Season 1954 · Round 4

French Grand Prix

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1954-07-04 · Reims-Gueux · France · French Grand Prix · 61Lap · 506.422km
2 Juan Fangio
Mercedes 2:42:47.900
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 · P14 1-2
4 Karl Kling
Mercedes +0.100
20 Robert Manzon
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
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DNF
15
Paul Frère L50 Maurice Trintignant L36 Louis Rosier L27 Onofre Marimón L27 Roberto Mieres L24 Ken Wharton L19 Harry Schell L19 Hans Herrmann L16 Roy Salvadori L15 José Froilán González L13 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 6/10 60%
Closest finish · all-time P6
Circuit Info
Reims-Gueux Reims, France
61Lap 506.422km 11 races held (1950–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P7 Mike Hawthorn 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P15 Alberto Ascari 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Pole Position
P1 Juan Fangio 5 · GP #1
P8 Alberto Ascari 2 · → Damon Hill -1
P14 Mike Hawthorn 1 · → Ralf Schumacher -1
Starts
P6 Maurice Trintignant 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P48 Harry Schell 8 starts · → Nick Heidfeld -1
P58 Juan Fangio 7 starts · → Pierluigi Martini -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L61 Fangio · P1 → P1 1 Fangio FAN 1 Fangio FAN Kling · P2 → P2 2 Kling KLI 2 Kling KLI Manzon · P12 → P3 · +9 12 Manzon MAN 3 Manzon MAN Bira · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Bira BIR 4 Bira BIR Villoresi · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Villoresi VIL 5 Villoresi VIL Behra · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Behra BEH 6 Behra BEH Frère · P19 → retired L50 Frère · retired L50 19 Frère FRÈ R Frère FRÈ Trintignant · P9 → retired L36 Trintignant · retired L36 9 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Rosier · P13 → retired L27 Rosier · retired L27 13 Rosier ROS R Rosier ROS Marimón · P5 → retired L27 Marimón · retired L27 5 Marimón MAR R Marimón MAR Mieres · P11 → retired L24 Mieres · retired L24 11 Mieres MIE R Mieres MIE Wharton · P16 → retired L19 Wharton · retired L19 16 Wharton WHA R Wharton WHA Schell · P21 → retired L19 Schell · retired L19 21 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Herrmann · P7 → retired L16 Herrmann · retired L16 7 Herrmann HER R Herrmann HER Salvadori · P10 → retired L15 Salvadori · retired L15 10 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL González · P4 → retired L13 González · retired L13 4 González GON R González GON Macklin · P15 → retired L10 Macklin · retired L10 15 Macklin MAC R Macklin MAC Berger · P20 → retired L9 Berger · retired L9 20 Berger BER R Berger BER Hawthorn · P8 → retired L9 Hawthorn · retired L9 8 Hawthorn HAW R Hawthorn HAW Pollet · P18 → retired L8 Pollet · retired L8 18 Pollet POL R Pollet POL Ascari · P3 → retired L1 Ascari · retired L1 3 Ascari ASC R Ascari ASC Mantovani · pit lane → P22 · +1 — Mantovani MAN 22 Mantovani MAN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Juan Fangio Mercedes 1 61 2:42:47.900 8
2 4 Karl Kling Mercedes 2 61 +0.100 6
3 20 Robert Manzon Ferrari 12 60 +1 Lap 4
4 18 Prince Bira Maserati 6 60 +1 Lap 3
5 36 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 14 58 +3 Laps 2
6 46 Jean Behra Gordini 17 56 +5 Laps
R 10 Paul Frère Gordini 19 50 Axle
R 40 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 9 36 Engine
R 26 Louis Rosier Ferrari 13 27 Engine
R 6 Onofre Marimón Maserati 5 27 Gearbox
R 10 Roberto Mieres Maserati 11 24 Engine
R 28 Ken Wharton Maserati 16 19 Transmission
R 24 Harry Schell Maserati 21 19 Fuel pump
R 6 Hans Herrmann Mercedes 7 16 Engine 1
R 5 Roy Salvadori Maserati 10 15 Halfshaft
R 32 José Froilán González Ferrari 4 13 Engine
R 32 Lance Macklin HWM 15 10 Engine
R 30 Georges Berger Gordini 20 9 Engine
R 38 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 8 9 Engine
R 48 Jacques Pollet Gordini 18 8 Engine
R 34 Alberto Ascari Maserati 3 1 Transmission
W 12 Sergio Mantovani Maserati 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Juan Fangio
2
4 Karl Kling
3
34 Alberto Ascari
4
32 José Froilán González
5
6 Onofre Marimón
6
18 Prince Bira
7
6 Hans Herrmann
8
38 Mike Hawthorn
9
40 Maurice Trintignant
10
5 Roy Salvadori
11
10 Roberto Mieres
12
20 Robert Manzon
13
26 Louis Rosier
14
36 Luigi Villoresi
15
32 Lance Macklin
16
28 Ken Wharton
17
46 Jean Behra
18
48 Jacques Pollet
19
10 Paul Frère
20
30 Georges Berger
21
24 Harry Schell
PIT
12 Sergio Mantovani pit lane start
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.
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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