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:
Practice Overview[]
Qualifying Results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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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 | |||
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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 | |||||
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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 | ||||
Source: [1] |
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.
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