1955 Season

Races

Champion

Juan Fangio

The 1955 Formula 1 World Championship featured 7 Grand Prix races across the season. Juan Fangio of Argentine claimed the Drivers' Championship with 40 points and 4 race victories. Stirling Moss finished as runner-up, 17 points behind. 4 different drivers stood on the top step of the podium during the 1955 campaign. The top three in the final standings were Juan Fangio, Stirling Moss, Eugenio Castellotti.

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What races were in the 1955 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	1955-01-16	Juan Fangio(Mercedes)
2	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1955-05-22	Maurice Trintignant(Ferrari)
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	1955-05-30	Bob Sweikert(Kurtis Kraft)
4	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1955-06-05	Juan Fangio(Mercedes)
5	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	1955-06-19	Juan Fangio(Mercedes)
6	British Grand Prix	Aintree	1955-07-16	Stirling Moss(Mercedes)
7	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1955-09-11	Juan Fangio(Mercedes)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Fangio	Trintignant	Farina	Sweikert	Moss
R1Argentine Grand Prix	9	3.33	3.33	—	—
R2Monaco Grand Prix	10	11.33	6.33	—	—
R3Indianapolis 500	10	11.33	6.33	8	—
R4Belgian Grand Prix	19	11.33	10.33	8	7
R5Dutch Grand Prix	27	11.33	10.33	8	13
R6British Grand Prix	33	11.33	10.33	8	22
R7Italian Grand Prix	40	11.33	10.33	—	23

Who won the 1955 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Juan Fangio	Argentine	4	40
2	Stirling Moss	British	1	23
3	Eugenio Castellotti	Italian	0	12
4	Maurice Trintignant	French	1	11.33
5	Nino Farina	Italian	0	10.33
6	Piero Taruffi	Italian	0	9
7	Bob Sweikert	American	1	8
8	Roberto Mieres	Argentine	0	7
9	Jean Behra	French	0	6
10	Luigi Musso	Italian	0	6
11	Karl Kling	German	0	5
12	Jimmy Davies	American	0	4
13	Tony Bettenhausen	American	0	3
14	Paul Russo	American	0	3
15	Paul Frère	Belgian	0	3
16	Johnny Thomson	American	0	3
17	José Froilán González	Argentine	0	2
18	Cesare Perdisa	Italian	0	2
19	Carlos Menditeguy	Argentine	0	2
20	Luigi Villoresi	Italian	0	2
21	Umberto Maglioli	Italian	0	1.33
22	Hans Herrmann	German	0	1
23	Walt Faulkner	American	0	1
24	Bill Homeier	American	0	1
25	Bill Vukovich	American	0	1
26	Harry Schell	American	0	0
27	Mike Hawthorn	British	0	0
28	Louis Chiron	Monegasque	0	0
29	Andy Linden	American	0	0
30	Jacques Pollet	French	0	0
31	Sergio Mantovani	Italian	0	0
32	Al Herman	American	0	0
33	Mike Sparken	French	0	0
34	Hernando da Silva Ramos	Brazilian	0	0
35	Lance Macklin	British	0	0
36	Pat O'Connor	American	0	0
37	Louis Rosier	French	0	0
38	Ken Wharton	British	0	0
39	Jimmy Daywalt	American	0	0
40	John Fitch	American	0	0
41	Pat Flaherty	American	0	0
42	Johnny Claes	Belgian	0	0
43	Duane Carter	American	0	0
44	Chuck Weyant	American	0	0
45	Eddie Johnson	American	0	0
46	Jim Rathmann	American	0	0
47	Clemar Bucci	Argentine	0	0
48	Jesús Iglesias	Argentine	0	0
49	Alberto Ascari	Italian	0	0
50	Jack Brabham	Australian	0	0
51	Horace Gould	British	0	0
52	Robert Manzon	French	0	0
53	Kenneth McAlpine	British	0	0
54	Élie Bayol	French	0	0
55	Peter Collins	British	0	0
56	Alberto Uria	Uruguayan	0	0
57	Don Freeland	American	0	0
58	Peter Walker	British	0	0
59	Cal Niday	American	0	0
60	Roy Salvadori	British	0	0
61	André Simon	French	0	0
62	Art Cross	American	0	0
63	Shorty Templeman	American	0	0
64	Sam Hanks	American	0	0
65	Jean Lucas	French	0	0
66	Tony Rolt	British	0	0
67	Keith Andrews	American	0	0
68	Pablo Birger	Argentine	0	0
69	Leslie Marr	British	0	0
70	Johnnie Parsons	American	0	0
71	Eddie Russo	American	0	0
72	Ted Whiteaway	British	0	0
73	Ray Crawford	American	0	0
74	Luigi Piotti	Italian	0	0
75	Jimmy Bryan	American	0	0
76	Jack Fairman	British	0	0
77	Jack McGrath	American	0	0
78	Al Keller	American	0	0
79	Rodger Ward	American	0	0
80	Johnny Boyd	American	0	0
81	Ed Elisian	American	0	0
82	Jerry Hoyt	American	0	0
83	Fred Agabashian	American	0	0
84	Jimmy Reece	American	0	0