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| |title=<center>1954 Italian Grand Prix</center>
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| |image=1954italiangrandprix1.jpg
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| |imagecaption=Juan Manuel Fangio (16), Alberto Ascari (34) and Stirling Moss (28) prior to the start of the race.
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| |status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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| The '''''1954 Italian Grand Prix''''' was the eighth race of the 1954 Formula One Season. Occurring on 5th September at the Monza Circuit, the race would ultimately be won by Juan Manuel Fangio in a Mercedes-Benz, following duels with Ferrari's Alberto Ascari and Maserati's Stirling Moss.
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| ==Background==
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| The ''1954 Italian Grand Prix'' was the fifth running of the event as part of the FIA's World Championship of Drivers, with the annual event lasting 80 laps.<ref name="results">[https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1954_Grand_Prix_of_Italy/F/ ''Racing-Reference'' detailing the qualifying and race results of the event.] Retrieved 7th Aug '22</ref> The Italian Grand Prix has been held at Monza for all bar one instance in 1980 since Formula One's inception in 1950,<ref>[https://f1experiences.com/fr/blog/italian-grand-prix-fast-facts ''F1 Experiences'' detailing facts regarding the Italian Grand Prix.] Retrieved 7th Aug '22</ref> and has garnered a reputation for being the "home" grand prix of Ferrari.<ref>[https://sfcriga.com/monza-grand-prix-the-ferrari-home ''Scuderia Ferrari Club'' detailing how Monza is considered the home of Ferrari.] Retrieved 7th Aug '22</ref>
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| Heading into the race, both Ferrari and Maserati were looking to halt Fangio and Mercedes-Benz's dominance of the Drivers' Championship.<ref name="magazine">[https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1954/41/25th-gran-premio-ditalia ''Motorsport Magazine'' providing a detailed race report.] Retrieved 7th Aug '22</ref><ref name="ferrari">[https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Grand_Prix_Ferrari/Z8fBCQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA119&printsec=frontcover ''Grand Prix Ferrari'' summarising the race and detailing Ferrari and Maserati's performances in it.] Retrieved 7th Aug '22</ref> In qualifying, Fangio did take pole position with a time of 1:59.<ref name="results"/><ref name="magazine"/> However, Ferrari and Maserati had shown they could theoretically match the German opposition.<ref name="magazine"/> Earlier in practice, Maserarti allowed Ferrari driver José Froilán González to drive the car, where he set a lap time under two minutes.<ref name="magazine"/> In qualifying, Stirling Moss proved the quickest Maserati racer, lining up third out of 20 competitors after being boosted by the inclusion of a rear-mounted oil tank with the “Heath-Robinson” pipe system for the first time, which improved oil pressure and reduced oil temperature.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="results"/> Meanwhile, Lancia again had not finished its D50.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="ferrari"/> Therefore, its driver Alberto Ascari made a deal to drive for Ferrari, the team he drove in his 1952 and 1953 Championship years.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="ferrari"/> Ferrari ultimately agreed to this, feeling Ascari was the only driver that could challenge Fangio's pace.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="ferrari"/> He qualified second with a time of 1:59.9, much to the delight of the Tifosi.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="results"/>
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| ==The Race==
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| With the starting order decided, the 1954 Italian Grand Prix commenced on 5th September.<ref name="results"/> Karl Kling, who qualified fourth in a Mercedes-Benz, made a strong start to take the lead on the first lap.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="ferrari"/><ref name="results"/> Moss meanwhile overtook Ascari for third.<ref name="magazine"/> Kling held the lead until Fangio re-gained first on lap 4 after Kling spun, seeing him also lose places to González, Ascari, and Moss.<ref name="ferrari"/><ref name="magazine"/> Fangio did not hold first for long, with Ascari successfully moving past the other lead contenders on lap 6, González also making a move on his fellow Argentine.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="ferrari"/><ref name="results"/> Nevertheless, Fangio would regain second from González, and built a gap to him and Moss by lap 15 that enabled him to challenge Ascari.<ref name="magazine"/> Two laps later, González retired due to a broken gearbox after being overtaken by Moss, but would continue competing after taking over the Ferrari of Umberto Maglioli.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="ferrari"/><ref name="results"/> By lap 20, Fangio was challenging for the lead, and even overtook Ascari on lap 23.<ref name="results"/><ref name="magazine"/> A lap later though, Ascari regained first.<ref name="results"/><ref name="magazine"/>
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| Ascari led Fangio by a second by lap 40, but the Maseratis of Moss and Luigi Villoresi were fast-approaching.<ref name="magazine"/> While the latter would retire on lap 43 due to a clutch failure, Moss closed in and overtook Fangio, before passing Ascari on lap 45 for the lead.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="ferrari"/><ref name="results"/> Ascari regained it a lap later, but dropped it back to Moss on lap 49.<ref name="results"/> Not long afterwards, over-revving from Ascari caused a valve issue, ending his race.<ref name="ferrari"/><ref name="magazine"/><ref name="results"/>
