1955 Monaco Grand Prix

43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC titleFebruary 2021 F1 Monaco Monaco 22 May 1955 1955 Argentine Grand Prix 1955 Indianapolis 500#World Drivers' Championship XIII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo Formula 1 track map (1955-1962).svg Street circuit 1.955 3.145 100 195.5 314.5 Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 1:41.1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 1:42.4 Argentina Maurice Trintignant Ferrari France Eugenio Castellotti Lancia Italy Jean Behra Maserati France Cesare Perdisa Italy MON The 1955 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 22 May 1955. It was race 2 of 7 in the 1955 World Championship of Drivers and was given an honorary name, Grand Prix d'Europe.Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p.1383. The 100-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Maurice Trintignant after he started from ninth position. Eugenio Castellotti finished second for the Lancia team and Maserati drivers Jean Behra and Cesare Perdisa came in third. Race report The prestigious race was won from 1935 to 1937 by the Silver Arrows of Mercedes-Benz, but was not held from 1938 to 1954, except for 1948, 1950 and 1952. The 1955 F1 season had opened in January with the 1955 Argentine Grand Prix that saw no less than four Mercedes-Benz W196 being entered, as the 1954 lineup of Fangio, Karl Kling and Hans Herrmann had been expanded by Stirling Moss who had been signed also to compete in the 1955 World Sportscar Championship for which usually two drivers per car were needed. Earlier in May, at the 1955 Mille Miglia, Mercedes entered a new Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR for each of the four F1 drivers. Moss won this Mille Miglia after driving for over 10 hours, possibly his greatest win, beating Fangio by half an hour. Kling crashed near Rome, broke some ribs, and was absent in Monaco. As Mercedes had hired extra drivers to man three cars at Le Mans, André Simon was at hand when Hans Herrmann crashed near the sea in practice and was out for the season. Initially, the Silver Arrows of Fangio and Moss dominated, running 1–2 until half distance, trailed by Ascari and Castellotti. At the halfway mark, Fangio retired with transmission trouble,Kettlewell, p.1383. giving the lead to Moss. Almost a lap ahead, a seemingly sure win for Moss was ended on Lap 80 when his Benz's engine blew. The new leader, Ascari, miscalculated the chicane coming out of the tunnel, and his Lancia crashed through the barriers into the harbour. Ascari had to swim to safety. Maurice Trintignant, in a Ferrari 625 thought to be uncompetitive, inherited the lead and scored his first Formula One victory. This race marked the Grand Prix debut for Cesare Perdisa. It was the only Grand Prix appearance for Ted Whiteaway. This was the last Grand Prix appearance for Alberto Ascari; he was killed four days later testing a Ferrari sports car at Monza. It was the first win for Maurice Trintignant and Englebert tyres. It was also the first podium and points for Eugenio Castellotti and Cesare Perdisa,https://www.statsf1.com/en/1955/monaco.aspx Monaco 1955 www.statsf1.com 7 November 2019https://www.statsf1.com/en/eugenio-castellotti/point.aspx Eugenio CASTELLOTTI - Points www.statsf1.com 7 November 2019https://www.statsf1.com/en/cesare-perdisa/point.aspx Cesare PERDISA - Points www.statsf1.com 7 November 2019 and the first win for a French Formula One driver.http://en.espnf1.com/astonmartin/motorsport/driver/480.html Maurice Trintignant ESPN F1 ESPN EMEA Ltd Martin Williamson 30 October 2012http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-trimau.html Drivers: Maurice Trintignant GrandPrix.com Inside F1, Inc. 30 October 2012 Entries +TeamNoDriverCarEngineTyreFRG Daimler