1954 I Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race

April 2022 NC UK (I) Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race I Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race Davidstow Circuit, Davidstow, Cornwall Davidstow 1953.png 7 June 1954 Permanent racing facility 1.8475 2.973 20 36.95 59.46 Wet John Riseley-Prichard UK Connaught-Lea Francis John Riseley-Prichard Connaught-Lea Francis 1:27.7 UK John Riseley-Prichard UK Connaught-Lea Francis Jack Walton UK Cooper-Bristol Anthony Brooke UK HWM-Alta The 1st Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race was the first Cornwall MRC motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 7 June 1954 at the Davidstow Circuit, Cornwall. The race was run over 20 laps of the little circuit, and was won by British driver John Riseley-Prichard in a Connaught Type A. This was the first of three Formula One races held in Cornwall during 1954 and 1955, and was the first Formula One event to include a Kieft on the grid, driven by Horace Gould."Davidstow", Peter Tutthill, 1996. Gould later caused the entire meeting to be ended prematurely when he crashed his car transporter (a converted double-decker bus) into a footbridge, bringing it down on to the track. Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 UK John Riseley-Prichard J. Riseley-Prichard Connaught-Lea Francis 29:54.9 1 2 UK Jack Walton J.H. Walton Cooper-Bristol 4 3 UK Anthony Brooke A. Brooke HWM-Alta 7 4 UK Tom Kyffin Equipe Devone Cooper-Bristol 6 Ret UK Charles Boulton C.D. Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 5 Ret UK Horace Gould H.H. Gould Kieft-Bristol Engine 3 Ret UK Leslie Marr L. Marr Connaught-Lea Francis Accident 2 DNA UK R. E. Dixon J.H. Walton Frazer Nash-BMW – DNA UK Dick Gibson R. Gibson Cooper-Bristol – DNA UK David Watts Equipe Devone Cooper-Bristol – References Cornwall Race results at www.silhouet.com Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race 1954 1954 BARC Formula 1 Race / 1954 Grand Prix des Frontières 1954 Grand Prix des Frontières / 1954 Crystal Palace Trophy — 1954 II Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race, I Category:Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race Corn Category:1950s in Cornwall