1955 Argentine Grand Prix

February 2021 F1 Argentina Argentine III Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina 16 January 1955 1954 Spanish Grand Prix 1955 Monaco Grand Prix Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez Circuito N° 2 (Histórico).svg Autódromo 17 de Octubre, Buenos Aires Permanent racing facility 2.431 3.912 96 233.376 375.552 Very hot and dry José Froilán González Ferrari 1:43.1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 1:48.3 45Argentina 1955 – Best laps http://www.statsf1.com/en/1955/argentine/meilleur-tour.aspx STATS F1 1 July 2014 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes Argentina José Froilán González Italy Nino Farina France Maurice Trintignant Ferrari Argentina Nino Farina France Maurice Trintignant Italy Umberto Maglioli Ferrari Italy ARG The 1955 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Buenos Aires on 16 January 1955. It was race one of seven in the 1955 World Championship of Drivers and the third running of the Argentine Grand Prix. It was also the first of three international races within two weeks, with the 1955 1000 km Buenos Aires opening the sports cars WC season, and the 1955 Buenos Aires Grand Prix Formula Libre race at the end of January seeing another win for Fangio and Mercedes, this time powered by the enlarged 3.0 sports car version of the F1 engine. The high temperatures of the Argentinian summer proved to be very taxing for both drivers and cars. The race in very hot weather was won from third on the grid by Juan Manuel Fangio for Mercedes. While others had to take breaks and shared cars, 43 year old local Fangio continued for all of the 96 laps on his own, and set fastest lap, even though suffering burns to his leg. Ferrari had brought four drivers and three cars of which two finished on the podium after one engine failed. In two three-way shared drives with José Froilán González (who had put No. 12 car on pole) and Umberto Maglioli (who was entered on the No. 10 car), Ferrari drivers Nino Farina (qualified No. 10 on 5) and Maurice Trintignant (No. 14 car DNF) finished both second and third respectively. For 1955, defending champion Mercedes had picked up Stirling Moss to expand its effort to four drivers and four cars. They qualified rather low, third to tenth. After the cars of Moss and Kling were out, these two drivers shared the No. 8 car of Hans Herrmann, finishing fourth. Fangio and Roberto Mieres, the best of the Maserati drivers, were the only two drivers able to complete the race without handing their car to another driver, either due to exhaustion, or due to team orders after a car or driver had run into problems. Only two other Maserati did finish. Five cars were out after only two laps. Only seven of twenty-one cars finished, and only two covered the complete distance. Neither of the three Lancia or Gordini made it to mid-race. According to former Ferrari and Maserati chief mechanic Giulio Borsari, Fangio acclimatized himself by moving to Argentina one month prior to the race and reducing his water consumption to one liter a day to cope with the extreme heat.Giulio Borsari and Cesare De Agostini, La Ferrari in tuta, Il Borgo, Bologna, 1980. Fangio also suffered severe burns to his leg which, for the entire duration of the 3 hour race, was rubbing against the chassis frame which was being heated by the exhaust. It left a permanent scar on his leg later in life. Apart from winning the Formula Libre race 2 weeks later, run in 2 heats of 30 laps, it took Fangio 3 months to recover. He finished second in the 1955 Mille Miglia. The next F1 race was in late May, in Monaco. Entries +TeamNoDriverCarEngineTyreGER Daimler Benz AG2ARG Juan Manuel FangioMercedes-Benz W196Mercedes M196 2.5 L8Continental4GER Karl Kling6GBR Stirling Moss8GER Hans HerrmannITA Scuderia Ferrari10ITA Giuseppe FarinaFerrari 625 F1Ferrari 555 2.5 L4Englebert12ARG José Froilán González14FRA Maurice TrintignantITA Officine Alfieri Maserati16FRA Jean BehraMaserati 250FMaserati 250F1 2.5 L6Pirelli18ARG Roberto Mieres20ITA Sergio Mantovani22ITA Luigi Musso24ARG Carlos Menditeguy26ARG Clemar Bucci28USA 1912 Harry SchellURU Alberto Uría30URU Alberto UríaMaserati A6GCMITA Scuderia Lancia32ITA Alberto AscariLancia D50Lancia DS50 2.5 V834ITA Luigi Villoresi36ITA Eugenio CastellottiFRA Equipe Gordini38FRA Élie BayolGordini T16Gordini 23 2.5 L6Englebert40ARG Pablo Birger42ARG Jesús IglesiasSource:https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1955&gp=Argentine%20GP&r=1&type=ent 1955 Argentine GP ChicaneF1 9 January 2025 Classification Qualifying +PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap112ARG José Froilán GonzálezFerrari1:43.1232ITA Alberto AscariLancia1:43.6+0.532ARG Juan Manuel FangioMercedes1:43.7+0.6416FRA Jean BehraMaserati1:43.8 +0.7510ITA Giuseppe FarinaFerrari1:43.9 +0.864GER Karl KlingMercedes1:44.1 +1.0728USA 1912 Harry SchellMaserati1:44.3 +1.286GBR Stirling MossMercedes1:44.6 +1.5940ARG Pablo BirgerGordini1:44.8 +1.7108GER Hans HerrmannMercedes1:44.9 +1.81134ITA Luigi VilloresiLancia1:45.2 +2.11236ITA Eugenio CastellottiLancia1:45.3 +2.21324ARG Carlos MenditeguyMaserati1:45.4 +2.31414FRA Maurice TrintignantFerrari1:45.8 +2.71538FRA Élie BayolGordini1:46.1 +3.01618ARG Roberto MieresMaserati1:46.2 +3.11742ARG Jesús IglesiasGordini1:46.3 +3.21822ITA Luigi MussoMaserati1:46.4 +3.31920ITA Sergio MantovaniMaserati1:46.4 +3.32026ARG Clemar BucciMaserati1:47.6 +4.52130URU Alberto UríaMaserati1:52.3 +9.2Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1955/argentine/qualification.aspx Argentina 1955 - Qualifications • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 6 March 2019 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 96 3:00:38.6 3 91 1 2 12 Argentina José Froilán GonzálezItaly Nino FarinaFrance Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 96 +1:29.6 1 222 3 10 Italy Nino FarinaFrance Maurice TrintignantItaly Umberto Maglioli Ferrari 94 +2 laps 5 1 1 31 1 31 1 3 4 8 Germany Hans HerrmannGermany Karl KlingUK Stirling Moss Mercedes 94 +2 laps 10 111 5 18 Argentina Roberto Mieres Maserati 91 +5 laps 16 2 6 28 United States 1912 Harry SchellFrance Jean Behra Maserati 88 +8 laps 7 7 22 Italy Luigi MussoItaly Sergio MantovaniUnited States 1912 Harry Schell Maserati 83 +13 laps 18 Ret Retired 20 Italy Sergio MantovaniFrance Jean BehraItaly Luigi Musso Maserati 54 Engine 19 Ret Retired 26 Argentina Clemar BucciUnited States 1912 Harry SchellArgentina Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 54 Fuel pressure 20 Ret Retired 42 Argentina Jesús Iglesias Gordini 38 Transmission 17 Ret Retired 14 France Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 36 Engine 14 Ret Retired 36 Italy Eugenio CastellottiItaly Luigi Villoresi Lancia 35 Accident 12 Ret Retired 6 UK Stirling Moss Mercedes 29 Fuel system 8 Ret Retired 30 Uruguay Alberto Uría Maserati 22 Out of fuel 21 Ret Retired 32 Italy Alberto Ascari Lancia 21 Accident 2 Ret Retired 38 France Élie Bayol Gordini 7 Transmission 15 Ret Retired 16 France Jean Behra Maserati 2 Accident 4 Ret Retired 4 Germany Karl Kling Mercedes 2 Accident 6 Ret Retired 34 Italy Luigi Villoresi Lancia 2 Fuel leak 11 Ret Retired 40 Argentina Pablo Birger Gordini 1 Accident 9 Ret Retired 24 Argentina Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 1 Accident 13Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1955/698/ 1955 Argentine Grand Prix formula1.com 9 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140223031724/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1955/698/ 23 February 2014 Notes 1 1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap Shared drives Car #12: José Froilán González (60 laps), Nino Farina (20 laps), and Maurice Trintignant (16 laps). They shared the 6 points for second place, thus 2 points each. Car #10: Nino Farina (50 laps), Umberto Maglioli (22 laps), and Maurice Trintignant (22 laps). They shared the 4 points for third place, 1 1⁄3 points each, thus Farina and Trintignant both had 3 1⁄3 in total. Car #8: Hans Herrmann (30 laps), Stirling Moss (34 laps), Karl Kling (30 laps) shared the 3 points for fourth place, one point each. Car #28: Harry Schell (50 laps), and Jean Behra (38 laps). Car #22: Luigi Musso (50 laps), Sergio Mantovani (20 laps), and Harry Schell (13 laps). Car #20: Sergio Mantovani (30 laps), Jean Behra (14 laps), and Luigi Musso (10 laps). Car #26: Clemar Bucci (30 laps), Harry Schell (14 laps), and Carlos Menditeguy (10 laps). Car #36: Eugenio Castellotti (20 laps) and Luigi Villoresi (15 laps). Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 9 2= France Maurice Trintignant 3 1 3 2= Italy Nino Farina 3 1 3 4 Argentina José Froilán González 2 5 Argentina Roberto Mieres 2Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1955/argentine/championnat.aspx Argentina 1955 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 6 March 2019 Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. References 30em Argentine Grand Prix 1955 1954 Spanish Grand Prix 1955 Monaco Grand Prix 1954 Argentine Grand Prix 1956 Argentine Grand Prix Argentine Grand Prix Category:Argentine Grand Prix Argentine Grand Prix Argentine Grand Prix