| Type: | NC |
| Country: | Germany |
| Grand Prix: | Berlin |
| Date: | 19 September |
| Year: | 1954 |
| Official Name: | I Großer Preis von Berlin |
| Location: | Berlin, Germany |
| Course: | AVUS |
| Course Mi: | 5.157 |
| Course Km: | 8.300 |
| Distance Laps: | 60 |
| Distance Mi: | 309.42 |
| Distance Km: | 498.00 |
| Pole Driver: | Juan Manuel Fangio |
| Pole Country: | ARG |
| Pole Team: | Mercedes-Benz |
| Pole Time: | 2:12.3 |
| Fast Driver: | Juan Manuel Fangio |
| Fast Team: | Mercedes-Benz |
| Fast Time: | 2:13.4 |
| Fast Country: | ARG |
| First Driver: | Karl Kling |
| First Country: | GER |
| First Team: | Mercedes-Benz |
| Second Driver: | Juan Manuel Fangio |
| Second Country: | ARG |
| Second Team: | Mercedes-Benz |
| Third Driver: | Hans Herrmann |
| Third Country: | GER |
| Third Team: | Mercedes-Benz |
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.[1] [2]
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.
| 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 | - |