1954 Daily Telegraph Trophy

The 1st Daily Telegraph Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 2 October 1954 at Aintree Circuit, Merseyside. The race was run over 17 laps, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Maserati 250F. Moss also set pole and fastest lap. Mike Hawthorn was second in a Vanwall and Harry Schell third in another 250F.^[1][2]

1954 Daily Telegraph Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date	2 October 1954
Official name	I Daily Telegraph Trophy
Location	Aintree Circuit, Merseyside
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.81 km (3.00 miles)
Distance	17 laps, 81.80 km (51.00 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss	Maserati
Time	2:03.6
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss	Maserati
Time	2:04.8
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Maserati
Second	Mike Hawthorn	Vanwall
Third	Harry Schell	Maserati

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	7	Stirling Moss	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	35:49.0, 85.43mph	1
2	8	Mike Hawthorn	Vandervell Products Ltd.	Vanwall Special	+14.4s	3
3	15	Harry Schell	Harry Schell	Maserati 250F	+15.4s	4
4	6	Sergio Mantovani	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	+17.8s	6
5	17	André Pilette	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	+1:30.6	5
6	1	Louis Rosier	Equipe Rosier	Maserati 250F	2:06.2	10
7	10	Roy Salvadori	Gilby Engineering	Maserati 250F	17 laps	18
8	11	Bob Gerard	F.R. Gerard	Cooper T23-Bristol	+1 lap	11
9	21	John Riseley-Prichard	J. Riseley-Prichard	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+1 lap	9
10	23	Don Beauman	Sir Jeremy Boles	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+1 lap	8
11	14	Horace Gould	Gould's Garage (Bristol)	Maserati 250F	+1 lap	12
12	32	Jock Lawrence	Ecurie Ecosse	Cooper T20-Bristol	+1 lap	16
13	16	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	+2 laps, clutch	2
NC	5	Reg Parnell	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Ferrari 500	+3 laps, gearbox	7
NC	27	Paul Emery	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson Mk.1-Alta	+3 laps	17
Ret	34	Bill Whitehouse	W.J. Whitehouse	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	9 laps	13
Ret	33	Leslie Thorne	Ecurie Ecosse	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	8 laps	19
Ret	26	Keith Hall	The Border Reivers	Cooper T20-Bristol	8 laps	15
Ret	20	Charles Boulton	C.D. Boulton	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	1 lap	14
DNA	2	Ken Wharton	Owen Racing Organisation	Maserati 250F		-
DNA	12	Jack Fairman	J.W. Webb	Turner-Lea Francis		-
DNA	19	Michael Young	Roebuck Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	car not repaired	-
DNA	24	Alan Brown	R.J. Chase	Cooper T24-Alta		-
DNA	28	Ted Whiteaway	E.J. Whiteaway	HWM-Alta	car not repaired	-