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1954 Frontières Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 6 June 1954
Official name XXIV Grand Prix des Frontières
Location Chimay, Belgium
Course Chimay Street Circuit
Course length 10.80 km (6.73 miles)
Distance 20 laps, 216.0 km (134.6 miles)
Pole position
Driver Gordini
Time 3:55
Fastest lap
Driver France Jacques Pollet Gordini
Time 3:58
Podium
First Maserati
Second Gordini
Third Connaught
Motor car race

The 24th Grand Prix des Frontières was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 6 June 1954 at the Chimay Street Circuit in Chimay, Belgium. The Grand Prix was won by B. Bira in a Maserati A6GCM. André Pilette finished second in a Gordini T16 and Don Beauman was third in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis. Jacques Pollet took pole and fastest lap in another Gordini T16.

During the race Pollet crashed while avoiding the spinning Pilette and two spectators were killed.

Classification

Race

Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid
1 4 Thailand B. Bira Prince Birabongse of Siam Maserati A6GCM 1:22:15, 98.19mph 2
2 10 Belgium André Pilette Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 +35s 4
3 34 United Kingdom Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap 3
4 8 France Jacques Pollet Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 +2 laps, accident 1
NC 22 Belgium Arthur Legat Arthur Legat Veritas Meteor +3 laps 5
Ret 30 Belgium Pierre Bastien Pierre Bastien Monnier Speciale-BMW 328 9 laps, oil pipe 7
Ret 32 France Paul Delabarre Paul Delabarre Simca 8 8
Ret 28 France Roger Gerbout Roger Gerbout RG Speciale-BMW 328 9
Ret 18 Belgium Roger Meunier Roger Meunier Jicey-BMW 328 0 laps, mechanical 6
DNS 36 Belgium Viglielmo Matozza Viglielmo Matozza VM Monoplace-Tatra did not practice -
DNS 12 Belgium Roger Laurent Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 engine -
DNS 14 Belgium Jacques Swaters Ecurie Francorchamps Cooper T20-Bristol camshaft -
DNA 2 United Kingdom Lance Macklin Hersham and Walton Motors HWM-Alta crash -
DNA 16 Belgium Dekeerle Dekeerle Veritas RS -
DNA 20 Belgium Marcel Masuy Marcel Masuy Veritas RS -
DNA 24 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta driver elsewhere -
DNA 26 Germany Willy Sturzebecher Willy Sturzebecher Veritas Meteor -

References

  1. "1954 Frontiers Grand Prix". Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  2. "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-05-10.


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