Race result

Race results
PosDriverTeamGridLapsTime / StatusPts
1BritishStirling MossMercedes1903:07:21.2009
2ArgentineJuan FangioMercedes290+0.2006
3GermanKarl KlingMercedes490+1:11.8004
4ItalianPiero TaruffiMercedes589+1 Lap3
5ItalianLuigi MussoMaserati989+1 Lap2
6ItalianEugenio CastellottiFerrari1287+3 Laps0
6BritishMike HawthornFerrari1287+3 Laps0
7FrenchMike SparkenGordini2381+9 Laps0
8BritishLance MacklinMaserati1679+11 Laps0
9AmericanHarry SchellVanwall1572+18 Laps0
9BritishKen WhartonVanwall1572+18 Laps0
RFrenchMaurice TrintignantFerrari1359Overheating0
RArgentineRoberto MieresMaserati647Engine0
RAustralianJack BrabhamCooper2530Engine0
RBritishKenneth McAlpineConnaught1730Oil pressure0
RBritishPeter CollinsMaserati2428Clutch0
RBrazilianHernando da Silva RamosGordini1826Oil pressure0
RBritishRoy SalvadoriMaserati2023Gearbox0
RBritishHorace GouldMaserati2222Brakes0
RAmericanHarry SchellVanwall720Throttle0
RBritishPeter WalkerConnaught1419Transmission0
RBritishTony RoltConnaught1419Transmission0
RBritishLeslie MarrConnaught1918Brakes0
RItalianEugenio CastellottiFerrari1016Transmission0
RFrenchAndré SimonMaserati89Gearbox0
RFrenchJean BehraMaserati39Oil leak0
RFrenchRobert ManzonGordini114Transmission0
WBritishJack FairmanConnaught210Engine0

About the Grand Prix

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 achieve his first Formula One win, 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."

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