1954 Daily Telegraph Trophy

The 1st Daily Telegraph Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 2 October 1954 at Aintree Circuit, Merseyside. The race was run over 17 laps, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Maserati 250F. Moss also set pole and fastest lap. Mike Hawthorn was second in a Vanwall and Harry Schell third in another 250F.[1][2]

1954 Daily Telegraph Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 2 October 1954
Official name I Daily Telegraph Trophy
Location Aintree Circuit, Merseyside
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.81 km (3.00 miles)
Distance 17 laps, 81.80 km (51.00 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Time 2:03.6
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Stirling Moss Maserati
Time 2:04.8
Podium
First Maserati
Second Vanwall
Third Maserati

Results

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Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid
1 7   Stirling Moss Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F 35:49.0, 85.43mph 1
2 8   Mike Hawthorn Vandervell Products Ltd. Vanwall Special +14.4s 3
3 15   Harry Schell Harry Schell Maserati 250F +15.4s 4
4 6   Sergio Mantovani Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F +17.8s 6
5 17   André Pilette Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +1:30.6 5
6 1   Louis Rosier Equipe Rosier Maserati 250F 2:06.2 10
7 10   Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F 17 laps 18
8 11   Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol +1 lap 11
9 21   John Riseley-Prichard J. Riseley-Prichard Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap 9
10 23   Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap 8
11 14   Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F +1 lap 12
12 32   Jock Lawrence Ecurie Ecosse Cooper T20-Bristol +1 lap 16
13 16   Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +2 laps, clutch 2
NC 5   Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 500 +3 laps, gearbox 7
NC 27   Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta +3 laps 17
Ret 34   Bill Whitehouse W.J. Whitehouse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 9 laps 13
Ret 33   Leslie Thorne Ecurie Ecosse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 8 laps 19
Ret 26   Keith Hall The Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol 8 laps 15
Ret 20   Charles Boulton C.D. Boulton Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 1 lap 14
DNA 2   Ken Wharton Owen Racing Organisation Maserati 250F -
DNA 12   Jack Fairman J.W. Webb Turner-Lea Francis -
DNA 19   Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis car not repaired -
DNA 24   Alan Brown R.J. Chase Cooper T24-Alta -
DNA 28   Ted Whiteaway E.J. Whiteaway HWM-Alta car not repaired -

References

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  1. ^ "1954 Aintree F1". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  2. ^ "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-05-17.


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