1955 Pau Grand Prix

The 1955 Pau Grand Prix (officially the XVI Grand Prix Automobile de Pau) was the second non-championship race of the 1955 Formula One Season, held at the Circuit de Pau-Ville on 11 April 1955. The 110 lap race was won by Jean Behra in a Maserati 250F.

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The full entry list for the 1955 Pau Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16	Gordini	23 L6 2.5	E
4	Élie Bayol	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16	Gordini	23 L6 2.5	E
6	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Lancia	Lancia	D50	Lancia	DS50 V8 2.5	P
8	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Lancia	Lancia	D50	Lancia	DS50 V8 2.5	P
10	Eugenio Castellotti	Scuderia Lancia	Lancia	D50	Lancia	DS50 V8 2.5	P
12	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
14	Jean Behra	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
16	Roberto Mieres	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
18	Luigi Musso	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
20	Jean Lucas	Privateer	Ferrari	500	Ferrari	500 L4 2.0
22	André Simon	Privateer	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
24	Claude Storez	Deutsch-Bonnet	DB	Monomill	Panhard	L2 0.75
26	Paul Armagnac	Deutsch-Bonnet	DB	Monomill	Panhard	L2 0.75
28	Mario Alborghetti	Scuderia Volpini	Maserati	4CLT/48	Maserati	4CLT L4s 1.5	P
30	Alfonso de Portago	Privateer	Ferrari	625	Ferrari	555 L4 2.5
32	Jacques Pollet	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16	Gordini	23 L6 2.5	E

The full qualifying results for the 1955 Pau Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	6	Alberto Ascari	Lancia	1:34.5	—
2	14	Jean Behra	Maserati	1:35.4	+0.9s
3	16	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	1:35.6	+1.1s
4	8	Luigi Villoresi	Lancia	1:36.7	+2.2s
5	10	Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia	1:37.0	+2.5s
6	18	Luigi Musso	Maserati	1:37.3	+2.8s
7	2	Robert Manzon	Gordini	1:38.4	+3.9s
8	4	Élie Bayol	Gordini	1:38.5	+4.0s
9	30	Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	1:40.1	+5.6s
10	12	Louis Rosier	Maserati	1:40.2	+5.7s
11	22	André Simon	Maserati	1:40.2	+5.7s
12	20	Jean Lucas	Ferrari	1:47.8	+13.3s
13	32	Jacques Pollet	Gordini	1:48.0	+13.5s
14	26	Paul Armagnac	DB-Panhard	1:52.7	+18.2s
15	28	Mario Alborghetti	Maserati	1:53.3	+18.8s
16	24	Claude Storez	DB-Panhard	1:58.9	+24.4s

The full results for the 1955 Pau Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	14	Jean Behra	Maserati	110	3:02:09.6	2
2	10	Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia	110	+1:01.0	5
3	16	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	110	+1:30.5	3
4	8	Luigi Villoresi	Lancia	109	+1 lap	4
5	6	Alberto Ascari	Lancia	109	+1 lap	1
6	22	André Simon	Maserati	105	+5 laps	11
7	12	Louis Rosier	Maserati	104	+6 laps	10
8	30	Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	103	+7 laps	9
9	20	Jean Lucas	Ferrari	97	+13 laps	12
10	26	Paul Armagnac	DB-Panhard	92	+18 laps	14
Ret	32	Jacques Pollet	Gordini	80	Rear axel	13
Ret	24	Claude Storez	DB-Panhard	64	Mechanical	16
Ret	2	Robert Manzon	Gordini	48	Brakes	7
Ret	4	Élie Bayol	Gordini	35	Engine	8
Ret	18	Luigi Musso	Maserati	32	Valve	6
Ret	28	Mario Alborghetti	Maserati	19	Fatal accident	15

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