1955 F1 driver standings

Season

Standings

Pos	Driver	ARG	MCO	500	BEL	NLD	GBR	ITA	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1	R		1	1	2	1	40 (41)
2	Stirling Moss	4/R	9		2	2	1	R	23
3	Eugenio Castellotti	R	2		R	5	6/R	3	12
4	Maurice Trintignant	2/3/R	1		6	R	R	8	11.33
5	Giuseppe Farina	2/3	4		3			DNS	10.33
6	Piero Taruffi		8				4	2	9
7	Bob Sweikert			1					8
8	Roberto Mieres	5	R		5	4	R	7	7
9	Luigi Musso	7/R	R		7	3	5	R	6
=	Jean Behra	6/R/R	3/R		5/R	6	R	4	6
11	Karl Kling	4/R			R	R	3	R	5
12	Jimmy Davies			3					4
13	Tony Bettenhausen			2					3
=	Paul Russo			2					3
=	Johnny Thomson			4					3
=	Paul Frere		8		4				3
17	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	2							2
=	Cesare Perdisa		3/R		8				2
=	Luigi Villoresi	R/R	5					DNS	2
=	Carlos Menditeguy	R/R						5	2
21	Umberto Maglioli	3						6	1.33
22	Hans Herrmann	4							1
=	Walt Faulkner			5					1
=	Bill Homeier			5					1
=	Bill Vukovich			R					1
	Mike Hawthorn		R		R	7	6	R
	Harry Schell	6/R	R				9/R	R
	Louis Chiron		6
	Andy Linden			6
	Jacques Pollet		7			10		R
	Al Herman			7
	Mike Sparken						7
	Sergio Mantovani	7/R
	Hermano da Silva Ramos					8	R	R
	Lance Macklin		DNQ				8
	Pat O’Connor			8
	Louis Rosier		R		9	9
	Ken Wharton						9	R
	Jimmy Daywalt			9
	John Fitch							9
	Pat Flaherty			10
	Duane Carter			11
	Johnny Claes				DNS	11
	Chuck Weyant			12
	Eddie Johnson			13
	Jim Rathmann			14
	Don Freeland			15^R
	Cal Niday			16^R
	Art Cross			17^R
	Shorty Templeman			18^R
	Sam Hanks			19^R
	Keith Andrews			20^R
	Johnnie Parsons			21^R
	Eddie Russo			22^R
	Ray Crawford			23^R
	Jimmy Bryan			24^R
	Jack McGrath			26^R
	Al Keller			27^R
	Rodger Ward			28^R
	Johnny Boyd			29^R
	Ed Elisian			30^R
	Jerry Hoyt			31^R
	Fred Agabashian			32^R
	Jimmy Reece			33^R
	Robert Manzon		R			R	R
	Horace Gould					R	R	R
	Alberto Ascari	R	R
	Elie Bayol	R	R
	Andre Simon		R				R
	Peter Walker					R	R
	Peter Collins						R	R
	Jesus Iglesias	R
	Pablo Birger	R
	Alberto Uria	R
	Clemar Bucci	R
	Ken McAlpine						R
	Jack Brabham						R
	Roy Salvadori						R
	Leslie Marr						R
	Tony Rolt						R
	Jean Lucas							R
	Jack Fairman						DNS
	Luigi Piotti							DNS
	Ted Whiteaway		DNQ
No.	Driver	ARG	MCO	500	BEL	NLD	GBR	ITA	Points

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.

Standings

Table key

Points system and championship rules

Race to the title

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Season

Wins, poles & fastest laps

Qualifying

Season stats