The 24th Grand Prix des Frontières was a non-championship

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motor race held on 6 June 1954 at the Chimay Street Circuit in

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. The Grand Prix was won by B. Bira in a

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finished second in a

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and

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was third in a

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took pole and fastest lap in another Gordini T16. During the race Pollet crashed while avoiding the spinning Pilette and two spectators were killed.

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{{F1 NC race report , Name_of_race = Grand Prix des Frontières , Year_of_race = 1954 , Previous_race_in_season = 1954 Rome Grand Prix , Next_race_in_season = 1954 BARC Formula 1 Race , Previous_year's_race =

1953 Grand Prix des Frontières Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...

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