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Home / Seasons / 1955 F1 World Championship Season / Driver Standings

1955 F1 driver standings

Standings

PosDriverARG Argentina flag lazyloadMCO Monaco flag lazyload500 USA flag lazyloadBEL Belgium flag lazyloadNLD Netherlands flag lazyloadGBR United Kingdom flag lazyloadITA Italy flag lazyloadPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio1R 112140 (41)
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss4/R9 221R23
3Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiR2 R56/R312
4France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant2/3/R1 6RR811.33
5Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina2/34 3  DNS10.33
6Italy flag lazyload Piero Taruffi 8   429
7USA flag lazyload Bob Sweikert  1    8
8Argentina flag lazyload Roberto Mieres5R 54R77
9Italy flag lazyload Luigi Musso7/RR 735R6
=France flag lazyload Jean Behra6/R/R3/R 5/R6R46
11Germany flag lazyload Karl Kling4/R  RR3R5
12USA flag lazyload Jimmy Davies  3    4
13USA flag lazyload Tony Bettenhausen  2    3
=USA flag lazyload Paul Russo  2    3
=USA flag lazyload Johnny Thomson  4    3
=Belgium flag lazyload Paul Frere 8 4   3
17Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez2      2
=Italy flag lazyload Cesare Perdisa 3/R 8   2
=Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiR/R5    DNS2
=Argentina flag lazyload Carlos MenditeguyR/R     52
21Italy flag lazyload Umberto Maglioli3     61.33
22Germany flag lazyload Hans Herrmann4      1
=USA flag lazyload Walt Faulkner  5    1
=USA flag lazyload Bill Homeier  5    1
=USA flag lazyload Bill Vukovich  R    1
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn R R76R 
 USA flag lazyload Harry Schell6/RR   9/RR 
 Monaco flag lazyload Louis Chiron 6      
 USA flag lazyload Andy Linden  6     
 France flag lazyload Jacques Pollet 7  10 R 
 USA flag lazyload Al Herman  7     
 France flag lazyload Mike Sparken     7  
 Italy flag lazyload Sergio Mantovani7/R       
 Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva Ramos    8RR 
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lance Macklin DNQ   8  
 USA flag lazyload Pat O’Connor  8     
 France flag lazyload Louis Rosier R 99   
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken Wharton     9R 
 USA flag lazyload Jimmy Daywalt  9     
 USA flag lazyload John Fitch      9 
 USA flag lazyload Pat Flaherty  10     
 USA flag lazyload Duane Carter  11     
 Belgium flag lazyload Johnny Claes   DNS11   
 USA flag lazyload Chuck Weyant  12     
 USA flag lazyload Eddie Johnson  13     
 USA flag lazyload Jim Rathmann  14     
 USA flag lazyload Don Freeland  15R     
 USA flag lazyload Cal Niday  16R     
 USA flag lazyload Art Cross  17R     
 USA flag lazyload Shorty Templeman  18R     
 USA flag lazyload Sam Hanks  19R     
 USA flag lazyload Keith Andrews  20R     
 USA flag lazyload Johnnie Parsons  21R     
 USA flag lazyload Eddie Russo  22R     
 USA flag lazyload Ray Crawford  23R     
 USA flag lazyload Jimmy Bryan  24R     
 USA flag lazyload Jack McGrath  26R     
 USA flag lazyload Al Keller  27R     
 USA flag lazyload Rodger Ward  28R     
 USA flag lazyload Johnny Boyd  29R     
 USA flag lazyload Ed Elisian  30R     
 USA flag lazyload Jerry Hoyt  31R     
 USA flag lazyload Fred Agabashian  32R     
 USA flag lazyload Jimmy Reece  33R     
 France flag lazyload Robert Manzon R  RR  
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace Gould    RRR 
 Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariRR      
 France flag lazyload Elie BayolRR      
 France flag lazyload Andre Simon R   R  
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Walker    RR  
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins     RR 
 Argentina flag lazyload Jesus IglesiasR       
 Argentina flag lazyload Pablo BirgerR       
 Uruguay flag lazyload Alberto UriaR       
 Argentina flag lazyload Clemar BucciR       
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken McAlpine     R  
 Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham     R  
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy Salvadori     R  
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Leslie Marr     R  
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Rolt     R  
 France flag lazyload Jean Lucas      R 
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack Fairman     DNS  
 Italy flag lazyload Luigi Piotti      DNS 
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Ted Whiteaway DNQ      
No.DriverARG Argentina flag lazyloadMCO Monaco flag lazyload500 USA flag lazyloadBEL Belgium flag lazyloadNLD Netherlands flag lazyloadGBR United Kingdom flag lazyloadITA Italy flag lazyloadPoints

Table key

  • Highlight: Rookie
  • Bold: pole position
  • Underline: fastest lap
  • Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
  • DNQ: Did not qualify
  • DNS: Did not start

Points system and championship rules

The top five classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:

  • 1st (8)
  • 2nd (6)
  • 3rd (4)
  • 4th (3)
  • 5th (2)
  • fastest lap (1)

A point was awarded for setting the fastest lap. In the event of more than one driver setting the fastest lap points were shared.

Only the best five results counted towards the championship.

Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1955.

Chart by Visualizer

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