1955 Monaco Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 22 May 1955 |
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| Circuit | Monte Carlo, 100 laps |
| Round | 2 of 7 |
| Race numbers | The 1955 Monaco Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +8 |  Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari | 100 | 2hr 58m 09.700s | 8 |
| 2 | +2 |  Eugenio Castellotti | Lancia | 100 | +20.300s | 6 |
| 3 | +2 | Maserati | 99 | +1 lap |
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| 4 | +10 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | 99 | +1 lap | 3 |
| 5 | +2 | Luigi Villoresi | Lancia | 99 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | +13 |  Louis Chiron | Lancia | 95 | +5 laps | |
| 7 | +13 | Jacques Pollet | Gordini | 91 | +9 laps | |
| R | Maserati | 86 | DNF | |||
| 8 | +7 | Ferrari | 86 | +14 laps | ||
| 9 | -6 |  Stirling Moss | Mercedes | 81 | +19 laps | |
| R | Alberto Ascari | Lancia | 80 | DNF | ||
| R |  Harry Schell | Ferrari | 68 | DNF | ||
| R |  Roberto Mieres | Maserati | 64 | DNF | ||
| R | Elie Bayol | Gordini | 63 | DNF | ||
| R | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes | 49 | DNF | 1 FL | |
| R | Robert Manzon | Gordini | 38 | DNF | ||
| R | Andre Simon | Mercedes | 24 | DNF | ||
| R | Mike Hawthorn | Vanwall | 22 | DNF | ||
| R | Louis Rosier | Maserati (privateer) | 8 | DNF | ||
| R | Luigi Musso | Maserati | 7 | DNF | ||
| Did not start | ||||||
 Hans Herrmann | Mercedes | |||||
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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes |
| 2 | Alberto Ascari | Lancia |
| 3 | Stirling Moss | Mercedes |
| 4 | Eugenio Castellotti | Lancia |
| 5 | Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 6 | Roberto Mieres | Maserati |
| 7 | Luigi Villoresi | Lancia |
| 8 | Luigi Musso | Maserati |
| 9 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari |
| 10 | Andre Simon | Mercedes |
| 11 | Cesare Perdisa | Maserati |
| 12 | Mike Hawthorn | Vanwall |
| 13 | Robert Manzon | Gordini |
| 14 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari |
| 15 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari |
| 16 | Elie Bayol | Gordini |
| 17 | Louis Rosier | Maserati (privateer) |
| 18 | Harry Schell | Ferrari |
| 19 | Louis Chiron | Lancia |
| 20 | Jacques Pollet | Gordini |
Non-qualifiers
| Driver | Constructor |
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| Lance Macklin | Maserati (privateer) |
| Ted Whiteaway | HWM-Alta (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1955 Monaco Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Maurice Trintignant | 11.33 |
| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | 10 |
| 3 | Giuseppe Farina | 6.33 |
| 4 | Eugenio Castellotti | 6 |
| 5 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | 2 |
| 6 | Jean Behra | 2 |
| = | Cesare Perdisa | 2 |
| 8 | Roberto Mieres | 2 |
| = | Luigi Villoresi | 2 |
| 10 | Umberto Maglioli | 1.33 |
| 11 | Hans Herrmann | 1 |
| = | Stirling Moss | 1 |
| = | Karl Kling | 1 |
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)