1954 II Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race

  1954 (II) Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Date	2 August 1954
Official name	II Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race
Location	Davidstow Circuit, Davidstow, Cornwall
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.973 km (1.8475 mi)
Distance	20 (reduced from 30) laps, 59.46 km (36.95 mi)
Weather	Wet
Pole position
Driver	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper-Bristol
Fastest lap
Drivers	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper-Bristol
Fastest lap	John Coombs	Lotus-Connaught
Time	1:29.0
Podium
First	John Coombs	Lotus-Connaught
Second	Tom Kyffin	Cooper-Bristol
Third	Dick Gibson	Cooper-Bristol

The 2nd Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 2 August 1954 at the Davidstow Circuit, Cornwall. The race was to be run over 30 laps of the little circuit, but this was reduced to 20 laps due to the bad weather. The race was won by British driver John Coombs in a Lotus Mk VIII.

This was the second of three Formula One races held in Cornwall during 1954 and 1955, and is particularly notable for being the first Formula One race to be won by a Lotus.^[1]

Rodney Nuckey led the race until lap 17, when he suffered oil pressure problems, leaving Coombs and Tom Kyffin to battle for the lead until the end.^[1]

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	John Coombs	J. Coombs	Lotus-Connaught		6
2	Tom Kyffin	Equipe Devone	Cooper-Bristol		2
3	Dick Gibson	R. Gibson	Cooper-Bristol		3
4	Gordon Rolls	Equipe Devone	Cooper-Bristol	19 laps	4
Ret	Rodney Nuckey	Eric Brandon	Cooper-Bristol	Oil pressure	1
Ret	Albert Wake	A. Wake	Alta-Bristol		5
DNS	Jack Walton	J.H. Walton	Cooper-Bristol		–
DNS	Peter Bolton	J.H. Walton	Frazer Nash-BMW		–
DNS	Eric Brandon	E. Brandon	Cooper-Aston Martin	Engine in practice	–

• Brandon's Cooper-Aston Martin blew its engine in practice, and a Bristol engine was installed in its place. This car was the Cooper-Bristol that Nuckey used during the race.

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