1955 British Grand Prix

  1955 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 7 in the 1955 Formula One season
Date	16 July 1955
Official name	VIII RAC British Grand Prix
Location	Aintree Circuit, Liverpool, England
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.828 km (3.000 mi)
Distance	90 laps, 434.52 km (270.00 mi)
Weather	Hot, dry.
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss	Mercedes
Time	2:00.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss	Mercedes
Time	2:00.4
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Mercedes
Second	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
Third	Karl Kling	Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 1955 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Aintree on 16 July 1955. It was the sixth round of the 1955 World Drivers' Championship. British driver Stirling Moss led a Mercedes 1-2-3-4 domination of the race, to win his first Formula One race narrowly ahead of his illustrious Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio.

Subsequent to the race, the German, Swiss and Spanish Grands Prix were cancelled, in the wake of the Le Mans disaster. With only one Championship round therefore remaining (the Italian Grand Prix some 2 months later), Fangio's points advantage over Moss was sufficient to secure his third World Drivers' Championship.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	90	3:07:21.2	1	9
2	10	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	90	+0.2	2	6
3	14	Karl Kling	Mercedes	90	+1:11.8[1]	4	4
4	50	Piero Taruffi	Mercedes	89	+1 Lap	5	3
5	4	Luigi Musso	Maserati	89	+1 Lap	9	2
6	16	Mike Hawthorn Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	87	+3 Laps	12
7	26	Mike Sparken	Gordini	81	+9 Laps	23
8	46	Lance Macklin	Maserati	79	+11 Laps	16
9	28	Ken Wharton Harry Schell	Vanwall	72	+18 Laps	15
Ret	18	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	59	Overheating	13
Ret	6	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	47	Engine	6
Ret	40	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Bristol	30	Engine	25
Ret	32	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught-Alta	30	Oil Pressure	17
Ret	42	Peter Collins	Maserati	28	Clutch	24
Ret	24	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	26	Oil Pressure	18
Ret	44	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	23	Gearbox	20
Ret	48	Horace Gould	Maserati	22	Brakes	22
Ret	30	Harry Schell	Vanwall	20	Throttle	7
Ret	36	Tony Rolt Peter Walker	Connaught-Alta	19	Transmission	14
Ret	38	Leslie Marr	Connaught-Alta	18	Brakes	19
Ret	20	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	16	Transmission	10
Ret	8	André Simon	Maserati	9	Gearbox	8
Ret	2	Jean Behra	Maserati	9	Oil Leak	3
Ret	22	Robert Manzon	Gordini	4	Transmission	11
DNS	34	Jack Fairman	Connaught-Alta		Engine	21
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Notes

• Shared Drives:
  • Car #16: Mike Hawthorn (60 laps) and Eugenio Castellotti (27 laps).
  • Car #28: Ken Wharton (50 laps) and Harry Schell (22 laps).
  • Car #36: Tony Rolt (10 laps) and Peter Walker (9 laps).
• Grand Prix debut for Jack Brabham. Only Grand Prix appearance for Mike Sparken.
• Last Grand Prix appearance for: Lance Macklin, Leslie Marr, Kenneth McAlpine, Tony Rolt, and Peter Walker.
• Career Firsts: Stirling Moss (win).
• First British GP Win by a British driver

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	33
	2	Stirling Moss	22
	3	Maurice Trintignant	11  1⁄3
	4	Nino Farina	10  1⁄3
	5	Bob Sweikert	8

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References