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

1955 Monaco Grand Prix

DateSunday, 22 May 1955
Winner
  • Maurice Trintignant
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Mercedes
CircuitMonte Carlo, 100 laps
Round2 of 7
Race numbers

The 1955 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 43rd World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Monaco Grand Prix (first since 1950)
  • 2nd World Championship race at Monte Carlo (first since 1950)
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On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Non-qualifiers
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+8(FRA) Maurice TrintignantFerrari1002hr 58m 09.700s8
2+2(ITA) Eugenio CastellottiLancia100+20.300s6
3+2
  • (FRA) Jean Behra
  • (ITA) Cesare Perdisa
Maserati99+1 lap
  • 2
  • 2
4+10(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari99+1 lap3
5+2(ITA) Luigi VilloresiLancia99+1 lap2
6+13(MCO) Louis ChironLancia95+5 laps 
7+13(FRA) Jacques PolletGordini91+9 laps 
R 
  • (ITA) Cesare Perdisa
  • (FRA) Jean Behra
Maserati86DNF 
8+7
  • (ITA) Piero Taruffi
  • (BEL) Paul Frere
Ferrari86+14 laps 
9-6(GBR) Stirling MossMercedes81+19 laps 
R (ITA) Alberto AscariLancia80DNF 
R (USA) Harry SchellFerrari68DNF 
R (ARG) Roberto MieresMaserati64DNF 
R (FRA) Elie BayolGordini63DNF 
R (ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMercedes49DNF1 FL
R (FRA) Robert ManzonGordini38DNF 
R (FRA) Andre SimonMercedes24DNF 
R (GBR) Mike HawthornVanwall22DNF 
R (FRA) Louis RosierMaserati (privateer)8DNF 
R (ITA) Luigi MussoMaserati7DNF 
Did not start
  (DEU) Hans HerrmannMercedes   

Notes

  • Juan Manuel Fangio ended lap 49 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Hans Herrmann withdrew from the Grand Prix due to an injury sustained in practice. Andre Simon was his replacement.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:41.100

PosDriverConstructor
1(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMercedes
2(ITA) Alberto AscariLancia
3(GBR) Stirling MossMercedes
4(ITA) Eugenio CastellottiLancia
5(FRA) Jean BehraMaserati
6(ARG) Roberto MieresMaserati
7(ITA) Luigi VilloresiLancia
8(ITA) Luigi MussoMaserati
9(FRA) Maurice TrintignantFerrari
10(FRA) Andre SimonMercedes
11(ITA) Cesare PerdisaMaserati
12(GBR) Mike HawthornVanwall
13(FRA) Robert ManzonGordini
14(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari
15(ITA) Piero TaruffiFerrari
16(FRA) Elie BayolGordini
17(FRA) Louis RosierMaserati (privateer)
18(USA) Harry SchellFerrari
19(MCO) Louis ChironLancia
20(FRA) Jacques PolletGordini

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Lance MacklinMaserati (privateer)
(GBR) Ted WhiteawayHWM-Alta (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Maurice Trintignant11.33
2(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio10
3(ITA) Giuseppe Farina6.33
4(ITA) Eugenio Castellotti6
5(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez2
6(FRA) Jean Behra2
=(ITA) Cesare Perdisa2
8(ARG) Roberto Mieres2
=(ITA) Luigi Villoresi2
10(ITA) Umberto Maglioli1.33
11(DEU) Hans Herrmann1
=(GBR) Stirling Moss1
=(DEU) Karl Kling1

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Cesare Perdisa
Last start
Alberto Ascari
Louis Chiron (last Monegasque driver to start a race until 1994)
Wins
1st for Maurice Trintignant (12th different winner, 1st French driver; last win until 1958; only win for Ferrari)
20th for Ferrari (1st constructor to win 20 races)
Podiums
5th for Maurice Trintignant (last podium until 1958; last for Ferrari)
2nd for Jean Behra (first for Maserati, first podium since 1952)
1st for Eugenio Castellotti (only podium for Lancia) & Cesare Perdisa (39th & 40th different podium finishers, 10th & 11th Italian drivers)
63rd for Ferrari
16th for Maserati
1st and only for Lancia (11th different podium finisher)
Poles
16th for Juan Manuel Fangio
5th for Mercedes
Fastest laps
15th for Juan Manuel Fangio
6th for Mercedes
Front row starts
30th for Juan Manuel Fangio (1st driver to achieve 30 front row starts, 1st Argentine driver)
25th and last for Alberto Ascari
5th for Stirling Moss (first for Mercedes)
Points finishes
25th for Juan Manuel Fangio
1st for Eugenio Castellotti & Cesare Perdisa (64th & 65th different point scorers, 12th & 13th Italian drivers)

See also

  • Monaco Grand Prix
  • Monte Carlo circuit
  • 1955 World Championship season

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