1955 Italian Grand Prix

1955 Italian Grand Prix
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Monza Circuit (including an oval track) in 1955.
Race Details
Date	September 11, 1955
Official Name	26° Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 10.00 km (6.214 mi)
Distance	50 laps, 500 km (310.686 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes
Time	2:46.5
Fastest Lap
Driver	Stirling Moss Mercedes
Time	2:46.9 on lap 21
Podium
First	Juan Manuel Fangio
Second	Piero Taruffi
Third	Eugenio Castellotti
Lap Leaders

The 1955 Italian Grand Prix was held on September 11. It was the seventh and final race of the season, after the cancellations of the French, German, Swiss and Spanish GPs in the wake of the Le Mans disaster. The race was run for the first time on a combined road course-oval circuit, measuring exactly 10 km long. The high speeds attained on the new oval section, combined with flaws in construction, caused a number of tire and suspension issues with the cars.

The race was won by newly-crowned World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio, leading home teammate Piero Taruffi in a Mercedes 1-2. Eugenio Castellotti finished a rather distant third in a Ferrari. This was the last time a Mercedes chassis would run in Formula One for more than 50 years, as the team had already announced its withdrawal from all forms of racing in the aftermath of the Le Mans disaster.

Background

Entry List

The full entry list for the 1955 Italian Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia	D50	Lancia	DS50 V8 2.5	E
4	Eugenio Castellotti	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	555	Ferrari	555 L4 2.5	E
6	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	555	Ferrari	555 L4 2.5	E
8	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	555	Ferrari	555 L4 2.5	E
10	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia	D50	Lancia	DS50 V8 2.5	E
12	Umberto Maglioli	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	555	Ferrari	555 L4 2.5	E
14	Piero Taruffi	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes	W196	Mercedes	M196 L8 2.5	C
16	Stirling Moss	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes	W196	Mercedes	M196 L8 2.5	C
18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes	W196	Mercedes	M196 L8 2.5	C
20	Karl Kling	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes	W196	Mercedes	M196 L8 2.5	C
22	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16	Gordini	23 L6 2.5	E
24	Jean Lucas	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T32	Gordini	25 L6 2.5	E
26	Jacques Pollet	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16	Gordini	23 L6 2.5	E
28	Roberto Mieres	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
30	Luigi Musso	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
32	Peter Collins	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
34	Carlos Menditeguy	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
36	Jean Behra	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
38	Horace Gould	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
40	John Fitch	Stirling Moss Ltd.	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D
42	Harry Schell	Vandervall Products	Vanwall	VW 55	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
44	Ken Wharton	Vandervall Products	Vanwall	VW 55	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
46	Luigi Piotti	Scuderia Volpini	Arzani-Volpini	F1	Maserati	4CLT L4 2.5	P

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 1955 Italian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Speed	Gap	Grid
1	18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	2:46.5	216.216	—	1
2	16	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	2:46.8	215.827	+0.3	2
3	20	Karl Kling	Mercedes	2:48.3	213.904	+1.8	3
4	4	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	2:49.6	212.264	+3.1	4
5	2	Giuseppe Farina	Lancia	2:49.9	211.889	+3.4	DNS
6	36	Jean Behra	Maserati	2:50.1	211.640	+3.6	5
7	28	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	2:51.1	210.403	+4.6	6
8	10	Luigi Villoresi	Lancia	2:51.6	209.790	+5.1	DNS
9	14	Piero Taruffi	Mercedes	2:51.8	209.546	+5.3	7
10	30	Luigi Musso	Maserati	2:52.2	209.059	+5.7	8
11	32	Peter Collins	Maserati	2:55.3	205.362	+8.8	9
12	12	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	2:55.4	205.245	+8.9	10
13	42	Harry Schell	Vanwall	2:55.5	205.128	+9.0	11
14	6	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	2:56.2	204.313	+9.7	12
15	8	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	2:56.3	204.197	+9.8	13
16	34	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	2:58.4	201.794	+11.9	14
17	44	Ken Wharton	Vanwall	2:59.5	200.557	+13.0	15
18	22	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	2:59.8	200.222	+13.3	16
19	26	Jacques Pollet	Gordini	2:59.9	200.111	+13.4	17
20	40	John Fitch	Maserati	3:03.1	196.614	+16.6	18
21	38	Horace Gould	Maserati	3:05.2	196.614	+18.7	19
22	24	Jean Lucas	Gordini	3:15.9	183.767	+29.4	20
DNS	46	Luigi Piotti	Arzani-Volpini-Maserati	Engine

Grid

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
				______________
		______________		1
______________		2		Juan Manuel Fangio
3		Stirling Moss
Karl Kling
			______________
	______________		4
	5		Eugenio Castellotti
	Jean Behra
				______________
		______________		6
______________		7		Roberto Mieres
8		Piero Taruffi
Luigi Musso
			______________
	______________		9
	10		Peter Collins
	Umberto Maglioli
				______________
		______________		11
______________		12		Harry Schell
13		Mike Hawthorn
Maurice Trintignant
			______________
	______________		14
	15		Carlos Menditeguy
	Ken Wharton
				______________
		______________		16
______________		17		Hermano da Silva Ramos
18		Jacques Pollet
John Fitch
			______________
	______________		19
	20		Horace Gould
	Jean Lucas

Race

Results

The full results for the 1955 Italian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Reason	Grid	Points
1	18	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	50	2:25:04.4	1	8
2	14	Piero Taruffi	Mercedes	50	+0.6	7	6
3	4	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	50	+46.1	4	4
4	36	Jean Behra	Maserati	50	+3:57.5	5	3
5	34	Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	49	+1 lap	14	2
6	12	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	49	+1 lap	10
7	28	Roberto Mieres	Maserati	48	+2 laps	6
8	8	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	47	+3 laps	13
9	40	John Fitch	Maserati	46	+4 laps	18
Ret	6	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	38	Gearbox	12
Ret	20	Karl Kling	Mercedes	32	Gearbox	3
Ret	30	Luigi Musso	Maserati	31	Gearbox	8
Ret	38	Horace Gould	Maserati	31	Oil pump	19
Ret	16	Stirling Moss	Mercedes	27	Engine	2	1
Ret	26	Jacques Pollet	Gordini	26	Engine	17
Ret	22	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	23	Fuel pump	16
Ret	32	Peter Collins	Maserati	22	Suspension	9
Ret	42	Harry Schell	Vanwall	7	Suspension	11
Ret	24	Jean Lucas	Gordini	7	Engine	20
Ret	44	Ken Wharton	Vanwall	0	Fuel pump	15
DNS	2	Giuseppe Farina	Lancia
DNS	10	Luigi Villoresi	Lancia
DNS	46	Luigi Piotti	Arzani-Volpini-Maserati