1955 Belgian Grand Prix

F1 Belgium Belgian Spa 1947.png Spa-Francorchamps layout XVII Grand Prix de Belgique June 5 1955 1955 Indianapolis 500#World Drivers' Championship 1955 Dutch Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Permanent racing facility 8.774 14.120 36 315.855 508.320 Eugenio Castellotti Lancia 4:18.1 Italy Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 4:20.6 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes Argentina Stirling Moss Mercedes United Kingdom Nino Farina Ferrari Italy BEL The 1955 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 5, 1955. It was race 4 of 7 in the 1955 World Championship of Drivers. The 36-lap race was won by Mercedes driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from second position. His teammate Stirling Moss finished second and Ferrari driver Nino Farina came in third. Race report Mercedes returned empty-handed from the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix despite entering three cars and a fourth driver after Hans Herrmann suffered season-ending injury. The promising Lancia D50 was as fast as the silver cars in the hands of Alberto Ascari, but he slipped on oil from Moss's W196 and crashed into the harbour. Even worse, Ascari died a few days later when testing a Ferrari sportscar in Monza, and Lancia stopped its F1 effort. The cars were later given to Ferrari, only the car of Eugenio Castellotti arrived as a private entry in Belgium. Harry Schell set a grid time but his car was driven by teammate Maurice Trintignant. Castellotti secured pole position with the Lancia D50, becoming the youngest driver to do so (at age 24 years, seven months and 26 days), a record that stood for 13 years until Jacky Ickx's pole position at the 1968 German Grand Prix. The 1955 Belgian GP was the easiest of 1-2 wins for Mercedes. With the absence of Lancia as a factory team, there was very little competition. Fangio disappeared into the distance with Moss tracking him round while Kling in the third Mercedes suffered an oil leak. Private entrant Eugenio Castellotti retired after 16 laps, Jean Behra crashed and Hawthorn's Vanwall also had an oil leak. The domination of the silver cars was such that they came in over 2 minutes ahead of Farina in third place after he had lost a great deal of time attempting unsuccessfully to pass Castellotti. Entries +TeamNoDriverCarEngineTyreItaly Scuderia Ferrari2Italy Nino FarinaFerrari 555Ferrari 555 2.5 L4Englebert4France Maurice TrintignantUnited States 1912 Harry Schell6Belgium Paul Frère8Italy Piero TaruffiGermany Daimler Benz AG10Argentina Juan Manuel FangioMercedes-Benz W196Mercedes M196 2.5 L8Continental12Germany Karl Kling14United Kingdom Stirling MossItaly Officine Alfieri Maserati22Italy Luigi MussoMaserati 250FMaserati 250F1 2.5 L6Pirelli24France Jean BehraArgentina Roberto Mieres26Italy Cesare PerdisaFrance Ecurie Rosier28France Louis RosierItaly Scuderia Lancia30Italy Eugenio CastellottiLancia D50Lancia DS50 2.5 V8United Kingdom Stirling Moss Ltd38Belgium Johnny ClaesMaserati 250FMaserati 250F1 2.5 L6DunlopUnited Kingdom Vandervell Products40United Kingdom Mike HawthornVanwall VW 55Vanwall 254 2.5 L4PirelliSource:https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1955&gp=Belgian%20GP&r=1&type=ent 1955 Belgian GP ChicaneF1 9 January 2025 Classification Qualifying +PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap1 30 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Lancia 4:18.1—2 10 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 4:18.6 +0.53 14 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Mercedes 4:19.2 +1.14 2 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari 4:20.9 +2.85 24 France Jean Behra Maserati 4:23.6 +5.56 12 Germany Karl Kling Mercedes 4:24.0 +5.97 22 Italy Luigi Musso Maserati 4:26.4 +8.38 6 Belgium Paul Frère Ferrari 4:29.7 +11.69 4 United States 1912 Harry Schell Ferrari 4:31.0 +12.910 40 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Vanwall 4:33.0 +14.911 4 France Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 4:33.2 +15.112 26 Italy Cesare Perdisa Maserati 4:50.9 +32.813 28 France Louis Rosier Maserati 4:55.4 +37.314 24 Argentina Roberto Mieres Maserati 5:09.0 +50.9DNS Did not start 8 Italy Piero Taruffi Ferrari No time DNS Did not start 38 Belgium Johnny Claes Maserati No time Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1955&gp=Belgian%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1955 Belgian GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 13 July 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 36 2:39:29.0 2 91 1 2 14 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Mercedes 36 +8.1 3 6 3 2 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari 36 +1:40.5 4 4 4 6 Belgium Paul Frère Ferrari 36 +3:25.5 8 3 5 24 Argentina Roberto MieresFrance Jean Behra Maserati 35 +1 Lap 13 11 6 4 France Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 35 +1 Lap 10 7 22 Italy Luigi Musso Maserati 34 +2 Laps 7 8 26 Italy Cesare Perdisa Maserati 33 +3 Laps 11 9 28 France Louis Rosier Maserati 33 +3 Laps 12 Ret Retired 12 Germany Karl Kling Mercedes 21 Oil Leak 6 Ret Retired 30 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Lancia 16 Gearbox 1 Ret Retired 40 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Vanwall 8 Gearbox 9 Ret Retired 20 France Jean Behra Maserati 3 Spun Off 5 DNS Did not start 38 Belgium Johnny Claes Maserati Engine DNS Did not start 48 Italy Piero Taruffi Ferrari DNS Did not start 4 United States 1912 Harry Schell Ferrari Source:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1955/races/138/belgium/race-result.html 1955 Belgian Grand Prix formula1.com 9 August 2015 Notes 1 1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap Shared drive Car #24: Roberto Mieres (10 laps) and Jean Behra (25 laps). They shared the 2 points for fifth place. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 19 10px 1 2 France Maurice Trintignant 11 1 3 10px 1 3 Italy Nino Farina 10 1 3 10px 1 4 USA 1912 Bob Sweikert 8 10px 11 5 UK Stirling Moss 7Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1955/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1955 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 12 March 2019 Note: Only the top five positions are included. Constructors' Championship not introduced until 1958. References External links Steve Small - The Grand Prix Who's Who, 1996 Sheldon and Rabagliati - A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing, Volume 6, 1954-1959, 1987 James Allen on F1 - video of 1955 event https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231438/http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/08/alonso-and-massa-relive-the-spirit-of-1955-formula-1/ 2016-03-03 Half-hour HiDef copy of contemporary film of the 1955 GP Belgian Grand Prix 1955 1955 Indianapolis 500 1955 Dutch Grand Prix 1954 Belgian Grand Prix 1956 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:June 1955 sports events in Europe