1955 Formula One season Totally Explained

Everything about The 1955 Formula One Season totally explained

The 1955 Formula One season included the 6th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 16, 1955, and ended on September 11 after seven races.

Season summary

Mercedes again dominated the season, with Fangio taking four races, and his new team mate Moss the British Grand Prix. Ferrari won at Monaco after the Mercedes broke down and Ascari crashed into the harbour. Although he was apparently unscathed, he crashed fatally at Monza four days later. The disaster at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on 11 June which killed Pierre Levegh and over 80 spectators led to the cancellations of the French, German, Spanish and Swiss Grands Prix.

Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 16	Oscar Gálvez	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	May 22	Monaco	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	June 5	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
5	Dutch Grand Prix	June 19	Zandvoort	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
6	British Grand Prix	July 16	Aintree	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	Report
7	Italian Grand Prix	September 11	Monza	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report

1955 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	ARG	MON	500	BEL	NED	GBR	ITA	Pts.
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1*	Ret*		1*	1	2	1	40 (41)
2	Stirling Moss	4† / Ret	9		2	2	1*	Ret*	23
3	Eugenio Castellotti	Ret†	2		Ret	5	6† / Ret	3	12
4	Maurice Trintignant	2† / 3† / Ret	1		6	Ret	Ret	8	11.33
5	Nino Farina	2† / 3†	4		3			DNS	10.33
6	Piero Taruffi		8†				4	2	9
7	Bob Sweikert			1					8
8	Roberto Mieres	5	Ret		5†	4*	Ret	7	7
9	Jean Behra	6† / Ret† / Ret	3† / Ret†		5† / Ret	6	Ret	4	6
10	Luigi Musso	7† / Ret†	Ret		7	3	5	Ret	6
11	Karl Kling	4† / Ret			Ret	Ret	3	Ret	5
12	Jimmy Davies			3					4
13	Tony Bettenhausen			2†					3
14	Paul Russo			2†					3
15	Paul Frère		8†		4				3
16	Johnny Thomson			4					3
17	José Froilán González	2†							2
18	Cesare Perdisa		3† / Ret†		8				2
19	Luigi Villoresi	Ret† / Ret	5					DNS	2
20	Carlos Menditeguy	Ret† / Ret						5	2
21	Umberto Maglioli	3†						6	1.33
22	Hans Herrmann	4†							1
23	Walt Faulkner			5†					1
24	Bill Homeier			5†					1
25	Bill Vukovich			Ret*					1
26	Mike Hawthorn		Ret		Ret	7	6†	10	0
27	Harry Schell	6† / 7† / Ret†	Ret				9† / Ret	Ret	0
28	Louis Chiron		6						0
29	Andy Linden			6					0
30	Jacques Pollet		7			10		Ret	0
31	Al Herman			7					0
32	Mike Sparken						7		0
33	Sergio Mantovani	7† / Ret†							0
34	Hernando da Silva Ramos					8	Ret	Ret	0
35	Lance Macklin		DNQ				8		0
36	Pat O'Connor			8					0
37	Louis Rosier		Ret		9	9			0
38	Ken Wharton						9†	Ret	0
39	Jimmy Daywalt			9					0
40	John Fitch							9	0
41	Pat Flaherty			10					0
42	Duane Carter			11					0
43	Johnny Claes					11			0
44	Chuck Weyant			12					0
45	Eddie Johnson			13					0
46	Jim Rathmann			14					0
—	Robert Manzon		Ret			Ret	Ret		0
—	Horace Gould					Ret	Ret	Ret	0
—	Alberto Ascari	Ret	Ret						0
—	Elie Bayol	Ret	Ret						0
—	André Simon		Ret				Ret		0
—	Peter Collins						Ret	Ret	0
—	Peter Walker					Ret	Ret†		0
—	Jesus Iglesias	Ret							0
—	Pablo Birger	Ret							0
—	Alberto Uria	Ret							0
—	Don Freeland			Ret					0
—	Cal Niday			Ret					0
—	Art Cross			Ret					0
—	Shorty Templeman			Ret					0
—	Sam Hanks			Ret					0
—	Keith Andrews			Ret					0
—	Johnnie Parsons			Ret					0
—	Eddie Russo			Ret					0
—	Ray Crawford			Ret					0
—	Jimmy Bryan			Ret					0
—	Jack McGrath			Ret					0
—	Al Keller			Ret					0
—	Johnny Boyd			Ret					0
—	Ed Elisian			Ret					0
—	Rodger Ward			Ret					0
—	Jerry Hoyt			Ret					0
—	Jimmy Reece			Ret					0
—	Fred Agabashian			Ret					0
—	Kenneth McAlpine						Ret		0
—	Jack Brabham						Ret		0
—	Roy Salvadori						Ret		0
—	Leslie Marr						Ret		0
—	Jean Lucas							Ret	0
—	Clemar Bucci	Ret†							0
—	Tony Rolt						Ret†		0
—	Ted Whiteaway		DNQ						0
Pos.	Driver	ARG	MON	500	BEL	NED	GBR	ITA	Pts.

* Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
† Position shared between more drivers of the same car
Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races also held in 1955, which didn't count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires	January 30	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes Benz	Report
VII Gran Premio del Valentino	Valentino Park	March 27	Alberto Ascari	Lancia	Report
XVI Grand Prix de Pau	Pau	April 11	Jean Behra	Maserati	Report
III Glover Trophy	Goodwood	April 11	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	Report
IV Grand Prix de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	April 25	Jean Behra	Maserati	Report
VII BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	May 7	Peter Collins	Maserati	Report
VIII Gran Premio di Napoli	Posillipo	May 8	Alberto Ascari	Lancia	Report
XVII Grand Prix d'Albi	Albi	May 29	André Simon	Maserati	Report
III Curtis Trophy	Snetteron	May 29	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	Report
III Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race	Davidstow	May 30	Leslie Marr	Connaught-Alta	Report
III London Trophy	Crystal Palace	July 30	Mike Hawthorn	Maserati	Report
III Daily Record Trophy	Charterhall	August 6	Bob Gerard	Maserati	Report
III RedeX Trophy	Snetterton	August 13	Harry Schell	Vanwall	Report
II Daily Telegraph Trophy	Aintree	September 3	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	Report
II International Gold Cup	Oulton Park	September 24	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report
I Avon Trophy	Castle Combe	October 1	Harry Schell	Vanwall	Report
V Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	October 23	Tony Brooks	Connaught-Alta	Report

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