British Grand Prix 1955

Aintree
16 July 1955
90 laps
434.5 km
4.828 km a lap
Title decided here

Pole positionStirling MossMercedes · 2:00.400
Fastest lapStirling Moss2:00.400 · lap 88
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Stirling Mossfastest lap	12	Mercedes	1	90	3:07:21.200	9
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	10	Mercedes	2	90	+0.200	6
3	Karl Kling	14	Mercedes	4	90	+1:11.800	4
4	Piero Taruffi	50	Mercedes	5	89	+1 lap	3
5	Luigi Musso	4	Maserati	9	89	+1 lap	2
6	Mike Hawthorn	16	Ferrari	12	87	+3 laps
6	Eugenio Castellottishared	16	Ferrari	–
7	Mike Sparken	26	Gordini	23	81	+9 laps
8	Lance Macklin	46	Maserati	16	79	+11 laps
9	Ken Wharton	28	Vanwall	15	72	+18 laps
9	Harry Schellshared	28	Vanwall	–
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	18	Ferrari	13	59	Overheating
DNF	Roberto Mieres	6	Maserati	6	47	Engine
DNF	Jack Brabham	40	Cooper · Bristol	25	30	Engine
DNF	Kenneth McAlpine	32	Connaught · Alta	17	30	Oil pressure
DNF	Peter Collins	42	Maserati	24	28	Clutch
DNF	Hermano da Silva Ramos	24	Gordini	18	26	Oil pressure
DNF	Roy Salvadori	44	Maserati	20	23	Gearbox
DNF	Horace Gould	48	Maserati	22	22	Brakes
DNF	Harry Schell	30	Vanwall	7	20	Throttle
DNF	Tony Rolt	36	Connaught · Alta	14	19	Transmission
DNF	Peter Walkershared	36	Connaught · Alta	–
DNF	Leslie Marr	38	Connaught · Alta	19	18	Brakes
DNF	Eugenio Castellotti	20	Ferrari	10	16	Transmission
DNF	André Simon	8	Maserati	8	9	Gearbox
DNF	Jean Behra	2	Maserati	3	9	Oil leak
DNF	Robert Manzon	22	Gordini	11	4	Transmission
DNS	Jack Fairman	34	Connaught · Alta	21		Engine

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	2:00.400
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	2:00.600	+0.200
3	Jean Behra	Maserati	2:01.400	+1.000
4	Karl Kling	Mercedes	2:02.000	+1.600
5	Piero Taruffi	Mercedes	2:03.000	+2.600
6	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	2:03.200	+2.800
7	Harry Schell	Vanwall	2:03.800	+3.400
8	André Simon	Maserati	2:04.000	+3.600
9	Luigi Musso	Maserati	2:04.200	+3.800
10	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	2:05.000	+4.600
11	Robert Manzon	Gordini	2:05.000	+4.600
12	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	2:05.400	+5.000
13	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	2:05.400	+5.000
14	Tony Rolt	Connaught	2:06.600	+6.200
15	Ken Wharton	Vanwall	2:08.400	+8.000
16	Lance Macklin	Maserati	2:08.400	+8.000
17	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	2:09.600	+9.200
18	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	2:10.600	+10.200
19	Leslie Marr	Connaught	2:11.600	+11.200
20	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	2:11.600	+11.200
21	Jack Fairman	Connaught	2:11.600	+11.200
22	Horace Gould	Maserati	2:11.800	+11.400
23	Mike Sparken	Gordini	2:12.800	+12.400
24	Peter Collins	Maserati	2:13.400	+13.000
25	Jack Brabham	Cooper	2:27.400	+27.000

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Stirling Moss	88	2:00.400

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 6. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 6
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	33
2	Stirling Moss	22
3	Maurice Trintignant	11.3
4	Nino Farina	10.3
5	Bob Sweikert	8
6	Eugenio Castellotti	8
7	Roberto Mieres	7
8	Luigi Musso	6
9	Karl Kling	5	▲10
10	Jimmy Davies	4	▼2