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1954 Circuit de Cadours

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1954 Circuit de Cadours
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date 12 September 1954
Official name VI Circuit de Cadours
Location Cadours, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
Course Temporary Road Circuit
Course length 4.09 km (2.55 miles)
Distance (final) 30 laps, 122.71 km (76.50 miles)
Fastest lap
Drivers France Jean Behra Gordini
Fastest lap Belgium André Pilette Gordini
Time 1:55
Podium
First Gordini
Second Gordini
Third Maserati

The 6th Circuit de Cadours was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 12 September 1954 at the Circuit de Cadours, in Cadours, Tarn-et-Garonne, France. The race, consisting of 2x15 lap heats and a 30 lap final, was won by Jean Behra in a Gordini. Behra's team-mate André Pilette finished second and Louis Rosier in a Maserati was third. Behra and Pilette set joint fastest lap.[1][2]

Classification

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Race

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Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired
1 8 France Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 58:49.8
2 10 Belgium André Pilette Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +15.0s
3 18 France Louis Rosier Equipe Rosier Maserati 250F +1:05.2
4 12 United States Fred Wacker Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +1 lap
5 32 France Fernand Navarro F. Navarro Ferrari 625 +3 laps
Ret 16 United States Harry Schell Harry Schell Maserati A6GCM rear axle
Ret 26 France Jacques Cazalot J. Cazalot Simca-Gordini Type 11 brakes
Ret 24 France Jean Thepenier J. Thepenier Simca-Gordini Type 15 brakes
Ret 2 France Marcel Balsa M. Balsa Jicey-BMW shock absorber
DNS 28 United Kingdom Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught A-Type-Lea Francis retired from heat 2
DNS 30 United Kingdom Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta retired from heat 2
DNA 4 United Kingdom Paul Emery Emeryson Cars Emeryson Mk.1-Alta car not ready
DNS 16 Italy Giovanni de Riu Giovanni de Riu Maserati A6GCM

References

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  1. ^ "1954 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  2. ^ "1954 Cadours F1". Retrieved 2022-05-19.


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