1955 Italian Grand Prix

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Autodromo Nazionale Monza 10km.svg
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza layout
Race details
DateSeptember 11, 1955
Official name XXVI Gran Premio d'Italia
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent road course
Course length 10.000 km (6.214 miles)
Distance 50 laps, 500.023 km (310.700 miles)
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 2:46.5
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Mercedes
Time 2:46.9
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Mercedes
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 1955 Italian Grand Prix

The 1955 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy on 11 September 1955. It was the seventh and final race of the 1955 World Championship of Drivers.

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In the wake of the 1955 Le Mans disaster, the championship was still open after the British Grand Prix; although after that race (with the French Grand Prix already having been cancelled) the German, Swiss and Spanish Grands Prix were all cancelled. This meant that Fangio won the world driver's championship for the 3rd time and the 2nd time in succession.

A new concrete banking had been constructed over where the original slightly banked version was, and the combined 10 km (6.214 mi) Monza circuit was used for the first time since 1933. The Curva Sud had also been modified from 2 right hand corners into one sweeping right-hander known as the "Parabolica".

Of the 4 factory Mercedes cars in the race, Fangio and Moss drove the streamlined, closed-wheel W196's, while Kling and Taruffi drove open-wheel W196's. This was the 4th and last appearance of the streamlined Mercedes cars at a championship GP as well as the third and last time in Formula One history that a race had been won by a closed-wheel car.

This was the last Grand Prix race for 1950 world champion Nino Farina. This was also the last Grand Prix win for a Mercedes-Benz as an engine manufacturer until David Coulthard won the 1997 Australian Grand Prix and the last Grand Prix win for Mercedes-Benz as a constructor until Nico Rosberg won the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix, and also the last 1-2 finish for Mercedes-Benz as an engine manufacturer until Mika Häkkinen and Coulthard at the 1997 European Grand Prix, as well as the last 1-2 finish for Mercedes-Benz as a constructor until Lewis Hamilton and Rosberg at the 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
118 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 2:46.5
216 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Mercedes 2:46.8+0.3
320 Flag of Germany.svg Karl Kling Mercedes 2:48.3+1.8
44 Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 2:49.6+3.1
52 Flag of Italy.svg Nino Farina Lancia 2:49.9+3.4
636 Flag of France.svg Jean Behra Maserati 2:50.1+3.6
728 Flag of Argentina.svg Roberto Mieres Maserati 2:51.1+4.6
810 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Villoresi Lancia 2:51.6+5.1
914 Flag of Italy.svg Piero Taruffi Mercedes 2:51.8+5.3
1030 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Musso Maserati 2:52.1+5.6
1132 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins Maserati 2:55.3+8.8
1212 Flag of Italy.svg Umberto Maglioli Ferrari 2:55.4+8.9
1342 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry Schell Vanwall 2:55.5+9.0
146 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2:56.2+9.7
158 Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 2:56.3+9.8
1634 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 2:58.4+11.9
1744 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Wharton Vanwall 2:59.5+13.0
1822 Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg Hermano da Silva Ramos Gordini 2:59.8+13.3
1926 Flag of France.svg Jacques Pollet Gordini 2:59.9+13.4
2040 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg John Fitch Maserati 3:03.1+16.6
2138 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Horace Gould Maserati 3:05.2+18.7
2224 Flag of France.svg Jean Lucas Gordini 3:15.9+29.4
DNS46 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Piotti Arzani-Volpini-Maserati
Source: [1]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
118 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes 502:25:04.418
214 Flag of Italy.svg Piero Taruffi Mercedes 50+0.796
34 Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 50+46.244
436 Flag of France.svg Jean Behra Maserati 50+3:57.563
534 Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 49+1 Lap162
612 Flag of Italy.svg Umberto Maglioli Ferrari 49+1 Lap12
728 Flag of Argentina.svg Roberto Mieres Maserati 48+2 Laps7
88 Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 47+3 Laps15
940 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg John Fitch Maserati 46+4 Laps20
106 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 38Gearbox14
Ret20 Flag of Germany.svg Karl Kling Mercedes 32Gearbox3
Ret30 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Musso Maserati 31Gearbox10
Ret38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Horace Gould Maserati 31Suspension21
Ret16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Mercedes 27Engine21 1
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Jacques Pollet Gordini 26Engine19
Ret22 Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg Hermano da Silva Ramos Gordini 23Fuel System18
Ret32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins Maserati 22Suspension11
Ret42 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry Schell Vanwall 7Suspension13
Ret24 Flag of France.svg Jean Lucas Gordini 7Engine22
Ret44 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Wharton Vanwall 0Injection17
DNS2 Flag of Italy.svg Nino Farina Lancia Tyre5
DNS10 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Villoresi Lancia Tyre8
DNS46 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Piotti Arzani-Volpini-Maserati Engine
Source: [2]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1rightarrow blue.svg 1 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio 40 (41)
1rightarrow blue.svg 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss 23
1uparrow green.svg 33 Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Castellotti 12
1downarrow red.svg 14 Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant 11 13
1downarrow red.svg 15 Flag of Italy.svg Nino Farina 10 13
Source: [3]


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References

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  2. "1955 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. "Italy 1955 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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