1955 Albi Grand Prix

NC France Albi XVII Grand Prix d'Albi Circuit Les Planques, Albi Albi track.jpg 29 May 1955 Street circuit 1.86 mi km on 105 195.09 mi km on André Simon FRA Maserati 1:18.1 André Simon Maserati 1:17.1 FRA André Simon FRA Maserati Louis Rosier FRA Maserati Horace Gould UK Maserati The XVII Grand Prix d'Albi was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 29 May 1955 at Circuit Les Planques, Albi. The race was run over 105 laps of the circuit, and was won by French driver André Simon in a Maserati 250F.https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1955-albi-grand-prix/ 1955 Albi Grand Prix Results Motor Sport Magazine 2022-04-29http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1955/1955.html#alb Non World Championship Grands Prix silhouet.com 2022-04-29 Simon also set pole and fastest lap. This was the last occasion of the Grand Prix d'Albi being run for Formula One cars, and the last race at Circuit des Planques, which was replaced by the Circuit d'Albi in 1962.https://www.racingcircuits.info/europe/france/albi.html Albi RacingCircuits.info 2022-04-29 Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Position Grid 1 2 ITA André Simon Ecurie Rosier Maserati 250F 2:23:22.1, 81.66 mph 1 2 4 ITA Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Maserati 250F +1 lap 3 3 22 UK Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F +2 laps 7 4 10 FRA Jacques Pollet Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +3 laps 6 5 20 FRA Pierre Levegh Pierre Levegh Ferrari 625 +4 laps 8 6 16 ITA Giorgio Scarlatti Giorgio Scarlatti Ferrari 500 +27 laps 11 Ret 12 FRA Élie Bayol Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 68 laps, rear axle 4 Ret 8 FRA Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 50 laps, transmission 2 Ret 6 GBR Lance Macklin Stirling Moss Ltd. Maserati 250F 36 laps, water hose 5 Ret 24 GBR Ted Whiteaway E.N. Whiteaway HWM-Alta 17 laps, engine 10 Ret 18 GBR Michael Young M.F. Young Connaught A-Type-Lea Francis 12 laps, crash 9 References Albi Grand Prix 1955 1955 Naples Grand Prix 1955 Curtis Trophy 1953 Albi Grand Prix 1959 Albi Grand Prix Albi Grand Prix Albi Grand Prix