1954 Berlin Grand Prix

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1954 Berlin Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season

Race details
Date	19 September 1954
Official name	I Großer Preis von Berlin
Location	Berlin, Germany
Course	AVUS
Course length	8.300 km (5.157 miles)
Distance	60 laps, 498.00 km (309.42 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes-Benz
Time	2:12.3
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes-Benz
Time	2:13.4
Podium
First	Karl Kling	Mercedes-Benz
Second	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes-Benz
Third	Hans Herrmann	Mercedes-Benz

The 1st Großer Preis von Berlin was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 19 September 1954 at the AVUS circuit in Berlin. The Grand Prix was won by Karl Kling in a Mercedes-Benz W196. Kling's team-mates Juan Manuel Fangio and Hans Herrmann were second and third, with Fangio setting pole position and fastest lap.^[1]^[2]

This was Mercedes' only participation in a non-championship Formula 1 race, the team wanting to demonstrate their cars to their home nation, especially on a track that would suit them. As such it was a processional race, with less than a second separating the three cars, and fourth placed André Pilette coming in 3 laps behind in his Gordini T16.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	Karl Kling	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W196	2:19:59.8, 212.79kph	3
2	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W196	+0.5s	1
3	6	Hans Herrmann	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W196	+0.9s	2
4	17	André Pilette	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	+3 laps	7
5	18	Jacques Swaters	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 500	+4 laps	5
6	16	Fred Wacker	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	+5 laps	9
7	24	Helmut Niedermayr	Hans Klenk	Klenk Meteor-BMW	+8 laps, steering	10
8	22	Harry Schell	Harry Schell	Maserati A6GCM	+10 laps	11
Ret	14	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	14 laps, engine	4
Ret	20	Louis Rosier	Equipe Rosier	Maserati 250F	0 laps, driveshaft	6
DNA	8	Stirling Moss	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	car not repaired	-
DNA	10	Sergio Mantovani	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	car not repaired	-
DNA	26	Rudolf Krause	Dora Greifzu	Eigenbau-BMW		-

References

^ "1954 Berlin Grand Prix". Retrieved 2022-05-12.
^ "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-05-12.

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