1954 I Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race

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.

1954 (I) Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date	7 June 1954
Official name	I Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race
Location	Davidstow Circuit, Davidstow, Cornwall
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.973 km (1.8475 mi)
Distance	20 laps, 59.46 km (36.95 mi)
Weather	Wet
Pole position
Driver	John Riseley-Prichard	Connaught-Lea Francis
Fastest lap
Driver	John Riseley-Prichard	Connaught-Lea Francis
Time	1:27.7
Podium
First	John Riseley-Prichard	Connaught-Lea Francis
Second	Jack Walton	Cooper-Bristol
Third	Anthony Brooke	HWM-Alta

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.[1]

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.[1]

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	John Riseley-Prichard	J. Riseley-Prichard	Connaught-Lea Francis	29:54.9	1
2	Jack Walton	J.H. Walton	Cooper-Bristol		4
3	Anthony Brooke	A. Brooke	HWM-Alta		7
4	Tom Kyffin	Equipe Devone	Cooper-Bristol		6
Ret	Charles Boulton	C.D. Boulton	Connaught-Lea Francis		5
Ret	Horace Gould	H.H. Gould	Kieft-Bristol	Engine	3
Ret	Leslie Marr	L. Marr	Connaught-Lea Francis	Accident	2
DNA	R. E. Dixon	J.H. Walton	Frazer Nash-BMW		–
DNA	Dick Gibson	R. Gibson	Cooper-Bristol		–
DNA	David Watts	Equipe Devone	Cooper-Bristol		–

References

1. "Davidstow", Peter Tutthill, 1996.

• Race results at www.silhouet.com