1955 Belgian Grand Prix

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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	Second	Third
Juan Manuel Fangio	Stirling Moss	Giuseppe Farina

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.

Background[]

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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Milestones[]

Standings after race[]

References[]

↑ "1955 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1955/races/138/belgium/race-result.html. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

V T E	Belgian Grand Prix
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Pre-1950 races	1925 • 1930 • 1931 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1937 • 1939 • 1947 • 1949

V T E	1955 Formula One Season
Constructors	Arzani-Volpini • Connaught • Cooper • Ferrari • Gordini • HWM • Lancia • Maserati • Mercedes • Vanwall
Engines	Alta • Bristol • Ferrari • Gordini • Lancia • Maserati • Mercedes • Vanwall
Drivers	Ascari • Bayol • Behra • Birger • Brabham • Bucci • Castellotti • Chiron • Claes • Collins • Fairman • Fangio • Farina • Fitch • Frère • J. F. González • Gould • Hawthorn • Herrmann • Iglesias • Kling • Macklin • Maglioli • Mantovani • Manzon • Marr • McAlpine • Menditeguy • Mieres • S. Moss • Musso • Perdisa • Piotti • Pollet • Rolt • Salvadori • Schell • Silva Ramos • Simon • Sparken • Taruffi • Trintignant • Uria • Villoresi • Walker • Wharton • Whiteaway
Cars	Arzani-Volpini F1 • Connaught B • Cooper T40 • Ferrari 555 • Ferrari 625 • Gordini T16 • HWM 53 • Lancia D50 • Maserati 250F • Maserati A6GCM • Mercedes W196 • Vanwall VW55
Tyres	Continental • Dunlop • Englebert • Pirelli
Races	Argentina • Monaco • Indianapolis • Belgium • Netherlands • Britain • Italy
See also	1954 Formula One Season • 1956 Formula One Season • Category

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