The 1955 Monaco Grand Prix, known officially as the XIIIe Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco, was held on May 22. A race of attrition resulted in defeat for the heavily favored Mercedes team, and a win for French driver Maurice Trintignant in a Ferrari, ahead of Eugenio Castellotti in a Lancia and Jean Behra in a Maserati.
Contents
Background[edit | edit source]
Entry List[edit | edit source]
The full entry list for the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview[edit | edit source]
Qualifying[edit | edit source]
Report[edit | edit source]
Qualifying Results[edit | edit source]
The full qualifying results for the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix are outlined below:
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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1 | 2 | Mercedes | 1:41.1 | — | |
2 | 26 | Lancia | 1:41.1 | — | |
3 | 6 | Mercedes | 1:41.2 | +0.1 | |
4 | 30 | Lancia | 1:42.0 | +0.9 | |
5 | 34 | Maserati | 1:42.5 | +1.4 | |
6 | 36 | Maserati | 1:43.7 | +2.6 | |
7 | 28 | Lancia | 1:43.7 | +2.6 | |
8 | 38 | Maserati | 1:44.3 | +3.2 | |
9 | 44 | Ferrari | 1:44.4 | +3.3 | |
10 | 4 | Mercedes | 1:45.4 | +4.3 | |
11 | 40 | Maserati | 1:45.6 | +4.5 | |
12 | 18 | Vanwall | 1:45.6 | +4.5 | |
13 | 8 | Gordini | 1:46.0 | +4.9 | |
14 | 42 | Ferrari | 1:46.1 | +5.0 | |
15 | 48 | Ferrari | 1:46.4 | +5.3 | |
16 | 12 | Gordini | 1:46.7 | +5.6 | |
17 | 14 | Maserati | 1:46.8 | +5.7 | |
18 | 46 | Ferrari | 1:46.9 | +5.8 | |
19 | 32 | Lancia | 1:47.3 | +6.2 | |
20 | 10 | Gordini | 1:49.4 | +8.3 | |
DNQ | 22 | Maserati | 1:49.4 | +8.3 | |
DNQ | 24 | HWM-Alta | 1:57.2 | +16.1 | |
DNQ | 4 | Mercedes | Accident | ||
WD | 20 | Vanwall | Injury | ||
WD | 48 | Ferrari | Appeared in race |
Grid[edit | edit source]
Pos | Pos | Pos | |||
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Driver | Driver | Driver | |||
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______________ | 1 | ||||
______________ | 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | |||
3 | Alberto Ascari | ||||
Stirling Moss | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 4 | ||||
5 | Eugenio Castellotti | ||||
Jean Behra | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 6 | ||||
______________ | 7 | Roberto Mieres | |||
8 | Luigi Villoresi | ||||
Luigi Musso | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 9 | ||||
10 | Maurice Trintignant | ||||
André Simon | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 11 | ||||
______________ | 12 | Cesare Perdisa | |||
13 | Mike Hawthorn | ||||
Robert Manzon | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 14 | ||||
15 | Giuseppe Farina | ||||
Piero Taruffi | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 16 | ||||
______________ | 17 | Élie Bayol | |||
18 | Louis Rosier | ||||
Harry Schell | |||||
______________ | |||||
______________ | 19 | ||||
20 | Louis Chiron | ||||
Jacques Pollet |
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Race[edit | edit source]
Report[edit | edit source]
Results[edit | edit source]
The full results for the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix are outlined below:
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 44 | Ferrari | 100 | 2:58:09.7 | 9 | 8 | |
2 | 30 | Lancia | 100 | +20.2 | 4 | 6 | |
3 | 34 | Maserati | 99 | +1 lap | 5 | 2 2 | |
4 | 42 | Ferrari | 99 | +1 lap | 14 | 3 | |
5 | 28 | Lancia | 99 | +1 lap | 7 | 2 | |
6 | 32 | Lancia | 95 | +5 laps | 19 | ||
7 | 10 | Gordini | 91 | +9 laps | 20 | ||
8 | 48 | Ferrari | 86 | +14 laps | 15 | ||
9 | 6 | Mercedes | 81 | +19 laps | 3 | ||
Ret | 40 | Maserati | 81 | Accident | 11 | ||
Ret | 26 | Lancia | 80 | Water crash | 2 | ||
Ret | 46 | Ferrari | 68 | Engine | 18 | ||
Ret | 36 | Maserati | 64 | Rear axle | 6 | ||
Ret | 12 | Gordini | 63 | Rear axle | 16 | ||
Ret | 2 | Mercedes | 49 | Transmission | 1 | 1 | |
Ret | 8 | Gordini | 38 | Gearbox | 13 | ||
Ret | 4 | Mercedes | 24 | Valve | 10 | ||
Ret | 18 | Vanwall | 22 | Throttle | 12 | ||
Ret | 14 | Maserati | 8 | Tank | 17 | ||
Ret | 38 | Maserati | 4 | Transmission | 8 | ||
DNQ | 22 | Maserati | |||||
DNQ | 24 | HWM-Alta | |||||
DNQ | 4 | Mercedes | |||||
WD | 20 | Vanwall |
Milestones[edit | edit source]
- First victory for Maurice Trintignant.
Standings[edit | edit source]
Drivers Championship only
Drivers' World Championship | |||
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Pos. | Driver | Pts | +/- |
1 | 11 1⁄3 | ▲1 | |
2 | 10 | ▼1 | |
3 | 6 1⁄3 | ▼1 | |
4 | 6 | ▲7 | |
5 | 2 | ||
2 | |||
2 | |||
2 | |||
2 | |||
10 | 1 1⁄3 | ||
11 | 1 | ||
1 | |||
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