The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 4

French Grand Prix

1954  ·  Reims-Gueux  ·  4 July 1954  ·  61 laps

  1. 1st Juan Fangio Mercedes · 02:42:47.9
  2. 2nd Karl Kling Mercedes · +0.1
  3. 3rd Robert Manzon Ferrari

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Juan Fangio

Mercedes  —  Pole position

02 Lap 1

Alberto Ascari

Retirement Maserati  —  Transmission

03 Lap 13

José Froilán González

Retirement Ferrari  —  Engine

04 Lap 27

Onofre Marimón

Retirement Maserati  —  Gearbox

05 Lap 50

Paul Frère

Retirement Gordini  —  Axle

06 On the Charge

Jean Behra

Gordini  —  P17 → P6

07 Victory

Juan Fangio

Mercedes  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification Points

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / Retirement Pts
1 Juan Fangio Mercedes 1 61 02:42:47.9 8
2 Karl Kling Mercedes 2 61 +0.1 6
3 Robert Manzon Ferrari 12 60 +1 Lap 4
4 Prince Bira Maserati 6 60 +1 Lap 3
5 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 14 58 +3 Laps 2
14 Hans Herrmann Mercedes 7 16 Engine 1

The result

Classification No points

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / Retirement
6 Jean Behra Gordini 17 56 +5 Laps
7 Paul Frère Gordini 19 50 Axle
8 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 9 36 Engine
9 Louis Rosier Ferrari 13 27 Engine
10 Onofre Marimón Maserati 5 27 Gearbox
11 Roberto Mieres Maserati 11 24 Engine
12 Ken Wharton Maserati 16 19 Transmission
13 Harry Schell Maserati 21 19 Fuel pump
15 Roy Salvadori Maserati 10 15 Halfshaft
16 José Froilán González Ferrari 4 13 Engine
17 Lance Macklin HWM 15 10 Engine
18 Georges Berger Gordini 20 9 Engine
19 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 8 9 Engine
20 Jacques Pollet Gordini 18 8 Engine
21 Alberto Ascari Maserati 3 1 Transmission
22 Sergio Mantovani Maserati — 0 Withdrew

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