Type: | F1 |
Country: | Italy |
Grand Prix: | Pescara |
Date: | 15 August, |
Year: | 1954 |
Official Name: | XXIII Circuito di Pescara |
Location: | Pescara Circuit |
Course: | Temporary road course |
Course Mi: | 15.96 |
Course Km: | 25.60 |
Distance Laps: | 16 |
Distance Mi: | 255.36 |
Distance Km: | 409.60 |
Pole Driver: | Stirling Moss |
Pole Team: | Maserati |
Pole Time: | 10:23.0 |
Pole Country: | GBR |
Fast Driver: | B. Bira |
Fast Team: | Maserati |
Fast Time: | 10:46.39 |
Fast Country: | Siam |
First Driver: | Luigi Musso |
First Team: | Maserati |
First Country: | ITA |
Second Driver: | B. Bira |
Second Team: | Maserati |
Second Country: | Siam |
Third Driver: | Harry Schell |
Third Team: | Maserati |
Third Country: | USA |
Third Flag Suffix: | 1912 |
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]
Pos | No | Driver | Entrant | Car | Time/Retired | Grid | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 | Luigi Musso | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati 250F | 2:55:54.51, 139.15kph | 5 | |
2 | 20 | B. Bira | Prince Bira | Maserati 250F | +2:57.05 | 9 | |
3 | 24 | Harry Schell | Harry Schell | Maserati A6GCM | +6:48.29 | 8 | |
4 | 26 | Jorge Daponte | J. Daponte | Maserati A6GCM | +1 lap | 12 | |
5 | 16 | Jean Behra | Equipe Gordini | Gordini Type 16 | +2 laps | 4 | |
6 | 2 | Clemar Bucci | Equipe Gordini | Gordini Type 16 | +6 laps | 3 | |
Ret | Louis Rosier | Equipe Rosier | Ferrari 500 | 9 laps | 7 | ||
Ret | 18 | Stirling Moss | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati 250F | 3 laps, oil pipe | 1 | |
Ret | 14 | Berardo Taraschi | B. Taraschi | Ferrari 166 | 3 laps, mechanical | 11 | |
Ret | Jacques Swaters | Ecurie Francorchamps | Ferrari 500 | 2 laps, mechanical | 13 | ||
Ret | André Guelfi | Equipe Gordini | Gordini Type 16 | 1 lap, fire | 10 | ||
Ret | Robert Manzon | Equipe Rosier | Ferrari 625 | 1 lap, engine | 2 | ||
DNS | Umberto Maglioli | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 553 | 6 | |||
DNA | Sergio Mantovani | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati 250F | ||||
DNA | Roberto Mieres | R. Mieres | Maserati 250F |