The 1st Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race was the first Cornwall MRC

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rules, held on 7 June 1954 at the

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. The race was run over 20 laps of the little circuit, and was won by British driver

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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

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."Davidstow", Peter Tutthill, 1996. Gould later caused the entire meeting to be ended prematurely when he crashed his car transporter (a converted

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) into a

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, bringing it down on to the track.

Results

References

* Race results at www.silhouet.co

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Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race The Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race was a series of non-championship motor races run according to Formula One rules, held at Davidstow Circuit, in Cornwall, UK. History Davidstow Circuit was built on the site of former Royal Air Force base RAF Dav ...

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1954 Grand Prix des Frontières The 24th Grand Prix des Frontières was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 6 June 1954 at the Chimay Street Circuit in Chimay, Belgium. The Grand Prix was won by B. Bira in a Maserati A6GCM. André Pilette finished second in a Gor ...

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/ 1954 Crystal Palace Trophy , Previous_year's_race = — , Next_year's_race = 1954 II Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race, I Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race

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1950s in Cornwall