1954 Pescara Grand Prix

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1954 Pescara Grand Prix
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Race details
Date15 August 1954
Official name XXIII Circuito di Pescara
Location Pescara Circuit
Course Temporary road course
Course length 25.60 km (15.96 miles)
Distance 16 laps, 409.60 km (255.36 miles)
Pole position
Driver Maserati
Time 10:23.0
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Thailand.svg B. Bira Maserati
Time 10:46.39
Podium
First Maserati
Second Maserati
Third Maserati

The 23rd Circuito di Pescara was a Formula One motor race, held on 15 August 1954, at the Pescara Circuit in Abruzzo, Italy. Luigi Musso in a Maserati 250F scored his first Formula 1 victory. B. Bira (Maserati 250F) and Harry Schell (Maserati A6GCM) were second and third, with Bira setting fastest lap. Stirling Moss in yet another 250F started from pole position but retired after 3 laps with a broken oil pipe. [1] [2]

Results

PosNoDriverEntrantCarTime/RetiredGrid
18 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Musso Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F 2:55:54.51, 139.15kph5
220 Flag of Thailand.svg B. Bira Prince Bira Maserati 250F +2:57.059
324 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry Schell Harry Schell Maserati A6GCM +6:48.298
426 Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Daponte J. Daponte Maserati A6GCM +1 lap12
516 Flag of France.svg Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +2 laps4
62 Flag of Argentina.svg Clemar Bucci Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +6 laps3
Ret Flag of France.svg Louis Rosier Equipe Rosier Ferrari 500 9 laps7
Ret18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F 3 laps, oil pipe1
Ret14 Flag of Italy.svg Berardo Taraschi B. Taraschi Ferrari 166 3 laps, mechanical11
Ret Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacques Swaters Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 2 laps, mechanical13
Ret Flag of France.svg André Guelfi Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 1 lap, fire10
Ret Flag of France.svg Robert Manzon Equipe Rosier Ferrari 625 1 lap, engine2
DNS Flag of Italy.svg Umberto Maglioli Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 553 6
DNA Flag of Italy.svg Sergio Mantovani Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F
DNA Flag of Argentina.svg Roberto Mieres R. Mieres Maserati 250F

References

  1. "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix" . Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  2. "XXIII Circuito di Pescara 1954" . Retrieved 2022-05-19.
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