The 1955 British Grand Prix was a Formula Onemotor race held at Aintree on 16 July 1955. It was race 6 of 7 in the 1955 World Championship of Drivers. British driver Stirling Moss led a Mercedes 1–2–3–4 domination of the race, to win his first Formula One race narrowly ahead of his illustrious Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio. Several people, including Moss, believed that the Argentine allowed his British protégé to claim his debut win in front of his home crowd. This was, however, at Moss' inquiry, consistently denied by Fangio, who claimed that Moss "was simply faster that day."
Subsequent to the race, the German, Swiss and Spanish Grands Prix were cancelled, in the wake of the Le Mans disaster. With only one Championship round therefore remaining (the Italian Grand Prix some 2 months later), Fangio's points advantage over Moss was sufficient to secure his third World Drivers' Championship.
This was the Formula One debut of future triple world champion Jack Brabham.
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The 1955 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Aintree on 16 July 1955 It was race 6 of 7 in the 1955 World Championship of Drivers British driver Stirling Moss led a Mercedes 1 2 3 4 domination of the race to win his first Formula One race narrowly ahead of his illustrious Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio Several people including Moss believed that the Argentine allowed his British protege to claim his debut win in front of his home crowd This was however at Moss inquiry consistently denied by Fangio who claimed that Moss was simply faster that day 1955 British Grand Prix Previous raceNext race Race detailsDate16 July 1955Official name8th RAC British Grand PrixLocationAintree Circuit Liverpool EnglandCoursePermanent racing facilityCourse length4 828 km 3 000 miles Distance90 laps 434 52 km 270 00 miles WeatherHot dry 1 Attendance75 000 100 000 1 Pole positionDriverStirling MossMercedesTime2 00 4Fastest lapDriverStirling MossMercedesTime2 00 4PodiumFirstStirling MossMercedesSecondJuan Manuel FangioMercedesThirdKarl KlingMercedesLap leaders Subsequent to the race the German Swiss and Spanish Grands Prix were cancelled in the wake of the Le Mans disaster With only one Championship round therefore remaining the Italian Grand Prix some 2 months later Fangio s points advantage over Moss was sufficient to secure his third World Drivers Championship This was the Formula One debut of future triple world champion Jack Brabham This was the last all Mercedes powered podium until the 2014 Italian Grand Prix Contents 1 Classification 1 1 Qualifying 1 2 Race 2 Shared drives 3 Championship standings after the race 4 ReferencesClassification editQualifying edit Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 12 nbsp Stirling Moss Mercedes 2 00 4 2 10 nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 2 00 6 0 2 3 2 nbsp Jean Behra Maserati 2 01 4 1 0 4 14 nbsp Karl Kling Mercedes 2 02 0 1 6 5 50 nbsp Piero Taruffi Mercedes 2 03 0 2 6 6 6 nbsp Roberto Mieres Maserati 2 03 2 2 8 7 30 nbsp Harry Schell Vanwall 2 03 8 3 4 8 8 nbsp Andre Simon Maserati 2 04 0 3 6 9 4 nbsp Luigi Musso Maserati 2 04 2 3 8 10 16 nbsp Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 2 05 0 4 6 11 22 nbsp Robert Manzon Gordini 2 05 0 4 6 12 16 nbsp Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2 05 4 5 0 13 18 nbsp Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 