1954 I Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race

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.

1954 (I) Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race
Non-championship race in the 1954 Formula One season
Race details
Date	7 June 1954
Official name	I Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race
Location	Davidstow Circuit, Davidstow, Cornwall
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.973 km (1.8475 mi)
Distance	20 laps, 59.46 km (36.95 mi)
Weather	Wet
Pole position
Driver	John Riseley-Prichard	Connaught-Lea Francis
Fastest lap
Driver	John Riseley-Prichard	Connaught-Lea Francis
Time	1:27.7
Podium
First	John Riseley-Prichard	Connaught-Lea Francis
Second	Jack Walton	Cooper-Bristol
Third	Anthony Brooke	HWM-Alta

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.[1]

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.[1]