1954 Circuit de Cadours

1954 Circuit de Cadours
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	Jean Behra
	André Pilette
Time	1:55
Podium
First	Jean Behra;
Second	André Pilette;
Third	Louis Rosier;

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

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