F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | ARG | MCO | 500 | BEL | NLD | GBR | ITA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio (Mercedes) | 1 | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 40 (41) | |
| 2 | (GBR) Stirling Moss (Mercedes) | 4/R | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | R | 23 | |
| 3 | (ITA) Eugenio Castellotti (Lancia, Ferrari) | R | 2 | R | 5 | 6/R | 3 | 12 | |
| 4 | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant (Ferrari) | 2/3/R | 1 | 6 | R | R | 8 | 11.33 | |
| 5 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina (Ferrari, Lancia) | 2/3 | 4 | 3 | DNS | 10.33 | |||
| 6 | (ITA) Piero Taruffi (Ferrari, Mercedes) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| 7 | (USA) Bob Sweikert (Kurtis Kraft) | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 8 | (ARG) Roberto Mieres (Maserati) | 5 | R | 5 | 4 | R | 7 | 7 | |
| 9 | (ITA) Luigi Musso (Maserati) | 7/R | R | 7 | 3 | 5 | R | 6 | |
| = | (FRA) Jean Behra (Maserati) | 6/R/R | 3/R | 5/R | 6 | R | 4 | 6 | |
| 11 | (DEU) Karl Kling (Mercedes) | 4/R | R | R | 3 | R | 5 | ||
| 12 | (USA) Jimmy Davies (Kurtis Kraft) | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 13 | (USA) Tony Bettenhausen (Kurtis Kraft) | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| = | (USA) Paul Russo (Kurtis Kraft) | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| = | (USA) Johnny Thomson (Kuzma) | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| = | (BEL) Paul Frere (Ferrari) | 8 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 17 | (ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez (Ferrari) | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| = | (ITA) Cesare Perdisa (Maserati) | 3/R | 8 | 2 | |||||
| = | (ITA) Luigi Villoresi (Lancia) | R/R | 5 | DNS | 2 | ||||
| = | (ARG) Carlos Menditeguy (Maserati) | R/R | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 21 | (ITA) Umberto Maglioli (Ferrari) | 3 | 6 | 1.33 | |||||
| 22 | (DEU) Hans Herrmann (Mercedes) | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| = | (USA) Walt Faulkner (Kurtis Kraft) | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| = | (USA) Bill Homeier (Kurtis Kraft) | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| = | (USA) Bill Vukovich (Kurtis Kraft) | R | 1 | ||||||
| (GBR) Mike Hawthorn (Vanwall, Ferrari) | R | R | 7 | 6 | R | ||||
| (USA) Harry Schell (Maserati, Ferrari, Vanwall) | 6/R | R | 9/R | R | |||||
| (MCO) Louis Chiron (Lancia) | 6 | ||||||||
| (USA) Andy Linden (Kurtis Kraft) | 6 | ||||||||
| (FRA) Jacques Pollet (Gordini) | 7 | 10 | R | ||||||
| (USA) Al Herman (Kurtis Kraft) | 7 | ||||||||
| (FRA) Mike Sparken (Gordini) | 7 | ||||||||
| (ITA) Sergio Mantovani (Maserati) | 7/R | ||||||||
| (BRA) Hermano da Silva Ramos (Gordini) | 8 | R | R | ||||||
| (GBR) Lance Macklin (Maserati) | DNQ | 8 | |||||||
| (USA) Pat O’Connor (Kurtis Kraft) | 8 | ||||||||
| (FRA) Louis Rosier (Maserati) | R | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| (GBR) Ken Wharton (Vanwall) | 9 | R | |||||||
| (USA) Jimmy Daywalt (Kurtis Kraft) | 9 | ||||||||
| (USA) John Fitch (Maserati) | 9 | ||||||||
| (USA) Pat Flaherty (Kurtis Kraft) | 10 | ||||||||
| (USA) Duane Carter (Kuzma) | 11 | ||||||||
| (BEL) Johnny Claes (Maserati, Ferrari) | DNS | 11 | |||||||
| (USA) Chuck Weyant (Kurtis Kraft) | 12 | ||||||||
| (USA) Eddie Johnson (Trevis) | 13 | ||||||||
| (USA) Jim Rathmann (Epperly) | 14 | ||||||||
| (USA) Don Freeland (Phillips) | 15R | ||||||||
| (USA) Cal Niday (Kurtis Kraft) | 16R | ||||||||
| (USA) Art Cross (Kurtis Kraft) | 17R | ||||||||
| (USA) Shorty Templeman (Trevis) | 18R | ||||||||
| (USA) Sam Hanks (Kurtis Kraft) | 19R | ||||||||
| (USA) Keith Andrews (Schroeder) | 20R | ||||||||
| (USA) Johnnie Parsons (Kurtis Kraft) | 21R | ||||||||
| (USA) Eddie Russo (Pawl) | 22R | ||||||||
| (USA) Ray Crawford (Kurtis Kraft) | 23R | ||||||||
| (USA) Jimmy Bryan (Kuzma) | 24R | ||||||||
| (USA) Jack McGrath (Kurtis Kraft) | 26R | ||||||||
| (USA) Al Keller (Kurtis Kraft) | 27R | ||||||||
| (USA) Rodger Ward (Kuzma) | 28R | ||||||||
| (USA) Johnny Boyd (Kurtis Kraft) | 29R | ||||||||
| (USA) Ed Elisian (Kurtis Kraft) | 30R | ||||||||
| (USA) Jerry Hoyt (Stevens) | 31R | ||||||||
| (USA) Fred Agabashian (Kurtis Kraft) | 32R | ||||||||
| (USA) Jimmy Reece (Pankratz) | 33R | ||||||||
| (FRA) Robert Manzon (Gordini) | R | R | R | ||||||
| (GBR) Horace Gould (Maserati) | R | R | R | ||||||
| (ITA) Alberto Ascari (Lancia) | R | R | |||||||
| (FRA) Elie Bayol (Gordini) | R | R | |||||||
| (FRA) Andre Simon (Mercedes, Maserati) | R | R | |||||||
| (GBR) Peter Walker (Maserati, Connaught) | R | R | |||||||
| (GBR) Peter Collins (Maserati) | R | R | |||||||
| (ARG) Jesus Iglesias (Gordini) | R | ||||||||
| (ARG) Pablo Birger (Gordini) | R | ||||||||
| (URY) Alberto Uria (Maserati) | R | ||||||||
| (ARG) Clemar Bucci (Maserati) | R | ||||||||
| (GBR) Ken McAlpine (Connaught) | R | ||||||||
| (AUS) Jack Brabham (Cooper) | R | ||||||||
| (GBR) Roy Salvadori (Maserati) | R | ||||||||
| (GBR) Leslie Marr (Connaught) | R | ||||||||
| (GBR) Tony Rolt (Connaught) | R | ||||||||
| (FRA) Jean Lucas (Gordini) | R | ||||||||
| (GBR) Jack Fairman (Connaught) | DNS | ||||||||
| (ITA) Luigi Piotti (Arzani-Volpini) | DNS | ||||||||
| (GBR) Ted Whiteaway (HWM) | DNQ | ||||||||
| # | Driver | ARG | MCO | 500 | BEL | NLD | GBR | ITA | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- DNS: Did not start
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.