Round 6 | Aintree

1955 British Grand Prix

British Grand Prix at Aintree, 1955-07-16. Stirling Moss won it for Mercedes. Podium: Stirling Moss, Juan Fangio, Karl Kling.

Winner

Stirling Moss

Mercedes

Pole

not available

Fastest lap

not available

Circuit

Aintree

UK

Race result

Classification

PosDriverTeamGridLapsStatusPts
1 Stirling Moss Mercedes 1 90 Finished 9.0
2 Juan Fangio Mercedes 2 90 Finished 6.0
3 Karl Kling Mercedes 4 90 Finished 4.0
4 Piero Taruffi Mercedes 5 89 +1 Lap 3.0
5 Luigi Musso Maserati 9 89 +1 Lap 2.0
6 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 12 87 +3 Laps 0.0
6 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 12 87 +3 Laps 0.0
7 Mike Sparken Gordini 23 81 +9 Laps 0.0
8 Lance Macklin Maserati 16 79 +11 Laps 0.0
9 Harry Schell Vanwall 15 72 +18 Laps 0.0
9 Ken Wharton Vanwall 15 72 +18 Laps 0.0
R Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 13 59 Overheating 0.0
R Roberto Mieres Maserati 6 47 Engine 0.0
R Jack Brabham Cooper 25 30 Engine 0.0
R Kenneth McAlpine Connaught 17 30 Oil pressure 0.0
R Peter Collins Maserati 24 28 Clutch 0.0
R Hernando da Silva Ramos Gordini 18 26 Oil pressure 0.0
R Roy Salvadori Maserati 20 23 Gearbox 0.0
R Horace Gould Maserati 22 22 Brakes 0.0
R Harry Schell Vanwall 7 20 Throttle 0.0
R Peter Walker Connaught 14 19 Transmission 0.0
R Tony Rolt Connaught 14 19 Transmission 0.0
R Leslie Marr Connaught 19 18 Brakes 0.0
R Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 10 16 Transmission 0.0
R André Simon Maserati 8 9 Gearbox 0.0
R Jean Behra Maserati 3 9 Oil leak 0.0
R Robert Manzon Gordini 11 4 Transmission 0.0
W Jack Fairman Connaught 21 0 Engine 0.0

Grid movement

Movers

Grid 23 to P7 (+16)

Mike Sparken

Gordini

Grid 25 to P12 (+13)

Jack Brabham

Cooper

Grid 24 to P14 (+10)

Peter Collins

Maserati

Grid 16 to P8 (+8)

Lance Macklin

Maserati

Grid 12 to P6 (+6)

Eugenio Castellotti

Ferrari

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