1955 World Championship Season

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Juan Manuel Fangio (3rd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	n/a
Races:	7
Winning drivers:	Juan Manuel Fangio (4) Maurice Trintignant (1) Bob Sweikert (1) Stirling Moss (1)
Winning constructors:	Mercedes (5) Ferrari (1) Kurtis Kraft (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Maurice Trintignant Bob Sweikert Stirling Moss
First-time winners (constructor):	none

1955 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

• DT: Drivers’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	16 January	1955 Argentine Grand Prix
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	22 May	1955 Monaco Grand Prix
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	30 May	1955 Indianapolis 500
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	5 June	1955 Belgian Grand Prix
5	Netherlands	Zandvoort	19 June	1955 Dutch Grand Prix
6	Britain DT	Aintree	16 July	1955 British Grand Prix
7	Italy	Monza	11 September	1955 Italian Grand Prix

Race Winners

• Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	3	1m 29.600s
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	9	20.300s
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	14	2m 43.558s
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	2	8.100s
5	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	1	0.300s
6	Britain	Aintree	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	1	0.200s
7	Italy	Monza	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	1	0.600s

Polesitters

• Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	2	0.500s
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	DNF	0.000s
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Jerry Hoyt	Stevens-Offenhauser	31	0.027s
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia	DNF	0.500s
5	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	1	0.400s
6	Britain	Aintree	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	1	0.200s
7	Italy	Monza	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	1	0.300s

Fastest Laps

• Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
5	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Roberto Mieres	Maserati
6	Britain	Aintree	Stirling Moss	Mercedes
7	Italy	Monza	Stirling Moss	Mercedes

1955 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	40 (41)
2	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	23	-17
3	Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia Ferrari	12	-28
4	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	11.33	-28.67
5	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	10.33	-29.67
6	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari Mercedes	9	-31
7	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft	8	-32
8	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	7	-33
9	Luigi Musso	Maserati	6	-34
=	Jean Behra	Maserati	6	-34
11	Karl Kling	Mercedes	5	-35
12	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	4	-36
13	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	3	-37
=	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	3	-37
=	Johnny Thomson	Kuzma	3	-37
=	Paul Frere	Ferrari	3	-37
17	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari	2	-38
=	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	2	-38
=	Luigi Villoresi	Lancia	2	-38
=	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	2	-38
21	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	1.33	-38.67
22	Hans Herrmann	Mercedes	1	-39
=	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	1	-39
=	Bill Homeier	Kurtis Kraft	1	-39
=	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	1	-39

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ARG	MCO	500	BEL	NLD	GBR	ITA	Avg.	Best
1	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	1							1.00	1
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	3	1		2	1	2	1	1.67	1
3	Alberto Ascari	2	2						2.00	2
4	Stirling Moss	8	3		3	2	1	2	3.17	1
5	Karl Kling	6			6	3	4	3	4.40	3
6	Jean Behra	4	5		5	6	3	6	4.83	3
7	Eugenio Castellotti	12	4		1	9	10	4	6.67	1
8	Giuseppe Farina	5	14		4			5	7.00	4
9	Paul Frere				8				8.00	8
10	Luigi Villoresi	11	7					8	8.67	7
11	Andre Simon		10				8		9.00	8
12	Pablo Birger	9							9.00	9
13	Roberto Mieres	16	6		13	7	6	7	9.17	6
14	Luigi Musso	18	8		7	4	9	10	9.33	4
15	Piero Taruffi		15				5	9	9.67	5
16	Hans Herrmann	10							10.00	10
17	Peter Walker					10			10.00	10
18	Mike Hawthorn		12		9	5	12	14	10.40	5
19	Cesare Perdisa		11		11				11.00	11
20	Harry Schell	7	18				7	13	11.25	7
21	Maurice Trintignant	14	9		10	8	13	15	11.50	8
22	Robert Manzon		13			11	11		11.67	11
23	Umberto Maglioli							12	12.00	12
24	Louis Rosier		17		12	13			14.00	12
25	Tony Rolt						14		14.00	14
26	Carlos Menditeguy	13						16	14.50	13
27	Johnny Claes				14	16			15.00	14
28	Elie Bayol	15	16						15.50	15
29	Ken Wharton						15	17	16.00	15
30	Hermano da Silva Ramos					14	18	18	16.67	14
31	Jacques Pollet		20			12		19	17.00	12
32	Jesus Iglesias	17							17.00	17
33	Ken McAlpine						17		17.00	17
34	Peter Collins						24	11	17.50	11
35	Lance Macklin		21				16		18.50	16
36	Sergio Mantovani	19							19.00	19
37	Louis Chiron		19						19.00	19
38	Leslie Marr						19		19.00	19
39	Horace Gould					15	22	21	19.33	15
40	Clemar Bucci	20							20.00	20
41	Roy Salvadori						20		20.00	20
42	John Fitch							20	20.00	20
43	Alberto Uria	21							21.00	21
44	Jack Fairman						21		21.00	21
45	Ted Whiteaway		22						22.00	22
46	Jean Lucas							22	22.00	22
47	Mike Sparken						23		23.00	23
48	Luigi Piotti							23	23.00	23
49	Jack Brabham						25		25.00	25

Race Results Overview

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

1955 World Championship Statistics

See: 1955 World Championship Statistics