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Home / Seasons / 1955 F1 World Championship Season / 1955 Belgian Grand Prix

1955 Belgian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 5 June 1955
Winner
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • Italy flag lazyload Eugenio Castellotti
  • Italy flag lazyload Lancia
Fastest lap
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 36 laps
Round4 of 7
Race numbers

The 1955 Belgian Grand Prix was the

  • 45th World Championship race
  • 6th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
More 1955 season
More Belgian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMercedes362hr 39m 29.000s9 FL
2+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMercedes36+8.100s6
3+1Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe FarinaFerrari36+1m 40.500s4
4+4Belgium flag lazyload Paul FrereFerrari36+3m 25.500s3
5+8
  • Argentina flag lazyload Roberto Mieres
  • France flag lazyload Jean Behra
Maserati35+1 lap
  • 1
  • 1
6+4France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantFerrari35+1 lap 
7 Italy flag lazyload Luigi MussoMaserati34+2 laps 
8+3Italy flag lazyload Cesare PerdisaMaserati33+3 laps 
9+3France flag lazyload Louis RosierMaserati (privateer)33+3 laps 
R Germany flag lazyload Karl KlingMercedes21DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiLancia16DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornVanwall8DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati3DNF 
Did not start
  Belgium flag lazyload Johnny ClaesMaserati (privateer)   

Notes

  • Johnny Claes did not start due to engine issues in practice.

Starting grid

Pole time: 4:18.100

PosDriverConstructor
1Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiLancia
2Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMercedes
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMercedes
4Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe FarinaFerrari
5France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati
6Germany flag lazyload Karl KlingMercedes
7Italy flag lazyload Luigi MussoMaserati
8Belgium flag lazyload Paul FrereFerrari
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornVanwall
10France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantFerrari
11Italy flag lazyload Cesare PerdisaMaserati
12France flag lazyload Louis RosierMaserati (privateer)
13Argentina flag lazyload Roberto MieresMaserati

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1955 Belgian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio19
2France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant11.33
3Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina10.33
4USA flag lazyload Bob Sweikert8
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss7
6Italy flag lazyload Eugenio Castellotti6
7USA flag lazyload Jimmy Davies4
8USA flag lazyload Tony Bettenhausen3
=USA flag lazyload Paul Russo3
10France flag lazyload Jean Behra3
11USA flag lazyload Johnny Thomson3
=Belgium flag lazyload Paul Frere3
13Argentina flag lazyload Roberto Mieres3
14Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez2
15Italy flag lazyload Cesare Perdisa2
16Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi2
17Italy flag lazyload Umberto Maglioli1.33
18Germany flag lazyload Karl Kling1
=Germany flag lazyload Hans Herrmann1
20USA flag lazyload Walt Faulkner1
=USA flag lazyload Bill Homeier1
22USA flag lazyload Bill Vukovich1

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Giuseppe Farina
Lancia
Wins
15th for Juan Manuel Fangio
6th for Mercedes
Race 1-2
2nd for Mercedes
Podiums
21st for Juan Manuel Fangio, 20th and last for Giuseppe Farina, 2nd for Stirling Moss (first for Mercedes)
64th for Ferrari, 9th & 10th for Mercedes (4th constructor to score ten podiums)
Poles
1st and only for Eugenio Castellotti (11th different polesitter, 3rd Italian driver; last Italian polesitter until 1966)
2nd and last for Lancia
Fastest laps
16th for Juan Manuel Fangio (last for Mercedes)
7th for Mercedes
Front row starts
31st for Juan Manuel Fangio, 6th for Stirling Moss, 1st for Eugenio Castellotti (30th different front row starter, 8th Italian driver; only front row start for Lancia)
Points finishes
25th and last for Giuseppe Farina
Win & fastest lap
9th for Juan Manuel Fangio (last for Mercedes) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Alberto Ascari)

See also

  • Belgian Grand Prix
  • Spa-Francorchamps circuit
  • 1955 World Championship season

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