1954 World Sportscar Championship

Racing tournament 1954 World Sportscar Championship 1953 1955 The 1954 World Sportscar Championship was a motor racing competition for Sportscars. It was the second FIA World Sportscar Championship. It featured a series of six endurance races, contested from 24 January to 23 November 1954. The championship was won by Ferrari. Season summary thumb|Ferrari won the championship with its Ferrari 375 Plus (pictured), 375 MM and 750 Monza models. The 1954 World Sports Car Championship was contested over a six race series. With legendary races such as the Mille Miglia and the Carrera Panamericana now part of the international race calendar, they were accompanied by the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 12 Hours of Sebring and the RAC Tourist Trophy. The championship started in January in Argentina with a new race to the calendar, the 1000 km Buenos Aires, but the 24 Hours of Spa was omitted.World Sportscar Championship, www.racingsportscars.com Retrieved on 4 April 2015 The 1000 km Nürburgring was originally scheduled for the 29th of August, however once it became clear that the Mercedes 300 SLRs would not be ready in time, the race was cancelled with organisers fearing another poor attendance.Posthumus Cyril World Sports Car Championship 1961 56 The Championship remained as a competition for manufacturers, and works teams including Scuderia Ferrari, Lancia, Aston Martin and Jaguar lead the way. The majority of the fields were made up of amateur or gentlemen drivers in privately entered cars, often up against professional racing drivers with experience in Formula One. All races included Sportscar classes defined according to engine displacement.János L. Wimpffen, 1954 - Ferrari consolidates, Tine and Two Seats, 1999, pages 14 to 169 The Millie Miglia also defined classes for Grand Touring and Special Touring cars and the Carrera Panamericana included additional Stock car and Touring car classes. Championship points were however only awarded for outright placings. Ferrari continued to be the dominant force in 1954, winning four of the six races, a result of Enzo Ferrari’s determination to bring prestige to his marque. The other two races were also won by Italian marques, Lancia and O.S.C.A. Season results thumb|Lancia placed second with its Lancia D24 thumb|Jaguar placed third with its Jaguar C-Type and D-Type (pictured) models thumb|O.S.C.A. placed fourth after a win at Sebring with its MT4 thumb|Maserati placed fifth with its A6GCS model thumb|Porsche placed sixth with its 550 model. Results Date https://archive.today/20130203135939/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1954/1954.html 1954 World Sportscar Championship, www.teamdan.com Retrieved on 4 April 2015 Rd. Event Circuit or Location Winning driver Winning team Winning car Results 24/01 1 ARG 1000km of Buenos Aires Autódromo Municipal Avenida Paz ITA Giuseppe FarinaITA Umberto Maglioli ITA Scuderia Ferrari ITA Ferrari 375 MM Results 07/03 2 USA 1912 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway USA 1912 Bill LloydGBR Stirling Moss USA 1912 Briggs Cunningham ITA Osca MT4 1500 Results 01/05 - 02/05 3 ITA Mille Miglia Brescia-Rome-Brescia ITA Alberto Ascari ITA Scuderia Lancia ITA Lancia D24 Results 12/06 - 13/06 4 FRA 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe ARG José Froilán GonzálezFRA Maurice Trintignant ITA Scuderia Ferrari ITA Ferrari 375 Plus Results 29/08 5 FRG ADAC 1000km Nürburgring — — — cancelled 11/09 5 GBR RAC Tourist Trophy Dundrod GBR Mike HawthornFRA Maurice Trintignant ITA Scuderia Ferrari ITA Ferrari 750 Monza Results 19/11 - 23/11 6 MEX 1934 Carrera Panamericana Tuxtla Gutiérrez - Ciudad Juárez ITA Umberto Maglioli United States 1912 Erwin Goldschmidt ITA Ferrari 375 Plus Results Note: The Tourist Trophy was awarded to the DB of Paul Armagnac and Gerard Laureau, which was the winner of the Dundrod race on handicap. World Championship points were awarded on the overall race results rather than the handicap results. Championship Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1.János L. Wimpffen, Rules and Exceptions, Tine and Two Seats, 1999, page 16 Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 4 results out of the 6 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the table below.Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, pages 260–262 Pos1954 World Sportscar Championship table at www.wspr-racing.com Retrieved on 4 April 2015 Manufacturer ARG BUE USA SEB ITA MMI FRA LMS UK TTR MEX PAN Pts 1 ITA Ferrari 8 (6) 8 8 8 32 (38) 2 ITA Lancia 6 8 6 20 3 GBR Jaguar 3 6 1 10 4 ITA O.S.C.A. 8 8 5 ITA Maserati 1 4 2 7 6 FRG Porsche 1 4 5 7= USA 1912 Cunningham 4 4 7= GBR Austin-Healey 4 4 7= GBR Aston Martin 4 4 10 GBR HWM 3 3 11= GBR Kieft 1 1 11= FRA Gordini 1 1 The cars The following models contributed to the nett championship pointscores of their respective manufacturers.1954 World Sportscar Championship race results, www.classicscars.com Retrieved on 4 April 2015 Ferrari 375 MM, Ferrari 375 Plus and Ferrari 750 Monza Lancia D24 Jaguar C-type and Jaguar D-type Osca MT4 1500 Maserati A6GCS Porsche 550 Spyder Cunningham-Chrysler C-4R Austin-Healey 100 Aston Martin DB3S HWM Jaguar Kieft-Bristol Sport Gordini T15S References Category:World Sportscar Championship seasons Sports