1955 Belgian Grand Prix

1955 Belgian Grand Prix
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Round	4 of 1955
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Race Details
Date	June 5, 1955
Official Name	XVII Grote Prijs Van Belgie
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Francorchamps, Belgium
Course	Temporary road circuit 14.120 km (8.774 mi)
Distance	36 laps, 508.32 km (315.855 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Eugenio Castellotti Lancia
Time	4:18.1
Fastest Lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes
Time	4:20.6 on lap 18
Podium
First	Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes
Second	Stirling Moss Mercedes
Third	Giuseppe Farina Ferrari
Lap Leaders

The 1955 Belgian Grand Prix was the fourth race of the season, held on June 5 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The race was a solid victory for Mercedes, with Juan Manuel Fangio leading teammate Stirling Moss by eight seconds at the flag. Third place went to Giuseppe Farina in a Ferrari, who was more than a minute and a half further back.

Entry list

The full entry list for the 1955 Belgian Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	555	Ferrari	555 L4 2.5	E
4	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	555	Ferrari	555 L4 2.5	E
6	Paul Frere	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	555	Ferrari	555 L4 2.5	E
10	Juan Manuel Fangio	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes	W196	Mercedes	M196 L8 2.5	C
12	Karl Kling	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes	W196	Mercedes	M196 L8 2.5	C
14	Stirling Moss	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes	W196	Mercedes	M196 L8 2.5	C
20	Jean Behra	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
22	Luigi Musso	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
24	Roberto Mieres	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
26	Cesare Perdisa	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
28	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
30	Eugenio Castellotti	Scuderia Lancia	Lancia	D50	Lancia	DS50 V8 2.5	P
38	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Ferrari	625	Ferrari	625 L4 2.5	E
40	Mike Hawthorn	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW55	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
48	Piero Taruffi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	555	Ferrari	555 L4 2.5	E

Practice Overview

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	30	Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia	4:18.1	—
2	10	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	4:18.6	+ 0.5
3	14	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	4:19.2	+ 1.1
4	2	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	4:20.9	+ 2.8
5	20	Jean Behra	Maserati	4:23.6	+ 5.5
6	12	Karl Kling	Mercedes	4:24.0	+ 5.9
7	22	Luigi Musso	Maserati	4:26.4	+ 8.3
8	6	Paul Frère	Ferrari	4:29.7	+ 11.6
9	4	Harry Schell	Ferrari	4:31.0	+ 12.9
10	40	Mike Hawthorn	Vanwall	4:33.0	+ 14.9
11	4	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	4:35.2	+ 17.1
12	26	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	4:50.9	+ 32.8
13	28	Louis Rosier	Maserati	4:55.4	+ 37.3
14	24	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	5:09.0	+ 50.9
15	38	Johnny Claes	Maserati	No time	—
16	48	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari	No time	—

Grid

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
______________
1		______________
Eugenio Castellotti		2		______________
		Juan Manuel Fangio		3
				Stirling Moss
	______________
	4		______________
	Giuseppe Farina		5
			Jean Behra
______________
6		______________
Karl Kling		7		______________
		Luigi Musso		8
				Paul Frère
	______________
	9		______________
	Mike Hawthorn		10
			Maurice Trintignant
______________
11		______________
Cesare Perdisa		12		______________
		Louis Rosier		13
				Roberto Mieres
	______________
	14		______________
			15
______________
16		______________
		17		______________
				18

Race

Results

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	36	2:39:29.0	2	9
2	14	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	36	+ 8.1	3	6
3	2	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	36	+ 1:40.5	4	4
4	6	Paul Frère	Ferrari	36	+ 3:25.5	8	3
5	24	Roberto Mieres Jean Behra	Maserati	35	+ 1 Lap	13	1 1
6	4	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	35	+ 1 Lap	10
7	22	Luigi Musso	Maserati	34	+ 2 Laps	7
8	26	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	33	+ 3 Laps	11
9	28	Louis Rosier	Maserati	33	+ 3 Laps	12
Ret	12	Karl Kling	Mercedes	21	Oil Leak	6
Ret	30	Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia	16	Gearbox	1
Ret	40	Mike Hawthorn	Vanwall	8	Gearbox	9
Ret	20	Jean Behra	Maserati	3	Spun Off	5
DNS	38	Johnny Claes	Maserati		Engine
DNS	48	Piero Taruffi	Ferrari
DNS	4	Harry Schell	Ferrari
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