1954 Swiss Grand Prix

The 1954 Swiss Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Bremgarten on August 22, 1954. It was the seventh round of the 1954 World Drivers' Championship.

Race report

Mercedes brought their new non-streamlined cars but it made little difference - Fangio led from start to finish. Moss soon passed Gonzalez for 2nd and battled ferociously to catch Fangio. However, he was himself soon under pressure as Hawthorn caught him. The two duelled furiously in a superb patriotic spectacle, ended only when Moss's engine gave way. Hawthorn himself succumbed to fuel feed problems. Gonzalez thus ended in second, whilst Fangio lapped the entire field up to second, winning by nearly a minute. Hans Herrmann in the sister Mercedes took the final podium spot.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	66	3:00' 34.5	2	9
2	20	José Froilán González	Ferrari	66	+57.8	1	6
3	6	Hans Herrmann	Mercedes	65	+1 lap	7	4
4	30	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	64	+2 laps	12	3
5	28	Sergio Mantovani	Maserati	64	+2 laps	9	2
6	18	Ken Wharton	Maserati	64	+2 laps	8
7	24	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	61	+5 laps	11
8	2	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	58	+8 laps	16
Ret	8	Karl Kling	Mercedes	38	Fuel system	5
Ret	26	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	33	Engine	4
Ret	22	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	30	Oil leak	6
Ret	34	Harry Schell	Maserati	23	Oil pump	13
Ret	32	Stirling Moss	Maserati	21	Oil pump	3
Ret	14	Fred Wacker	Gordini	10	Transmission	15
Ret	10	Jean Behra	Gordini	8	Clutch	14
Ret	12	Clemar Bucci	Gordini	0	Fuel pump	10
DNS	24	Robert Manzon	Ferrari		Accident

Notes

• Pole position: José Froilán González – 2' 39.5
• Fastest Lap: Juan Manuel Fangio – 2' 39.7
• This would be the last F1 race in Switzerland. Following the 1955 Le Mans disaster the Swiss government would ban all forms of motor racing. A Swiss Grand Prix would appear once more in 1982 but this race took place in France.
• Fangio retook the record for the most victories from Alberto Ascari at this race, scoring his twelfth here. Although he would later score 12 more victories, he held the record from this point until 1968.
• Fangio won the world championship with two races left to go.

Drivers' Championship standings after the race

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	42 (45.14)
2	José Froilán González	23.64
3	Maurice Trintignant	15
4	Mike Hawthorn	10.64
5	Karl Kling	10

• Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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