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| Moss therefore remained in front, and had a 15-second lead over Fangio, who was struggling against a resurgent González.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="ferrari"/> He ultimately won that duel however, with González giving the car back to Maglioli.<ref name="magazine"/> Moss was now 20 seconds ahead of Fangio, but on lap 68, he was forced to pit as he lost oil following an oil pipe fracture.<ref name="ferrari"/><ref name="magazine"/> While an oil stop enabled him to head out, by the next lap oil again was pouring out, and despite a warning from Ferrari's Mike Hawthorn to the Maserati pit crew about the issue, Moss' engine grinded to a halt.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="ferrari"/> With Moss and Ascari out of contention, Fangio took over first and remained well in front of second place Hawthorn to claim victory and eight points in the Championship.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="ferrari"/><ref name="results"/> Hawthorn finished a lap down in second, while Maglioli took third.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="results"/><ref name="ferrari"/> Moss would push his car across the line to be classified in tenth place.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="results"/> Post-race, Fangio accepted that Moss was the superior driver at the event.<ref name="ferrari"/>
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| ==Availability==
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| According to research regarding Formula One television broadcasts, the race reportedly received partial live coverage from RTE.<ref>[https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?cid=8D94CC199E340254&resid=8D94CC199E340254!149 List of Formula One broadcasts noting RTE provided partial live coverage of the race.] Retrieved 7th Aug '22</ref> The broadcast has yet to publicly resurface however, having originated from an era where telerecordings were rare until video tape was perfected in the late-1950s.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/BbcTelevisionReceivedInNewYork-1938 ''Web Archive'' article discussing how most early television is missing due to a lack of directly recording television.] Retrieved 7th Aug '22</ref> Nevertheless, footage of the race is available from British and German documentaries. Some photos can also be found online.
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| ==Gallery==
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| ===Videos===
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| {{Video|perrow =2
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| |id1 =1scbUlfcrd4
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| |description1 =German documentary providing footage of the race.
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| |service2 =youtube
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| |id2 =fM0rnUbSBMc
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| |description2 =British documentary providing footage of the race.
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| }}
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| ===Images===
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| <gallery mode=packed heights=200px>
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| 1954italiangrandprix2.jpg|Programme for the race.
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| 1954italiangrandprix3.jpg|Ascari during the race.
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| 1954italiangrandprix4.jpg|Fangio ahead of Moss.
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| </gallery>
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| ==See Also==
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| *[[1953 British Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1953)]]
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| *[[1953 Italian Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1953)]]
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| *[[1954 British Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1954)]]
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| *[[2005 San Marino Grand Prix (partially found ITV advert break during final laps of Formula One race; 2005)]]
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| *[[Donkey Does F1 (partially found photos of Shrek character inflatable at Formula One races; 2004)]]
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| *[[F-1 World Grand Prix III (lost build of cancelled Nintendo 64 Formula One racing game; 2000-2001)]]
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| *[[F1 2010 (lost pre-alpha build of Formula One game; 2010)]]
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| *[[F1 Racing Championship 2 (lost build of cancelled PC/PlayStation 2 Formula One game; 2001)]]
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| *[[Fernando Alonso's 2015 testing accident (lost footage of Formula One test session crash; 2015)]]
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| *[[Grand Prix 3 (lost build of cancelled Dreamcast port of PC Formula One racing game; 2001)]]
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| *[[Grand Prix 4 (lost build of cancelled Xbox port of PC Formula One racing game sequel; 2002)]]
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| *[[McLaren MP4-18 (lost footage of unraced Formula One car; 2003)]]
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| *[[Racing Arrows (partially found Formula One TV series; 2001)]]
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| *[[Robert Kubica's 2010 Japanese Grand Prix Q3 lap (lost audio of Formula One qualifying lap; 2010)]]
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| *[[Williams FW15C (partially found footage and lap time information of unraced CVT Formula One car; 1993)]]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| [[Category:Lost recordings of sports events]]
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| [[Category:Partially found media]]
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| [[Category:Historic]]
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