The 1954 World Sportscar Championship was a motor racing competition for Sportscars. It was the second FIAWorld Sportscar Championship. It featured a series of six endurance races, contested from 24 January to 23 November 1954. The championship was won by Ferrari.
The Championship remained as a competition for manufacturers, and works teams including Scuderia Ferrari, Lancia, Aston Martin and Jaguar lead the way. The majority of the fields were made up of amateur or gentlemen drivers in privately entered cars, often up against professional racing drivers with experience in Formula One.
All races included Sportscar classes defined according to engine displacement.[3] The Millie Miglia also defined classes for Grand Touring and Special Touring cars and the Carrera Panamericana included additional Stock car and Touring car classes.[3] Championship points were however only awarded for outright placings. Ferrari continued to be the dominant force in 1954, winning four of the six races, a result of Enzo Ferrari’s determination to bring prestige to his marque. The other two races were also won by Italian marques, Lancia and O.S.C.A.
Note: The Tourist Trophy was awarded to the DB of Paul Armagnac and Gerard Laureau, which was the winner of the Dundrod race on handicap. World Championship points were awarded on the overall race results rather than the handicap results.[5]
Championship
Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1.[6] Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car [6] with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 4 results out of the 6 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the table below.[5]
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