1954 Grand Prix des Frontières

NC Belgium Frontières 6 June 1954 Layout_of_Chimay_Street_Circuit_used_in_Grand_Prix_des_Frontières_(1929-1972).png XXIV Grand Prix des Frontières Chimay, Belgium Chimay Street Circuit 6.73 10.80 20 134.6 216.0 Jacques Pollet FRA Gordini 3:55 Jacques Pollet Gordini 3:58 FRA B. Bira Siam Maserati André Pilette BEL Gordini Don Beauman GBR Connaught The 24th Grand Prix des Frontières was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 6 June 1954 at the Chimay Street Circuit in Chimay, Belgium. The Grand Prix was won by B. Bira in a Maserati A6GCM. André Pilette finished second in a Gordini T16 and Don Beauman was third in a Connaught Type A-Lea Francis. Jacques Pollet took pole and fastest lap in another Gordini T16.https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1954-frontiers-grand-prix// 1954 Frontiers Grand Prix 2022-05-10https://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1954/1954.html#fro 1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix 2022-05-10 During the race Pollet crashed while avoiding the spinning Pilette and two spectators were killed. Classification Race Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 4 Siam B. Bira Prince Birabongse of Siam Maserati A6GCM 1:22:15, 98.19mph 2 2 10 BEL André Pilette Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 +35s 4 3 34 GBR Don Beauman Sir Jeremy Boles Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap 3 4 8 FRA Jacques Pollet Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 +2 laps, accident 1 NC 22 BEL Arthur Legat Arthur Legat Veritas Meteor +3 laps 5 Ret 30 BEL Pierre Bastien Pierre Bastien Monnier Speciale-BMW 328 9 laps, oil pipe 7 Ret 32 FRA Paul Delabarre Paul Delabarre Simca 8 8 Ret 28 FRA Roger Gerbout Roger Gerbout RG Speciale-BMW 328 9 Ret 18 BEL Roger Meunier Roger Meunier Jicey-BMW 328 0 laps, mechanical 6 DNS 36 BEL Viglielmo Matozza Viglielmo Matozza VM Monoplace-Tatra did not practice - DNS 12 BEL Roger Laurent Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 engine - DNS 14 BEL Jacques Swaters Ecurie Francorchamps Cooper T20-Bristol camshaft - DNA 2 GBR Lance Macklin Hersham and Walton Motors HWM-Alta crash - DNA 16 BEL Dekeerle Dekeerle Veritas RS - DNA 20 BEL Marcel Masuy Marcel Masuy Veritas RS - DNA 24 GBR Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta driver elsewhere - DNA 26 GER Willy Sturzebecher Willy Sturzebecher Veritas Meteor - References Grand Prix des Frontières 1954 1954 Rome Grand Prix 1954 BARC Formula 1 Race 1953 Grand Prix des Frontières 1955 Grand Prix des Frontières Category:Grand Prix des Frontières Frontières Frontières Frontières