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.
Background
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Entry ListEdit
The full entry list for the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice OverviewEdit
QualifyingEdit
ReportEdit
Qualifying ResultsEdit
The full qualifying results for the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Juan Manuel Fangio
| Mercedes | 1:41.1 | — |
| 2 | 26 |  Alberto Ascari
| Lancia | 1:41.1 | — |
| 3 | 6 |  Stirling Moss
| Mercedes | 1:41.2 | +0.1 |
| 4 | 30 | Eugenio Castellotti
| Lancia | 1:42.0 | +0.9 |
| 5 | 34 |  Jean Behra
| Maserati | 1:42.5 | +1.4 |
| 6 | 36 | Roberto Mieres
| Maserati | 1:43.7 | +2.6 |
| 7 | 28 | Luigi Villoresi
| Lancia | 1:43.7 | +2.6 |
| 8 | 38 | Luigi Musso
| Maserati | 1:44.3 | +3.2 |
| 9 | 44 | Maurice Trintignant
| Ferrari | 1:44.4 | +3.3 |
| 10 | 4 | André Simon
| Mercedes | 1:45.4 | +4.3 |
| 11 | 40 | Cesare Perdisa
| Maserati | 1:45.6 | +4.5 |
| 12 | 18 | Mike Hawthorn
| Vanwall | 1:45.6 | +4.5 |
| 13 | 8 | Robert Manzon
| Gordini | 1:46.0 | +4.9 |
| 14 | 42 | Giuseppe Farina
| Ferrari | 1:46.1 | +5.0 |
| 15 | 48 | Piero Taruffi
| Ferrari | 1:46.4 | +5.3 |
| 16 | 12 | Élie Bayol
| Gordini | 1:46.7 | +5.6 |
| 17 | 14 | Louis Rosier
| Maserati | 1:46.8 | +5.7 |
| 18 | 46 |  Harry Schell
| Ferrari | 1:46.9 | +5.8 |
| 19 | 32 |  Louis Chiron
| Lancia | 1:47.3 | +6.2 |
| 20 | 10 | Jacques Pollet
| Gordini | 1:49.4 | +8.3 |
| DNQ | 22 | Lance Macklin
| Maserati | 1:49.4 | +8.3 |
| DNQ | 24 | Ted Whiteaway
| HWM-Alta | 1:57.2 | +16.1 |
| DNQ | 4 |  Hans Herrmann
| Mercedes | Accident | |
| WD | 20 | Ken Wharton
| Vanwall | Injury | |
| WD | 48 |  Paul Frère
| Ferrari | Appeared in race | |
GridEdit
| Pos | Pos | Pos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | Driver | |||
| ______________ | |||||
| ______________ | 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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RaceEdit
ReportEdit
ResultsEdit
The full results for the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Maurice Trintignant
| Ferrari | 100 | 2:58:09.7 | 9 | 8 |
| 2 | 30 | Eugenio Castellotti
| Lancia | 100 | +20.2 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 34 | Jean Behra Cesare Perdisa
| Maserati | 99 | +1 lap | 5 | 2 2 |
| 4 | 42 | Giuseppe Farina
| Ferrari | 99 | +1 lap | 14 | 3 |
| 5 | 28 | Luigi Villoresi
| Lancia | 99 | +1 lap | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 32 | Louis Chiron
| Lancia | 95 | +5 laps | 19 | |
| 7 | 10 | Jacques Pollet
| Gordini | 91 | +9 laps | 20 | |
| 8 | 48 | Piero Taruffi Paul Frère
| Ferrari | 86 | +14 laps | 15 | |
| 9 | 6 | Stirling Moss
| Mercedes | 81 | +19 laps | 3 | |
| Ret | 40 | Cesare Perdisa Jean Behra
| Maserati | 81 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 26 | Alberto Ascari
| Lancia | 80 | Water crash | 2 | |
| Ret | 46 | Harry Schell
| Ferrari | 68 | Engine | 18 | |
| Ret | 36 | Roberto Mieres
| Maserati | 64 | Rear axle | 6 | |
| Ret | 12 | Élie Bayol
| Gordini | 63 | Rear axle | 16 | |
| Ret | 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio
| Mercedes | 49 | Transmission | 1 | 1 |
| Ret | 8 | Robert Manzon
| Gordini | 38 | Gearbox | 13 | |
| Ret | 4 | André Simon
| Mercedes | 24 | Valve | 10 | |
| Ret | 18 | Mike Hawthorn
| Vanwall | 22 | Throttle | 12 | |
| Ret | 14 | Louis Rosier
| Maserati | 8 | Tank | 17 | |
| Ret | 38 | Luigi Musso
| Maserati | 4 | Transmission | 8 | |
| DNQ | 22 | Lance Macklin
| Maserati | ||||
| DNQ | 24 | Ted Whiteaway
| HWM-Alta | ||||
| DNQ | 4 | Hans Herrmann
| Mercedes | ||||
| WD | 20 | Ken Wharton
| Vanwall | ||||
MilestonesEdit
- First victory for Maurice Trintignant.
StandingsEdit
Drivers Championship only
| Drivers' World Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Driver | Pts | +/- |
| 1 | Maurice Trintignant | 11 1⁄3 | ▲1 |
| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | 10 | ▼1 |
| 3 | Giuseppe Farina | 6 1⁄3 | ▼1 |
| 4 | Eugenio Castellotti | 6 | ▲7 |
| 5 | José Froilán González | 2 | |
| Roberto Mieres | 2 | ||
| Jean Behra | 2 | ||
| Cesare Perdisa | 2 | ||
| Luigi Villoresi | 2 | ||
| 10 | Umberto Maglioli | 1 1⁄3 | |
| 11 | Hans Herrmann | 1 | |
| Karl Kling | 1 | ||
| Stirling Moss | 1 | ||
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