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1954 I Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race

Field	Value
Type	NC
Country	UK
Grand Prix	(I) Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race
Official name	I Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race
Location	Davidstow Circuit, Davidstow, Cornwall
Image	Davidstow 1953.png
Date	7 June
Year	1954
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	1.8475
Course_km	2.973
Distance_laps	20
Distance_mi	36.95
Distance_km	59.46
Weather	Wet
Pole_Driver	John Riseley-Prichard
Pole_Country	UK
Pole_Team	Connaught-Lea Francis
Fast_Driver	John Riseley-Prichard
Fast_Team	Connaught-Lea Francis
Fast_Time	1:27.7
Fast_Country	UK
First_Driver	John Riseley-Prichard
First_Country	UK
First_Team	Connaught-Lea Francis
Second_Driver	Jack Walton
Second_Country	UK
Second_Team	Cooper-Bristol
Third_Driver	Anthony Brooke
Third_Country	UK
Third_Team	HWM-Alta

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.

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.

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.

Results

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

References

Race results at www.silhouet.com http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1954/1954.html#cor

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References

"Davidstow", Peter Tutthill, 1996.

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