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1954 International Gold Cup
1954 International Gold Cup
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date	7 August 1954
Official name	I International Gold Cup
Location	Oulton Park Circuit, Cheshire
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.44 km (2.76 miles)
Distance	36 laps, 159.44 km (99.40 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Bob Gerard;
Time	1:59.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss
Time	1:56.8
Podium
First	Stirling Moss;
Second	Reg Parnell;
Third	Bob Gerard;

The 1st International Gold Cup was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 7 August 1954 at the Oulton Park Circuit, Cheshire. The race was run over 36 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Maserati 250F.^[1] Reg Parnell was second in a Ferrari and Bob Gerard, who qualified on pole, third in his Cooper-Bristol.^[2]^[3]

This was Moss's first Formula One win; he had won the Aintree 200 earlier in the season but that was a Formula Libre event.^[4]

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	7	Stirling Moss	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	1h11m27.0, 83.48 mph	21
2	5	Reg Parnell	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Ferrari 625	1h12m47.4, +1m20.4	3
3	12	Bob Gerard	F.R. Gerard	Cooper T23-Bristol	1h12m51.0, +1m24.0	1
4	6	Don Beauman	Sir Jeremy Boles	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	1h13m19.2, +1m52.2	7
5	30	Rodney Nuckey	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T23-Bristol	34 laps	13
6	27	Bill Whitehouse	W.J. Whitehouse	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	34 laps	8
7	17	Leslie Marr	L. Marr	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis		5
8	20	Charles Boulton	Ecurie Ane	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis		12
9	15	Leslie Thorne	Ecurie Ecosse	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis		10
NC	18	Michael Young	Roebuck Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis		15
NC	14	Ninian Sanderson	Ecurie Ecosse	Cooper T20-Bristol		9
NC	23	Horace Richards	H.A. Richards	HAR-Riley		20
DNF	21	Alan Brown	A. Brown	Cooper T23-Bristol	18 laps - fuel pump	4
DNF	3	Roy Salvadori	Gilby Engineering	Maserati 250F	14 laps - crash	6
DNF	22	Anthony Brooke	A. Brooke	HW-Alta	4 laps - brakes	17
DNF	26	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	2 laps - magneto	2
DNF	25	Jack Fairman	J.H. Webb	Turner-Lea Francis	0 laps - half-shaft	14
DNF	24	Paul Emery	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Alta	0 laps - cylinder head	19
DNS	10	Albert Wake	Ormskirk Motor Auctions	Alta-Bristol		18
DNS	28	Tony Crook	T.A.D. Crook	Cooper T24-Bristol		16
DNA	2	Giovanni de Riu	Giovanni de Riu	Maserati A6GCM		-
DNA	4	Harry Schell	H. Schell	Maserati A6GCM		-
DNA	8	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 625	no car available	-
DNA	9	Robert Manzon	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari 625		-
DNA	11	Jimmy Somervail	Border Reivers	Cooper T20-Bristol		-
DNA	16	Tony Rolt	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis		-
DNA	16	Peter Walker	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis		-
DNA	19	Sir Jeremy Boles	Sir Jeremy Boles	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis		-
DNA	25	John Webb	J.H. Webb	Turner-Lea Francis	car driven by Jack Fairman	-
DNA	26	André Pilette	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16		-
DNA	29	Eric Brandon	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T23-Bristol		-

References

^ "1954 International Gold Cup Results". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
^ "1954 Non World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
^ "Formula 1 – Non Championship Races 1954". the-fastlane.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
^ "1954 Daily Telegraph 200". Retrieved 2022-10-23.

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[1] "1954 International Gold Cup Results". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2022-02-18.

[2] "1954 Non World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-02-18.

[3] "Formula 1 – Non Championship Races 1954". the-fastlane.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-18.

[4] "1954 Daily Telegraph 200". Retrieved 2022-10-23.

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