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

1955 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 16 July 1955
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitAintree, 90 laps
Round6 of 7
Race numbers

The 1955 British Grand Prix was the

  • 47th World Championship race
  • 6th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Aintree
  • 1955 Drivers’ title decider
More 1955 season
More British Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMercedes903hr 07m 21.200s9 FL
2 Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMercedes90+0.200s6
3+1Germany flag lazyload Karl KlingMercedes90+1m 11.800s4
4+1Italy flag lazyload Piero TaruffiMercedes89+1 lap3
5+4Italy flag lazyload Luigi MussoMaserati89+1 lap2
6+6
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn
  • Italy flag lazyload Eugenio Castellotti
Ferrari87+3 laps 
7+16France flag lazyload Mike SparkenGordini81+9 laps 
8+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lance MacklinMaserati (privateer)79+11 laps 
9+6
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken Wharton
  • USA flag lazyload Harry Schell
Vanwall72+18 laps 
R France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantFerrari59DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Roberto MieresMaserati47DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Bristol30DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken McAlpineConnaught-Alta30DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsMaserati (privateer)28DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva RamosGordini26DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriMaserati (privateer)23DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace GouldMaserati (privateer)22DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Harry SchellVanwall20DNF 
R 
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Rolt
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Walker
Connaught-Alta (privateer)19DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Leslie MarrConnaught-Alta (privateer)18DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiFerrari16DNF 
R France flag lazyload Andre SimonMaserati9DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati9DNF 
R France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini4DNF 
Did not start
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanConnaught-Alta   

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:00.400

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMercedes
2Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMercedes
3France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati
4Germany flag lazyload Karl KlingMercedes
5Italy flag lazyload Piero TaruffiMercedes
6Argentina flag lazyload Roberto MieresMaserati
7USA flag lazyload Harry SchellVanwall
8France flag lazyload Andre SimonMaserati
9Italy flag lazyload Luigi MussoMaserati
10Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiFerrari
11France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornFerrari
13France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantFerrari
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony RoltConnaught-Alta (privateer)
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken WhartonVanwall
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Lance MacklinMaserati (privateer)
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken McAlpineConnaught-Alta
18Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva RamosGordini
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Leslie MarrConnaught-Alta (privateer)
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriMaserati (privateer)
21  
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace GouldMaserati (privateer)
23France flag lazyload Mike SparkenGordini
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsMaserati (privateer)
25Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Bristol

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio33
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss22
3France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant11.33
4Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina10.33
5USA flag lazyload Bob Sweikert8
6Italy flag lazyload Eugenio Castellotti8
7Argentina flag lazyload Roberto Mieres7
8Italy flag lazyload Luigi Musso6
9Germany flag lazyload Karl Kling5
10USA flag lazyload Jimmy Davies4
11USA flag lazyload Tony Bettenhausen3
=USA flag lazyload Paul Russo3
13France flag lazyload Jean Behra3
14USA flag lazyload Johnny Thomson3
=Belgium flag lazyload Paul Frere3
=Italy flag lazyload Piero Taruffi3
17Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez2
18Italy flag lazyload Cesare Perdisa2
19Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi2
20Italy flag lazyload Umberto Maglioli1.33
21Germany flag lazyload Hans Herrmann1
22USA flag lazyload Walt Faulkner1
=USA flag lazyload Bill Homeier1
24USA flag lazyload Bill Vukovich1

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

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