1955 International Gold Cup

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1955 International Gold Cup
Non-championship race in the 1955 Formula One season
Race details
Date24 September 1955
Official name II International Gold Cup
Location Oulton Park Circuit, Cheshire
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.44 km (2.76 mi)
Distance 54 laps, 239.14 km (149.09 mi)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:52.4
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Maserati
Time 1:53.2
Podium
First Maserati
Second Ferrari
Third Vanwall

The 2nd International Gold Cup was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 24 September 1955 at the Oulton Park Circuit, Cheshire. The race was run over 54 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Maserati 250F.

Results

PosNo.DriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F 1h44m05.4, 85.94 mph2
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hawthorn Scuderia Ferrari Lancia D50 1h45m11.6, +66.2s1
39 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Desmond Titterington Vandervell Products Ltd. Vanwall VW3 53 laps6
411 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Reg Parnell Connaught Engineering Connaught Type B-Alta 53 laps9
516 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Ltd. Maserati 250F 52 laps7
618 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Gerard F.R. Gerard Cooper T23-Bristol 52 laps10
72 Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Castellotti Scuderia Ferrari Lancia D50 51 laps4
85 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Musso Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F 49 laps - gearbox3
919 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Young Roebuck Engineering Connaught Type A-Alta 47 laps18
1015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Walker R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Connaught Type A-Alta 45 laps - transmission8
1112 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Fairman Connaught Engineering Connaught Type B-Alta 44 laps15
Ret3 Flag of Spain.svg Alfonso de Portago Marquis de Portago Ferrari 625 35 laps - spin14
Ret21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Young John Coombs Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 24 laps - spin17
Ret7 Flag of the United States.svg Harry Schell Vandervell Products Ltd. Vanwall VW2 16 laps - universal joint5
Ret17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leslie Marr L. Marr Connaught Type B-Alta 16 laps - crash11
Ret24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bruce Halford Equipe Devone Cooper T23-Bristol 14 laps - engine16
Ret6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F 9 laps - engine12
Ret10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 9 laps - oil pressure13
Ret22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dick Gibson R. Gibson Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 7 laps - engine19
DNA8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Wharton Vandervell Products Ltd. Vanwall driver injured-
DNA14 Flag of Switzerland.svg Ottorino Volonterio O. Volonterio Maserati A6GCM -
DNA8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Boulton Ecurie Ane Connaught Type A-Lea Francis -

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