1954 International Gold Cup

The 1st International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 7 August 1954 at the Oulton Park Circuit, Cheshire. The race was run over 36 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Maserati 250F.[1] Reg Parnell was second in a Ferrari and Bob Gerard, who qualified on pole, third in his Cooper-Bristol.[2][3]

1954 International Gold Cup
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 7 August 1954
Official name I International Gold Cup
Location Oulton Park Circuit, Cheshire
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.44 km (2.76 miles)
Distance 36 laps, 159.44 km (99.40 miles)
Pole position
Driver Cooper
Time 1:59.4
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Stirling Moss Maserati
Time 1:56.8
Podium
First Maserati
Second Ferrari
Third Cooper

This was Moss's first Formula One win; he had won the Aintree 200 earlier in the season but that was a Formula Libre event.[4]

Results

PosNo.DriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
1 7 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F 1h11m27.0, 83.48 mph 21
2 5 United Kingdom Reg Parnell Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 625 1h12m47.4, +1m20.4 3
3 12 United Kingdom Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol 1h12m51.0, +1m24.0 1
4 6 United Kingdom Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 1h13m19.2, +1m52.2 7
5 30 United Kingdom Rodney Nuckey Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol 34 laps 13
6 27 United Kingdom Bill Whitehouse W.J. Whitehouse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 34 laps 8
7 17 Italy Leslie Marr L. Marr Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 5
8 20 United Kingdom Charles Boulton Ecurie Ane Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 12
9 15 United Kingdom Leslie Thorne Ecurie Ecosse Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 10
NC 18 United Kingdom Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 15
NC 14 United Kingdom Ninian Sanderson Ecurie Ecosse Cooper T20-Bristol 9
NC 23 United Kingdom Horace Richards H.A. Richards HAR-Riley 20
DNF 21 United Kingdom Alan Brown A. Brown Cooper T23-Bristol 18 laps - fuel pump 4
DNF 3 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F 14 laps - crash 6
DNF 22 United Kingdom Anthony Brooke A. Brooke HW-Alta 4 laps - brakes 17
DNF 26 France Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 2 laps - magneto 2
DNF 25 United Kingdom Jack Fairman J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis 0 laps - half-shaft 14
DNF 24 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Alta 0 laps - cylinder head 19
DNS 10 United Kingdom Albert Wake Ormskirk Motor Auctions Alta-Bristol 18
DNS 28 United Kingdom Tony Crook T.A.D. Crook Cooper T24-Bristol 16
DNA 2 Italy Giovanni de Riu Giovanni de Riu Maserati A6GCM -
DNA 4 United States Harry Schell H. Schell Maserati A6GCM -
DNA 8 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 no car available -
DNA 9 France Robert Manzon Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 625 -
DNA 11 United Kingdom Jimmy Somervail Border Reivers Cooper T20-Bristol -
DNA 16 United Kingdom Tony Rolt R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis -
DNA 16 United Kingdom Peter Walker R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Lea Francis -
DNA 19 United Kingdom Sir Jeremy Boles Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis -
DNA 25 United Kingdom John Webb J.H. Webb Turner-Lea Francis car driven by Jack Fairman -
DNA 26 Belgium André Pilette Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 -
DNA 29 United Kingdom Eric Brandon Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol -

References

  1. "1954 International Gold Cup Results". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  2. "1954 Non World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. "Formula 1 – Non Championship Races 1954". the-fastlane.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  4. "1954 Daily Telegraph 200". Retrieved 2022-10-23.
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