1955 Monaco Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 22 May 1955
Winner	Maurice Trintignant Ferrari
Pole position	Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes
Fastest lap	Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes
Circuit	Monte Carlo, 100 laps
Round	2 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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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+8	(FRA) Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	100	2hr 58m 09.700s	8
2	+2	(ITA) Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia	100	+20.300s	6
3	+2	(FRA) Jean Behra (ITA) Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	99	+1 lap	2 2
4	+10	(ITA) Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	99	+1 lap	3
5	+2	(ITA) Luigi Villoresi	Lancia	99	+1 lap	2
6	+13	(MCO) Louis Chiron	Lancia	95	+5 laps
7	+13	(FRA) Jacques Pollet	Gordini	91	+9 laps
R		(ITA) Cesare Perdisa (FRA) Jean Behra	Maserati	86	DNF
8	+7	(ITA) Piero Taruffi (BEL) Paul Frere	Ferrari	86	+14 laps
9	-6	(GBR) Stirling Moss	Mercedes	81	+19 laps
R		(ITA) Alberto Ascari	Lancia	80	DNF
R		(USA) Harry Schell	Ferrari	68	DNF
R		(ARG) Roberto Mieres	Maserati	64	DNF
R		(FRA) Elie Bayol	Gordini	63	DNF
R		(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	49	DNF	1 FL
R		(FRA) Robert Manzon	Gordini	38	DNF
R		(FRA) Andre Simon	Mercedes	24	DNF
R		(GBR) Mike Hawthorn	Vanwall	22	DNF
R		(FRA) Louis Rosier	Maserati (privateer)	8	DNF
R		(ITA) Luigi Musso	Maserati	7	DNF
Did not start
		(DEU) 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.

Pole time: 1:41.100

Driver	Constructor
(GBR) Lance Macklin	Maserati (privateer)
(GBR) Ted Whiteaway	HWM-Alta (privateer)

How the championship standings stood post-race.

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

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)