The 1955 Italian Grand Prix was held on September 11. It was the seventh and final race of the season, after the cancellations of the French, German, Swiss and Spanish GPs in the wake of the Le Mans disaster. The race was run for the first time on a combined road course-oval circuit, measuring exactly 10 km long. The high speeds attained on the new oval section, combined with flaws in construction, caused a number of tire and suspension issues with the cars.
The race was won by newly-crowned World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio, leading home teammate Piero Taruffi in a Mercedes 1-2. Eugenio Castellotti finished a rather distant third in a Ferrari. This was the last time a Mercedes chassis would run in Formula One for more than 50 years, as the team had already announced its withdrawal from all forms of racing in the aftermath of the Le Mans disaster.
Background[]
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 1955 Italian Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview[]
Qualifying[]
Qualifying Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 1955 Italian Grand Prix are outlined below:
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Speed | Gap | Grid |
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1 | 18 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes | 2:46.5 | 216.216 | — | 1 |
2 | 16 | Stirling Moss | Mercedes | 2:46.8 | 215.827 | +0.3 | 2 |
3 | 20 | Karl Kling | Mercedes | 2:48.3 | 213.904 | +1.8 | 3 |
4 | 4 | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari | 2:49.6 | 212.264 | +3.1 | 4 |
5 | 2 | Giuseppe Farina | Lancia | 2:49.9 | 211.889 | +3.4 | DNS |
6 | 36 | Jean Behra | Maserati | 2:50.1 | 211.640 | +3.6 | 5 |
7 | 28 | Roberto Mieres | Maserati | 2:51.1 | 210.403 | +4.6 | 6 |
8 | 10 | Luigi Villoresi | Lancia | 2:51.6 | 209.790 | +5.1 | DNS |
9 | 14 | Piero Taruffi | Mercedes | 2:51.8 | 209.546 | +5.3 | 7 |
10 | 30 | Luigi Musso | Maserati | 2:52.2 | 209.059 | +5.7 | 8 |
11 | 32 | Peter Collins | Maserati | 2:55.3 | 205.362 | +8.8 | 9 |
12 | 12 | Umberto Maglioli | Ferrari | 2:55.4 | 205.245 | +8.9 | 10 |
13 | 42 | Harry Schell | Vanwall | 2:55.5 | 205.128 | +9.0 | 11 |
14 | 6 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 2:56.2 | 204.313 | +9.7 | 12 |
15 | 8 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari | 2:56.3 | 204.197 | +9.8 | 13 |
16 | 34 | Carlos Menditeguy | Maserati | 2:58.4 | 201.794 | +11.9 | 14 |
17 | 44 | Ken Wharton | Vanwall | 2:59.5 | 200.557 | +13.0 | 15 |
18 | 22 | Hermano da Silva Ramos | Gordini | 2:59.8 | 200.222 | +13.3 | 16 |
19 | 26 | Jacques Pollet | Gordini | 2:59.9 | 200.111 | +13.4 | 17 |
20 | 40 | John Fitch | Maserati | 3:03.1 | 196.614 | +16.6 | 18 |
21 | 38 | Horace Gould | Maserati | 3:05.2 | 196.614 | +18.7 | 19 |
22 | 24 | Jean Lucas | Gordini | 3:15.9 | 183.767 | +29.4 | 20 |
DNS | 46 | Luigi Piotti | Arzani-Volpini-Maserati | Engine |
Grid[]
Pos | Pos | Pos | |||
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Driver | Driver | Driver | |||
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______________ | 1 | ||||
______________ | 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | |||
3 | Stirling Moss | ||||
Karl Kling | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 4 | ||||
5 | Eugenio Castellotti | ||||
Jean Behra | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 6 | ||||
______________ | 7 | Roberto Mieres | |||
8 | Piero Taruffi | ||||
Luigi Musso | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 9 | ||||
10 | Peter Collins | ||||
Umberto Maglioli | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 11 | ||||
______________ | 12 | Harry Schell | |||
13 | Mike Hawthorn | ||||
Maurice Trintignant | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 14 | ||||
15 | Carlos Menditeguy | ||||
Ken Wharton | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 16 | ||||
______________ | 17 | Hermano da Silva Ramos | |||
18 | Jacques Pollet | ||||
John Fitch | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 19 | ||||
20 | Horace Gould | ||||
Jean Lucas |
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Race[]
Results[]
The full results for the 1955 Italian Grand Prix are outlined below:
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Reason | Grid | Points |
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1 | 18 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes | 50 | 2:25:04.4 | 1 | 8 |
2 | 14 | Piero Taruffi | Mercedes | 50 | +0.6 | 7 | 6 |
3 | 4 | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari | 50 | +46.1 | 4 | 4 |
4 | 36 | Jean Behra | Maserati | 50 | +3:57.5 | 5 | 3 |
5 | 34 | Carlos Menditeguy | Maserati | 49 | +1 lap | 14 | 2 |
6 | 12 | Umberto Maglioli | Ferrari | 49 | +1 lap | 10 | |
7 | 28 | Roberto Mieres | Maserati | 48 | +2 laps | 6 | |
8 | 8 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari | 47 | +3 laps | 13 | |
9 | 40 | John Fitch | Maserati | 46 | +4 laps | 18 | |
Ret | 6 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 38 | Gearbox | 12 | |
Ret | 20 | Karl Kling | Mercedes | 32 | Gearbox | 3 | |
Ret | 30 | Luigi Musso | Maserati | 31 | Gearbox | 8 | |
Ret | 38 | Horace Gould | Maserati | 31 | Oil pump | 19 | |
Ret | 16 | Stirling Moss | Mercedes | 27 | Engine | 2 | 1 |
Ret | 26 | Jacques Pollet | Gordini | 26 | Engine | 17 | |
Ret | 22 | Hermano da Silva Ramos | Gordini | 23 | Fuel pump | 16 | |
Ret | 32 | Peter Collins | Maserati | 22 | Suspension | 9 | |
Ret | 42 | Harry Schell | Vanwall | 7 | Suspension | 11 | |
Ret | 24 | Jean Lucas | Gordini | 7 | Engine | 20 | |
Ret | 44 | Ken Wharton | Vanwall | 0 | Fuel pump | 15 | |
DNS | 2 | Giuseppe Farina | Lancia | ||||
DNS | 10 | Luigi Villoresi | Lancia | ||||
DNS | 46 | Luigi Piotti | Arzani-Volpini-Maserati |
Milestones[]
Standings[]
External Links[]
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