2 05 4 5 0 14 36 nbsp Tony Rolt Connaught Alta 2 06 6 6 2 15 28 nbsp Ken Wharton Vanwall 2 08 4 8 0 16 46 nbsp Lance Macklin Maserati 2 08 4 8 0 17 32 nbsp Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Alta 2 09 6 9 2 18 24 nbsp Hermano da Silva Ramos Gordini 2 10 6 10 2 19 38 nbsp Leslie Marr Connaught Alta 2 11 6 11 2 20 44 nbsp Roy Salvadori Maserati 2 11 6 11 2 21 34 nbsp Jack Fairman Connaught Alta 2 11 6 11 2 22 48 nbsp Horace Gould Maserati 2 11 8 11 4 23 26 nbsp Mike Sparken Gordini 2 12 6 12 2 24 42 nbsp Peter Collins Maserati 2 13 4 13 0 25 40 nbsp Jack Brabham Cooper Bristol 2 27 4 27 0 Source 2 Race edit Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time Retired Grid Points 1 12 nbsp Stirling Moss Mercedes 90 3 07 21 2 1 91 2 10 nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 90 0 2 2 6 3 14 nbsp Karl Kling Mercedes 90 1 11 8 3 4 4 4 50 nbsp Piero Taruffi Mercedes 89 1 Lap 5 3 5 4 nbsp Luigi Musso Maserati 89 1 Lap 9 2 6 16 nbsp Mike Hawthorn nbsp Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 87 3 Laps 12 7 26 nbsp Mike Sparken Gordini 81 9 Laps 23 8 46 nbsp Lance Macklin Maserati 79 11 Laps 16 9 28 nbsp Ken Wharton nbsp Harry Schell Vanwall 72 18 Laps 15 Ret 18 nbsp Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 59 Overheating 13 Ret 6 nbsp Roberto Mieres Maserati 47 Engine 6 Ret 40 nbsp Jack Brabham Cooper Bristol 30 Engine 25 Ret 32 nbsp Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Alta 30 Oil Pressure 17 Ret 42 nbsp Peter Collins Maserati 28 Clutch 24 Ret 24 nbsp Hermano da Silva Ramos Gordini 26 Oil Pressure 18 Ret 44 nbsp Roy Salvadori Maserati 23 Gearbox 20 Ret 48 nbsp Horace Gould Maserati 22 Brakes 22 Ret 30 nbsp Harry Schell Vanwall 20 Throttle 7 Ret 36 nbsp Tony Rolt nbsp Peter Walker Connaught Alta 19 Transmission 14 Ret 38 nbsp Leslie Marr Connaught Alta 18 Brakes 19 Ret 20 nbsp Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 16 Transmission 10 Ret 8 nbsp Andre Simon Maserati 9 Gearbox 8 Ret 2 nbsp Jean Behra Maserati 9 Oil Leak 3 Ret 22 nbsp Robert Manzon Gordini 4 Transmission 11 DNS 34 nbsp Jack Fairman Connaught Alta Engine 21 Source 4 Notes 1 Includes 1 point for fastest lapShared drives editCar 16 Mike Hawthorn 60 laps and Eugenio Castellotti 27 laps Car 28 Ken Wharton 50 laps and Harry Schell 22 laps Car 36 Tony Rolt 10 laps and Peter Walker 9 laps Championship standings after the race editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio 33 nbsp 2 nbsp Stirling Moss 22 nbsp 3 nbsp Maurice Trintignant 11 1 3 nbsp 4 nbsp Nino Farina 10 1 3 nbsp 5 nbsp Bob Sweikert 8 Source 5 Note Only the top five positions are included References edit a b 100 000 at British Grand Prix Liverpool Echo 16 July 1955 Retrieved 9 July 2020 via British Newspaper Archive 1955 British GP Qualification chicanef1 com Retrieved 14 July 2020 Lang Mike 1981 Grand Prix Vol 1 Haynes Publishing Group p 90 ISBN 0 85429 276 4 1955 British Grand Prix formula1 com Archived from the original on 12 October 2014 Retrieved 9 August 2015 Britain 1955 Championship STATS F1 statsf1 com Retrieved 13 March 2019 Previous race 1955 Dutch Grand Prix FIA Formula One World Championship 1955 season Next race 1955 Italian Grand Prix Previous race 1954 British Grand Prix British Grand Prix Next race 1956 British Grand Prix Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1955 British Grand Prix amp oldid 1180346252, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
