1955 Formula One season

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1955 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1955 Formula One season was the 6th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on January 16, 1955, and ended on September 11 after seven races.

[edit] Season summary

[edit] Season review

Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
Argentine Grand Prix	January 16	Oscar Gálvez	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
Monaco Grand Prix	May 22	Monaco	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	Report
Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Bob Sweikert	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	Report
Belgian Grand Prix	June 5	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
Dutch Grand Prix	June 19	Zandvoort	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report
British Grand Prix	July 16	Aintree	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	Report
Italian Grand Prix	September 11	Monza	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	Report

[edit] 1955 Drivers Championship final standings

Place	Driver	Number	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	18	Argentina	41	4	5	3
2	Stirling Moss	16	Britain	23	1	3	1
3	Eugenio Castellotti	4	Italy	12		2	1
4	Maurice Trintignant	8	France	11.33	1	1
5	Giuseppe Farina	2	Italy	10.33		2
6	Piero Taruffi	14	Italy	9		1
7	Bob Sweikert	6	USA	8	1	1
8	Roberto Mieres	28	Argentina	7
9	Jean Behra	36	France	6
10	Luigi Musso	30	Italy	6		1
11	Karl Kling	20	Germany	5		1
12	Jimmy Davies	15	USA	4		1
13	Johnny Thomson	44	USA	3
14	Paul Frere	6	Belgium	3
15	Paul Russo	10	USA	3
16	Tony Bettenhausen	10	USA	3		1
17	José Froilán González	12	Argentina	2		1	1
18	Carlos Menditeguy	34	Argentina	2
19	Cesare Perdisa	26	Italy	2		1
20	Luigi Villoresi	28	Italy	2
21	Umberto Maglioli	12	Italy	1.33
22	Hans Herrmann	8	Germany	1
23	Bill Homeier	51	USA	1
24	Bill Vukovich	4	USA	1
25	Walt Faulkner	77	USA	1
26	Tony Rolt	36	Britain
27	Shorty Templeman	81	USA
28	Keith Andrews	31	USA
29	Sergio Mantovani	20	Italy
30	Ken Wharton	44	Britain
31	John Fitch	40	USA
32	Kenneth McAlpine	32	Britain
33	Lance Macklin	46	Britain
34	Sam Hanks	8	USA
35	Louis Chiron	32	France
36	Peter Collins	32	Britain
37	Louis Rosier	28	France
38	Roy Salvadori	44	Britain
39	Rodger Ward	27	USA
40	Robert Manzon	20	France
41	Ray Crawford	49	USA
42	Mike Hawthorn	6	Britain
43	Mike Sparken	26	France
44	Peter Walker	7	Britain
45	Pat Flaherty	89	USA
46	Pat O'Connor	29	USA
47	Leslie Marr	38	Britain
48	Duane Carter	98	USA
49	Andy Linden	19	USA
50	Art Cross	99	USA
51	Cal Niday	22	USA
52	Chuck Weyant	41	USA
53	Clemar Bucci	26	Argentina
54	Ed Elisian	68	USA
55	Don Freeland	12	USA
56	Jean Lucas	24	France
57	Horace Gould	38	Britain
58	Hernando da Silva Ramos	22	Brazil
59	Harry Schell	42	USA
60	Fred Agabashian	14	USA
61	Elie Bayol	12	France
62	Eddie Russo	37	USA
63	Jack Brabham	40	Australia
64	Andre Simon	8	France
65	Al Herman	71	USA
66	Johnny Claes	30	Belgium
67	Johnny Boyd	39	USA
68	Al Keller	42	USA
69	Johnnie Parsons	16	USA
70	Alberto Ascari	26	Italy
71	Jack McGrath	3	USA
72	Jimmy Reece	5	USA
73	Jacques Pollet	26	France
74	Jimmy Daywalt	48	USA
75	Jimmy Bryan	1	USA
76	Jim Rathmann	33	USA
77	Jesus Iglesias	42	Argentina
78	Jerry Hoyt	23	USA				1
79	Eddie Johnson	83	USA
80	Alberto Uria	30	Uruguay