1954 French Grand Prix
The Grand Prix of France in 1954, took place on July 4 at the Circuit de Reims - Gueux Reims and was the fourth race of the Formula 1 season 1954.
- 3.1 Start -up
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
Reports
Background
The Grand Prix of France in 1954 brought the long-awaited debut of the Mercedes works team. The leader of the drivers' championship, Juan Manuel Fangio, Maserati moved to new team, for the Karl Kling and Hans Herrmann went to the start.
In addition to the debut of Mercedes, Kling and Herrmann, this was also the first Grand Prix participation of a Continental tire. Giuseppe Farina was injured at the start of a sports car race at Monza difficult and consequently fell from the rest of the season, a double world champion Alberto Ascari drove a Maserati, as the Lancia D50 was not yet ready for use.
Training
Even in training showed the clear superiority of the Mercedes driver. Fangio secured before Kling pole position, the first double pole for his team in the debut race, the third fastest time in the Ascari drove Maserati.
Race
The race was dominated by very many failures, reached a total of only six cars the target. Engine damage, the most common failure reasons.
The Mercedes- dominance in training was continued in the race, Fangio and Kling drove at the top of it and the other riders lapped the entire field of riders. Both fought at the head of a thrilling duel that Fangio with a narrow lead of 0.1 seconds decided for themselves. The dominance of revolutionary for its time streamlined chassis of the Mercedes was following statement Fangio particularly clear: " The competitor we saw that day really only when taking off and lapping maneuvers. "
Ferrari lost most of his car in this race through damage to the engine, only Robert Manzon reached in his Ferrari and the goal completed with 3rd place on the podium. However, he also had a lap behind Fangio and Kling.
Prince Bira and Luigi Villoresi secured 4th place and 5 points for Maserati. The fastest lap of the race reached Hans Herrmann at the Mercedes before it with an engine failure gave up the race on lap 16.
Thus, Mercedes won the debut race with a double victory, taking pole position and the fastest lap of the race. Leaving the Indianapolis 500 out of consideration, this was also the first racing victory by a non-Italian constructors in Formula 1 history, and the first victory of a Continental tire.
The same day, Germany was the Miracle of Bern for the first time win the World Cup, signaling the important and historic triumph of a German team in the Formula 1 of the media by the edges was mentioned.
Message list
Classifications
Line-up
Race
Standings after the race
The first five of the race were 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 points. The driver with the fastest lap of the race also received 1 point. It included only the five best results from nine races.