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1955 Belgian Grand Prix

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1955 Belgian Grand Prix
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Spa-Francorchamps layout
Spa-Francorchamps layout
Race details
Date June 5, 1955
Official name XVII Grote Prijs Van Belgie
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 14.120 km (8.774 miles)
Distance 36 laps, 508.320 km (315.855 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lancia
Time 4:18.1
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes
Time 4:20.6
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Mercedes
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

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

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Harry Schell set a grid time but his car was driven by teammate Maurice Trintignant. This was the easiest of wins for Mercedes. With the absence of Lancia, there was very little competition. Fangio disappeared into the distance with Moss tracking him round. Private entrant Eugenio Castellotti retired after 16 laps, Jean Behra crashed and Hawthorn's Vanwall 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.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 30 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Lancia 4:18.1
2 10 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 4:18.6 +0.5
3 14 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Mercedes 4:19.2 +1.1
4 2 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari 4:20.9 +2.8
5 24 France Jean Behra Maserati 4:23.6 +5.5
6 12 Germany Karl Kling Mercedes 4:24.0 +5.9
7 22 Italy Luigi Musso Maserati 4:26.4 +8.3
8 6 Belgium Paul Frère Ferrari 4:29.7 +11.6
9 4 United States Harry Schell Ferrari 4:31.0 +12.9
10 40 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Vanwall 4:33.0 +14.9
11 4 France Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 4:33.2 +15.1
12 26 Italy Cesare Perdisa Maserati 4:50.9 +32.8
13 28 France Louis Rosier Maserati 4:55.4 +37.3
14 24 Argentina Roberto Mieres Maserati 5:09.0 +50.9
DNS 8 Italy Piero Taruffi Ferrari No time
DNS 38 Belgium Johnny Claes Maserati No time
Source:[1]

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 36 2:39:29.0 2 91
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 Mieres
France Jean Behra
Maserati 35 +1 Lap 13 1
1
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 12 Germany Karl Kling Mercedes 21 Oil Leak 6
Ret 30 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Lancia 16 Gearbox 1
Ret 40 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Vanwall 8 Gearbox 9
Ret 20 France Jean Behra Maserati 3 Spun Off 5
DNS 38 Belgium Johnny Claes Maserati Engine
DNS 48 Italy Piero Taruffi Ferrari
DNS 4 United States Harry Schell Ferrari
Source:[2]
Notes
  • ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap

Shared drive

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Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 19
1 2 France Maurice Trintignant 11 13
1 3 Italy Nino Farina 10 13
1 4 United States Bob Sweikert 8
11 5 United Kingdom Stirling Moss 7
Source: [3]
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included. Constructors' Championship not introduced until 1958.

References

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  1. ^ "1955 Belgian GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ "1955 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Belgium 1955 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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