Benz AG2ARG Juan Manuel FangioMercedes-Benz W196Mercedes M196 2.5 L8Continental4FRA André SimonFRG Hans Herrmann6GBR Stirling MossFRA Equipe Gordini8FRA Robert ManzonGordini T16Gordini 23 2.5 L6Englebert10FRA Jacques Pollet12FRA Élie BayolGBR Vandervell Products18GBR Mike HawthornVanwall VW 55Vanwall 254 2.5 L4PirelliGBR Stirling Moss Ltd22GBR Lance MacklinMaserati 250FMaserati 250F1 2.5 L6DunlopGBR E.N. Whiteaway24GBR Ted WhiteawayHWM 53Alta GP 2.5 L4ITA Scuderia Lancia26ITA Alberto AscariLancia D50Lancia DS50 2.5 V8Pirelli28ITA Luigi Villoresi30ITA Eugenio Castellotti32MON Louis ChironITA Officine Alfieri Maserati34FRA Jean BehraMaserati 250FMaserati 250F1 2.5 L636ARG Roberto Mieres38ITA Luigi Musso40ITA Cesare PerdisaITA Scuderia Ferrari42ITA Nino FarinaFerrari 625 F1Ferrari 555 2.5 L4Englebert44FRA Maurice TrintignantFerrari 55546USA 1912 Harry Schell48ITA Piero TaruffiBEL Paul FrèreSource:https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1955&gp=Monaco%20GP&r=1&type=ent 1955 Monaco GP ChicaneF1 9 January 2025 October 2026 InternetArchiveBot Classification Qualifying +PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap 1 2 ARG Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 1:41.1 2 26 ITA Alberto Ascari Lancia 1:41.1 +0.0 3 6 GBR Stirling Moss Mercedes 1:41.2 +0.1 4 30 ITA Eugenio Castellotti Lancia 1:42.0 +0.9 5 34 FRA Jean Behra Maserati 1:42.6 +1.5 6 36 ARG Roberto Mieres Maserati 1:43.7 +2.6 7 28 ITA Luigi Villoresi Lancia 1:43.7 +2.6 8 38 ITA Luigi Musso Maserati 1:44.3 +3.29 44 FRA Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 1:44.4 +3.3 10 4 FRA André Simon Mercedes 1:45.5 +4.4 11 40 ITA Cesare Perdisa Maserati 1:45.6 +4.5 12 18 GBR Mike Hawthorn Vanwall 1:45.6 +4.5 13 8 FRA Robert Manzon Gordini 1:46.0 +4.9 14 42 ITA Nino Farina Ferrari 1:46.0 +4.9 15 48 ITA Piero Taruffi Ferrari 1:46.0 +4.9 16 12 FRA Élie Bayol Gordini 1:46.5 +5.4 17 14 FRA Louis Rosier Maserati 1:46.7 +5.6 18 46 USA 1912 Harry Schell Ferrari 1:46.8 +5.7 19 32 MON Louis Chiron Lancia 1:47.3 +6.2 20 10 FRA Jacques Pollet Gordini 1:49.4 +8.3 DNQ Did not qualify 22 GBR Lance Macklin Maserati 1:49.4 +8.3 DNQ Did not qualify 24 GBR Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta 1:57.2 +16.1 Source:1955 Monaco GP Qualification http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1955&gp=Monaco%20GP&r=1&type=qual www.chicanef1.com 13 July 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 44 FRA Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 100 2:58:09.8 9 8 2 30 ITA Eugenio Castellotti Lancia 100 + 20.2 4 6 3 34 FRA Jean BehraITA Cesare Perdisa Maserati 99 + 1 lap 5 22 4 42 ITA Nino Farina Ferrari 99 + 1 lap 14 3 5 28 ITA Luigi Villoresi Lancia 99 + 1 lap 7 2 6 32 MON Louis Chiron Lancia 95 + 5 laps 19 7 10 FRA Jacques Pollet Gordini 91 + 9 laps 20 8 48 ITA Piero TaruffiBEL Paul Frère Ferrari 86 + 14 laps 15 9 6 GBR Stirling Moss Mercedes 81 + 19 laps 3 Ret Retired 40 ITA Cesare PerdisaFRA Jean Behra Maserati 86 Spun off 11 Ret Retired 26 ITA Alberto Ascari Lancia 80 Accident 2 Ret Retired 46 USA 1912 Harry Schell Ferrari 68 Engine 18 Ret Retired 36 ARG Roberto Mieres Maserati 64 Transmission 6 Ret Retired 12 FRA Élie Bayol Gordini 63 Transmission 16 Ret Retired 2 ARG Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 49 Transmission 1 11 1 Ret Retired 8 FRA Robert Manzon Gordini 38 Gearbox 13 Ret Retired 4 FRA André Simon Mercedes 24 Engine 10 Ret Retired 18 GBR Mike Hawthorn Vanwall 22 Throttle 12 Ret Retired 14 FRA Louis Rosier Maserati 8 Fuel leak 17 Ret Retired 38 ITA Luigi Musso Maserati 7 Transmission 8 DNQ Did not qualify 22 GBR Lance Macklin Maserati DNQ Did not qualify 24 GBR Ted Whiteaway HWM-Alta DNQ Did not qualify 4 FRG Hans Herrmann Mercedes Driver injuredSource:1955 Monaco Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1954/699/ formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20140219060444/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1955/699/ 19 February 2014 9 August 2015 Notes 1 1 – 1 point for fastest lap Shared drives Car #34: Jean Behra (42 laps) and Cesare Perdisa (57 laps). They shared the 4 points for third place. Car #48: Piero Taruffi (50 laps) and Paul Frère (36 laps). Car #40: Cesare Perdisa (40 laps) and Jean Behra (46 laps). Summary Formula 1 debut for Cesare Perdisa, who shared third place drive with Jean Behra, and Ted Whiteaway, who failed to qualify Juan Manuel Fangio broke the track record that had stood since 1937, when Rudolf Caracciola turned a lap in 1:46.5 in a 5.6-litre Mercedes W125, running the circuit in 1:41.1 on the first day of practice in his Mercedes W196. Alberto Ascari matched Fangio's time in his Lancia D50 during the Saturday practice, though the order had been set on the first day of practice in a singular exception to the policy of the time of all practice laps counting towards grid position. In practice, Mercedes youngster Hans Herrmann crashed into a harbour wall and suffered injuries that took him out for the rest of the season. Ascari was driving the number 26 car, the same number that had been on the P2 Alfa Romeo his father, Antonio Ascari, had been driving when killed in the 26 July 1925 French Grand Prix. The superstitious Ascari was between Mercedes drivers Fangio and Stirling Moss in the numbers 2 and 6 respectively. Andre Simon's was the first Mercedes to leave the race, with engine failure. Of the other Mercedes, Fangio left the race with transmission problems on lap 50, leaving Stirling Moss in first and Ascari in second. Lap 80 saw Moss taken out by a minor problem in his car's sophisticated valve train, leaving Ascari in first. Ascari never made it past the pits to see that, however: his Lancia didn't make the chicane (possibly losing traction on oil from Moss's engine failure) and he flipped over the barrier and into the harbour. His Lancia was craned out of 25 feet of water while he spent the night in the hospital. Later events indicate that he probably should have kept his superstitions up and taken this as an omen, but his motivation wouldn't quit and four days later he was back in the cockpit at Monza, where he was killed in a bizarre accident testing a Ferrari on the 26th of the month. There are no definite explanations for either of Ascari's accidents, but the Monza incident was, apart from possible undetected brain injuries after the Monaco crash, probably caused by an improperly-sized tire – 7.00x16 rather than 6.50x16 – combined with an imperfect track surface. Mercedes also had not seen the last of their troubles – after all three cars left contention with mechanical problems at Monaco, the worst accident in racing history involved a Mercedes. Louis Chiron's start made him the oldest driver to start a Grand Prix (55 years, 292 days). Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 France Maurice Trintignant 11 1 3 10px 1 2 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 10 10px 1 3 Italy Nino Farina 6 1 3 10px 10 4 Italy Eugenio Castellotti 6 10px 1 5 Argentina José Froilán González 2Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1955/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1955 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References External links Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles, Volume 12, pp. 1381–4. London: Orbis, 1974. Monaco Grand Prix 1955 1955 Argentine Grand Prix 1955 Indianapolis 500 1952 Monaco Grand Prix 1956 Monaco Grand Prix 1954 German Grand Prix 1956 Italian Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix Category:Monaco Grand Prix Category:European Grand Prix Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix