1955 British Grand Prix
Date | Saturday, 16 July 1955 |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Aintree, 90 laps |
Round | 6 of 7 |
Race numbers | The 1955 British Grand Prix was the
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | ![]() | Mercedes | 90 | 3hr 07m 21.200s | 9 FL | |
2 | ![]() | Mercedes | 90 | +0.200s | 6 | |
3 | +1 | ![]() | Mercedes | 90 | +1m 11.800s | 4 |
4 | +1 | ![]() | Mercedes | 89 | +1 lap | 3 |
5 | +4 | ![]() | Maserati | 89 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | +6 | Ferrari | 87 | +3 laps | ||
7 | +16 | ![]() | Gordini | 81 | +9 laps | |
8 | +8 | ![]() | Maserati (privateer) | 79 | +11 laps | |
9 | +6 | Vanwall | 72 | +18 laps | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 59 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Maserati | 47 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Bristol | 30 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Connaught-Alta | 30 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Maserati (privateer) | 28 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Gordini | 26 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Maserati (privateer) | 23 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Maserati (privateer) | 22 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Vanwall | 20 | DNF | ||
R | Connaught-Alta (privateer) | 19 | DNF | |||
R | ![]() | Connaught-Alta (privateer) | 18 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 16 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Maserati | 9 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Maserati | 9 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Gordini | 4 | DNF | ||
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![]() | Connaught-Alta |
Starting grid
Pole time: 2:00.400
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Mercedes |
2 | ![]() | Mercedes |
3 | ![]() | Maserati |
4 | ![]() | Mercedes |
5 | ![]() | Mercedes |
6 | ![]() | Maserati |
7 | ![]() | Vanwall |
8 | ![]() | Maserati |
9 | ![]() | Maserati |
10 | ![]() | Ferrari |
11 | ![]() | Gordini |
12 | ![]() | Ferrari |
13 | ![]() | Ferrari |
14 | ![]() | Connaught-Alta (privateer) |
15 | ![]() | Vanwall |
16 | ![]() | Maserati (privateer) |
17 | ![]() | Connaught-Alta |
18 | ![]() | Gordini |
19 | ![]() | Connaught-Alta (privateer) |
20 | ![]() | Maserati (privateer) |
21 | ||
22 | ![]() | Maserati (privateer) |
23 | ![]() | Gordini |
24 | ![]() | Maserati (privateer) |
25 | ![]() | Cooper-Bristol |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1955 British Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 33 |
2 | ![]() | 22 |
3 | ![]() | 11.33 |
4 | ![]() | 10.33 |
5 | ![]() | 8 |
6 | ![]() | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 7 |
8 | ![]() | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 5 |
10 | ![]() | 4 |
11 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
13 | ![]() | 3 |
14 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
17 | ![]() | 2 |
18 | ![]() | 2 |
19 | ![]() | 2 |
20 | ![]() | 1.33 |
21 | ![]() | 1 |
22 | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
24 | ![]() | 1 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Jack Brabham, Mike Sparken (only start)
- Last start
- Lance Macklin, Leslie Marr, Ken McAlpine, Tony Rolt, Peter Walker
- World Champion
- 3rd title for Juan Manuel Fangio (1st driver to to win three championships, 1st Argentine driver) NEW RECORD
- Wins
- 1st for Stirling Moss (14th different winner, 2nd British driver; only win for Mercedes)
- 8th for Mercedes
- Race 1-2
- 4th for Mercedes
- Podiums
- 23rd for Juan Manuel Fangio, 4th for Stirling Moss (last for Mercedes), 2nd and last for Karl Kling
- 13th, 14th & 15th for Mercedes
- Poles
- 1st for Stirling Moss (12th different polesitter, 1st British driver; only pole for Mercedes)
- 7th for Mercedes
- Qualifying 1-2
- 3rd for Mercedes
- Fastest laps
- 2nd for Stirling Moss (first for Mercedes)
- 8th for Mercedes
- Front row starts
- 33rd for Juan Manuel Fangio, 8th for Stirling Moss, 2nd for Jean Behra
- Points finishes
- 5th and last for Karl Kling
- Pole & win
- 1st for Stirling Moss (6th different driver to win from pole, 1st British driver; last until 1957; only win from pole for Mercedes)
- Win & fastest lap
- 1st for Stirling Moss (9th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 1st British driver; only win and fastest lap for Mercedes)
- Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
- 1st for Stirling Moss (5th different driver to complete a hat-trick, 1st British driver; last until 1957; only hat-trick for Mercedes)