1954 Italian Grand Prix

1954 Italian Grand Prix
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Autodromo Nazionale di Monza layout
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza layout
Race details
Date 5 September 1954
Official name XXV Gran Premio d'Italia
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent road course
Course length 6.300 km (3.915 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 504.000 km (313.171 miles)
Weather Sunny, mild, dry
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:59.0
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina José Froilán González Ferrari
Time 2:00.8 on lap 2
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Ferrari
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1954 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 5 September 1954 at Monza. It was race 8 of 9 in the 1954 World Championship of Drivers. The 80-lap race was won by Mercedes driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from pole position. Mike Hawthorn finished second for the Ferrari team and his teammates Umberto Maglioli and José Froilán González came in third.

Among the spectators at this race was 14-year-old future Indianapolis 500 winner and Formula 1 World Champion Mario Andretti.[1]

  1. ^ Andretti, Mario (8 September 2015). "Mario Andretti and the Brutal Magic of Monza". The Drive. Retrieved 9 April 2023.