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1955 Grand Prix of Argentina Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 1 of 7 Sunday, January 16, 1955 at Autodromo Oscar Alfredo Galvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina 96 laps on a 3.912 kilometer road course (375.552 kilometers) Time of race: 3:00:38.6 Average speed: 124.745 kph Pole time: 103.1 seconds Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 89.6 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1955 Formula One results   /   1955 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 3 2   Juan Manuel Fangio Daimler Benz AG Mercedes W196 / Mercedes 2.5 L8 96 3:00:38.6 65 9 2 1 12   Jose Froilan Gonzalez Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 106 96 +89.6 9 2 3 5 10   Nino Farina Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 106 94 +2 laps 0 1.33 4 10 8   Hans Herrmann Daimler Benz AG Mercedes W196 / Mercedes 2.5 L8 94 +2 laps 0 1 5 16 18   Roberto Mieres Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 91 +5 laps 2 2 6 7 28   Harry Schell Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 88 +8 laps 0 0 7 18 22   Luigi Musso Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 83 +13 laps 0 0 ret 19 20   Sergio Mantovani Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 54 engine 0 0 ret 20 26   Clemar Bucci Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 54 fuel pressure 0 0 ret 17 42   Jesus Iglesias Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 / Gordini 2.5 L6 38 transmission 0 0 ret 14 14   Maurice Trintignant Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 106 36 engine 0 0 ret 12 36   Eugenio Castellotti Scuderia Lancia Lancia D50 / Lancia 2.5 V8 35 crash 0 0 ret 8 16   Stirling Moss Daimler Benz AG Mercedes W196 / Mercedes 2.5 L8 29 fuel system 0 0 ret 21 30   Alberto Uria Alberto Uria Maserati A6GCM / Maserati 2.5 L6 22 out of fuel 0 0 ret 2 32   Alberto Ascari Scuderia Lancia Lancia D50 / Lancia 2.5 V8 21 crash 14 0 ret 15 38   Elie Bayol Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 / Gordini 2.5 L6 7 transmission 0 0 ret 4 16   Jean Behra Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 2 crash 0 0 ret 6 14   Karl Kling Daimler Benz AG Mercedes W196 / Mercedes 2.5 L8 2 crash 0 0 ret 11 34   Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Lancia Lancia D50 / Lancia 2.5 V8 2 fuel leak 0 0 ret 9 40   Pablo Birger Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 / Gordini 2.5 L6 1 crash 0 0 ret 13 24   Carlos Menditeguy Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 1 crash 0 0

Relief Drivers: Car #12: Nino Farina (20 laps); Maurice Trintignant (16 laps) Car #10: Maurice Trintignant (22 laps); Umberto Maglioli (22 laps) Car #8: Karl Kling (30 laps); Stirling Moss (34 laps) Car #28: Jean Behra (38 laps) Car #22: Sergio Mantovani (20 laps); Harry Schell (13 laps) Car #20: Jean Behra (14 laps); Luigi Musso (10 laps) Car #26: Harry Schell (14 laps); Carlos Menditeguy (10 laps) Car #36: Luigi Villoresi (15 laps) Fastest Lap: 130.039 kph by Juan Manuel Fangio Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Juan Manuel Fangio 1 2 2   Alberto Ascari 3 5 3   Jose Froilan Gonzalez 6 10 5   Alberto Ascari 11 21 11   Jose Froilan Gonzalez 22 25 4   Juan Manuel Fangio 26 34 9   Harry Schell 35 40 6   Roberto Mieres 41 42 2   Juan Manuel Fangio 43 96 54