The 1st Großer Preis von Berlin was a non-championship Formula One motor race held on 19 September 1954 at the AVUS circuit in Berlin. The Grand Prix was won by Karl Kling in a Mercedes-Benz W196. Kling's team-mates Juan Manuel Fangio and Hans Herrmann were second and third, with Fangio setting pole position and fastest lap.
This was Mercedes' only participation in a non-championship Formula 1 race, the team wanting to demonstrate their cars to their home nation, especially on a track that would suit them. As such it was a processional race, with less than a second separating the three cars, and fourth placed André Pilette coming in 3 laps behind in his Gordini T16.
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Race Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 4 Karl Kling Daimler Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W196 2:19:59.8, 212.79kph 3 2 2 Juan Manuel Fangio Daimler Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W196 +0.5s 1 3 6 Hans Herrmann Daimler Benz AG Mercedes-Benz W196 +0.9s 2 4 17 André Pilette Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 +3 laps 7 5 18 Jacques Swaters Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 +4 laps 5 6 16 Fred Wacker Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 +5 laps 9 7 24 Helmut Niedermayr Hans Klenk Klenk Meteor-BMW +8 laps, steering 10 8 22 Harry Schell Harry Schell Maserati A6GCM +10 laps 11 Ret 14 Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 14 laps, engine 4 Ret 20 Louis Rosier Equipe Rosier Maserati 250F 0 laps, driveshaft 6 DNA 8 Stirling Moss Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F car not repaired - DNA 10 Sergio Mantovani Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F car not repaired - DNA 26 Rudolf Krause Dora Greifzu Eigenbau-BMW -
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