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1954 French Grand Prix | |||||
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![]() Reims-Gueux layout | |||||
Race details | |||||
Date | 4 July 1954 | ||||
Official name | XLI Grand Prix de l'ACF | ||||
Location | Reims Circuit, Reims, France | ||||
Course | Temporary road course | ||||
Course length | 8.302 km (5.159 miles) | ||||
Distance | 61 laps, 506.422 km (314.676 miles) | ||||
Weather | Overcast, wet | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Mercedes | ||||
Time | 2:29.4 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver |
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Time | 2:32.9 on lap 3 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Mercedes | ||||
Second | Mercedes | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1954 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims on 4 July 1954, the same date as the 1954 Football World Cup Final. It was race 4 of 9 in the 1954 World Championship of Drivers. The 61-lap race was won by Mercedes driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from pole position. His teammate Karl Kling finished second and Ferrari driver Robert Manzon came in third. This race was held the same day as the 1954 FIFA World Cup Final in Bern, Switzerland, but that event took place later in the day from this Grand Prix.