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.
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."Davidstow", Peter Tutthill, 1996.
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.
Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 John Riseley-Prichard J. Riseley-Prichard Connaught-Lea Francis 29:54.9 1 2 Jack Walton J.H. Walton Cooper-Bristol 4 3 Anthony Brooke A. Brooke HWM-Alta 7 4 Tom Kyffin Equipe Devone Cooper-Bristol 6 Ret Charles Boulton C.D. Boulton Connaught-Lea Francis 5 Ret Horace Gould H.H. Gould Kieft-Bristol Engine 3 Ret Leslie Marr L. Marr Connaught-Lea Francis Accident 2 DNA R. E. Dixon J.H. Walton Frazer Nash-BMW – DNA Dick Gibson R. Gibson Cooper-Bristol – DNA David Watts Equipe Devone Cooper-Bristol –
References
Race results at www.silhouet.com