1954 Spanish Grand Prix

The Spanish Grand Prix 1954 was the 9th round of the 1954 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit de Pedralbes in Barcelona, Spain, on October 24th.

Mike Hawthorn won the race after starting in the 3rd position, followed by Luigi Musso, and Juan Fangio completing the podium.

Alberto Ascari started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he had a problem with the clutch, and had to retire on lap 10th.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 19 drivers out of the original 23 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Sergio Mantovani, Jean Behra, and Luigi Villoresi, all of whom saw the breaks of the car give up, Toulo de Graffenried, Jacques Pollet, Jacques Swaters, Robert Manzon, and Ottorino Volonterio, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Hans Herrmann, who had an problem with the injection on lap 50, Maurice Trintignant, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 47, Harry Schell, who had a transmission problem on lap 29, Stirling Moss, who had an oil pump failure on lap 20, Alberto Ascari, who had a problem with the clutch on lap 10, and Peter Collins, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 0.

Qualifying