Prichard RIS R Riseley-Prichard RIS Parnell · P14 → retired L25 Parnell · retired L25 14 Parnell PAR R Parnell PAR Ascari · P30 → retired L21 Ascari · retired L21 30 Ascari ASC R Ascari ASC Bucci · P13 → retired L18 Bucci · retired L18 13 Bucci BUC R Bucci BUC Collins · P11 → retired L16 Collins · retired L16 11 Collins COL R Collins COL Manzon · P15 → retired L16 Manzon · retired L16 15 Manzon MAN R Manzon MAN Whitehead · P24 → retired L4 Whitehead · retired L4 24 Whitehead WHI R Whitehead WHI Brandon · P25 → retired L2 Brandon · retired L2 25 Brandon BRA R Brandon BRA Rosier · P31 → retired L2 Rosier · retired L2 31 Rosier ROS R Rosier ROS Brown · P26 → P31 · -5 26 Brown BRO 31 Brown BRO Nuckey · P29 → P32 · -3 29 Nuckey NUC 32 Nuckey NUC
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 32 José Froilán González Ferrari 2 90 2:56 8.14
2 38 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 3 90 +1:10.000 6.14
3 6 Onofre Marimón Maserati 28 89 +1 Lap 4.14
4 2 Juan Fangio Mercedes 1 89 +1 Lap 3.14
5 40 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 8 87 +3 Laps 2
6 10 Roberto Mieres Maserati 32 87 +3 Laps
7 4 Karl Kling Mercedes 6 87 +3 Laps
8 28 Ken Wharton Maserati 9 86 +4 Laps
9 12 André Pilette Gordini 12 86 +4 Laps
10 29 Bob Gerard Cooper 18 85 +5 Laps
11 25 Don Beauman Connaught 17 84 +6 Laps
12 24 Harry Schell Maserati 16 83 +7 Laps
13 23 Leslie Marr Connaught 22 82 +8 Laps
14 26 Leslie Thorne Connaught 23 78 +12 Laps
15 28 Horace Gould Cooper 20 44 +46 Laps
R 8 Stirling Moss Maserati 4 80 Axle 0.14
R 22 Bill Whitehouse Connaught 19 63 Fuel system
R 46 Jean Behra Gordini 5 54 Suspension 0.14
R 5 Roy Salvadori Maserati 7 53 Transmission
R 6 Ron Flockhart Maserati 10 44 Accident
R 18 Prince Bira Maserati 10 44 Accident
R 36 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 27 40 Engine
R 24 John Riseley-Prichard Connaught 21 40 Accident
R 12 Reg Parnell Ferrari 14 25 Engine
R 34 Alberto Ascari Maserati 30 21 Engine 0.14
R 46 Clemar Bucci Gordini 13 18 Accident
R 42 Peter Collins Vanwall 11 16 Engine
R 20 Robert Manzon Ferrari 15 16 Engine
R 21 Peter Whitehead Cooper 24 4 Oil leak
R 30 Eric Brandon Cooper 25 2 Engine
R 26 Louis Rosier Ferrari 31 2 Engine
W 27 Alan Brown Cooper 26 0 Withdrew
W 30 Rodney Nuckey Cooper 29 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Juan Fangio
2
32 José Froilán González
3
38 Mike Hawthorn
4
8 Stirling Moss
5
46 Jean Behra
6
4 Karl Kling
7
5 Roy Salvadori
8
40 Maurice Trintignant
9
28 Ken Wharton
10
6 Ron Flockhart
10
18 Prince Bira
11
42 Peter Collins
12
12 André Pilette
13
46 Clemar Bucci
14
12 Reg Parnell
15
20 Robert Manzon
16
24 Harry Schell
17
25 Don Beauman
18
29 Bob Gerard
19
22 Bill Whitehouse
20
28 Horace Gould
21
24 John Riseley-Prichard
22
23 Leslie Marr
23
26 Leslie Thorne
24
21 Peter Whitehead
25
30 Eric Brandon
26
27 Alan Brown
27
36 Luigi Villoresi
28
6 Onofre Marimón
29
30 Rodney Nuckey
30
34 Alberto Ascari
31
26 Louis Rosier
32
10 Roberto Mieres
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15