The 4th Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 11 July 1954 at the Rouen-Les-Essarts circuit, in Rouen, Normandy, France. The winner was Maurice Trintignant in a Ferrari 625. Trintignant also took pole and set fastest lap. B. Bira and Roy Salvadori were second and third in their Maserati 250Fs.[1][2]

1954 Rouen-les-Essarts Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 11 July 1954
Official name IV Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts
Location Rouen, Normandy
Course Rouen-Les-Essarts
Course length 5.100 km (3.169 miles)
Distance 95 laps, 484.50 km (300.840 miles)
Weather Warm and Dry
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 2:09.4
Fastest lap
Driver France Maurice Trintignant Ferrari
Time 2:09.9
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Maserati
Third Maserati

Classification

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Race

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Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid
1 18   Maurice Trintignant Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 3:40:34.5, 132.12kph 1
2 22   B. Bira Prince Bira Maserati 250F +1 lap 8
3 30   Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F +5 laps 9
4 6   Georges Berger Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 +5 laps 12
5 34   Jorge Daponte Jorge Daponte Maserati A6GCM +10 laps 14
6 4   Clemar Bucci Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 +11 laps, gearbox 7
7 28   Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta +15 laps 13
8 12   Robert Manzon Equipe Rosier Ferrari 625 +15 laps 6
9 10   Louis Rosier Equipe Rosier Ferrari 500 +22 laps 11
Ret 8   André Pilette Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 40 laps, transmission 5
Ret 24   Harry Schell Harry Schell Maserati A6GCM 33 laps, mechanical 10
Ret 14   José Froilán González Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 553 16 laps, engine 4
DSQ 16   Mike Hawthorn Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 push start 3
DSQ 2   Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 push start 2
DNS 32   Alan Brown Ecurie Richmond Cooper T23-Bristol -
DNQ 4   Jacques Pollet Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 car qualified by Bucci -
DNA 6   Roberto Mieres Roberto Mieres Maserati A6GCM transporter crash, car destroyed -
DNA 6   Giovanni de Riu Giovanni de Riu Maserati A6GCM -

References

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  1. ^ "IV Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts 1954". Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  2. ^ "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-05-12.


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