1955 British Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Stirling Moss	Mercedes	90	3hr 07m 21.200s	9 FL
2		Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	90	+0.200s	6
3	+1	Karl Kling	Mercedes	90	+1m 11.800s	4
4	+1	Piero Taruffi	Mercedes	89	+1 lap	3
5	+4	Luigi Musso	Maserati	89	+1 lap	2
6	+6	Mike Hawthorn Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	87	+3 laps
7	+16	Mike Sparken	Gordini	81	+9 laps
8	+8	Lance Macklin	Maserati (privateer)	79	+11 laps
9	+6	Ken Wharton Harry Schell	Vanwall	72	+18 laps
R		Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	59	DNF
R		Roberto Mieres	Maserati	47	DNF
R		Jack Brabham	Cooper-Bristol	30	DNF
R		Ken McAlpine	Connaught-Alta	30	DNF
R		Peter Collins	Maserati (privateer)	28	DNF
R		Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	26	DNF
R		Roy Salvadori	Maserati (privateer)	23	DNF
R		Horace Gould	Maserati (privateer)	22	DNF
R		Harry Schell	Vanwall	20	DNF
R		Tony Rolt Peter Walker	Connaught-Alta (privateer)	19	DNF
R		Leslie Marr	Connaught-Alta (privateer)	18	DNF
R		Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	16	DNF
R		Andre Simon	Maserati	9	DNF
R		Jean Behra	Maserati	9	DNF
R		Robert Manzon	Gordini	4	DNF
Did not start
		Jack Fairman	Connaught-Alta

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:00.400

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Stirling Moss	Mercedes
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
3	Jean Behra	Maserati
4	Karl Kling	Mercedes
5	Piero Taruffi	Mercedes
6	Roberto Mieres	Maserati
7	Harry Schell	Vanwall
8	Andre Simon	Maserati
9	Luigi Musso	Maserati
10	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari
11	Robert Manzon	Gordini
12	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
13	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari
14	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Alta (privateer)
15	Ken Wharton	Vanwall
16	Lance Macklin	Maserati (privateer)
17	Ken McAlpine	Connaught-Alta
18	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini
19	Leslie Marr	Connaught-Alta (privateer)
20	Roy Salvadori	Maserati (privateer)
21
22	Horace Gould	Maserati (privateer)
23	Mike Sparken	Gordini
24	Peter Collins	Maserati (privateer)
25	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Bristol

Championship standings

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

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	33
2	Stirling Moss	22
3	Maurice Trintignant	11.33
4	Giuseppe Farina	10.33
5	Bob Sweikert	8
6	Eugenio Castellotti	8
7	Roberto Mieres	7
8	Luigi Musso	6
9	Karl Kling	5
10	Jimmy Davies	4
11	Tony Bettenhausen	3
=	Paul Russo	3
13	Jean Behra	3
14	Johnny Thomson	3
=	Paul Frere	3
=	Piero Taruffi	3
17	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	2
18	Cesare Perdisa	2
19	Luigi Villoresi	2
20	Umberto Maglioli	1.33
21	Hans Herrmann	1
22	Walt Faulkner	1
=	Bill Homeier	1
24	Bill Vukovich	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)

See also

• British Grand Prix
• Aintree circuit
• 1955 World Championship season