1954 International Gold Cup

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]

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	Cooper
Time	1:59.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss	Maserati
Time	1:56.8
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Maserati
Second	Reg Parnell	Ferrari
Third	Bob Gerard	Cooper

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		-