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1955 R.A.C. British Grand Prix Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Tweet Formula One race number 6 of 7 Saturday, July 16, 1955 at Aintree Circuit, Liverpool, England 90 laps on a 4.828 kilometer road course (434.520 kilometers) Time of race: 3:07:21.2 Average speed: 139.158 kph Pole time: 120.4 seconds Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: .2 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1955 Formula One results   /   1955 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 1 12   Stirling Moss Daimler Benz AG Mercedes W196 / Mercedes 2.5 L8 90 3:07:21.2 80 9 2 2 10   Juan Manuel Fangio Daimler Benz AG Mercedes W196 / Mercedes 2.5 L8 90 +0.2 10 6 3 4 14   Karl Kling Daimler Benz AG Mercedes W196 / Mercedes 2.5 L8 90 +71.8 0 4 4 5 50   Piero Taruffi Daimler Benz AG Mercedes W196 / Mercedes 2.5 L8 89 +1 lap 0 3 5 9 4   Luigi Musso Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 89 +1 lap 0 2 6 12 16   Mike Hawthorn Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 106 87 +3 laps 0 0 7 23 26   Mike Sparken Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 / Gordini 2.5 L6 81 +9 laps 0 0 8 16 46   Lance Macklin Stirling Moss Ltd. Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 79 +11 laps 0 0 9 15 28   Ken Wharton Vandervell Products Ltd. Vanwall / Vanwall 2.5 L4 72 +18 laps 0 0 ret 13 18   Maurice Trintignant Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 106 59 overheating 0 0 ret 6 6   Roberto Mieres Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 47 engine 0 0 ret 25 40   Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper T40 / Bristol 2.0 L6 30 engine 0 0 ret 17 32   Kenneth McAlpine Connaught Engineering Connaught B / Alta 1.5 30 oil pressure 0 0 ret 24 42   Peter Collins Owen Racing Organisation Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 28 clutch 0 0 ret 18 24   Hermano da Silva Ramos Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 / Gordini 2.5 L6 26 oil pressure 0 0 ret 20 44   Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering Ltd. Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 23 gearbox 0 0 ret 22 48   Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 22 brakes 0 0 ret 7 30   Harry Schell Vandervell Products Ltd. Vanwall / Vanwall 2.5 L4 20 throttle 0 0 ret 14 36   Tony Rolt Rob Walker Racing Team Connaught B / Alta 1.5 19 transmission 0 0 ret 19 38   Leslie Marr Leslie Marr Connaught B / Alta 1.5 18 brakes 0 0 ret 10 20   Eugenio Castellotti Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 106 16 transmission 0 0 ret 8 8   Andre Simon Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 9 gearbox 0 0 ret 3 2   Jean Behra Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6 9 oil leak 0 0 ret 11 22   Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 / Gordini 2.5 L6 4 transmission 0 0 dns 21 34   Jack Fairman Connaught Engineering Connaught B / Alta 1.5 0 did not start 0 0

Relief Drivers: Car #16: Eugenio Castellotti (27 laps) Car #28: Harry Schell (22 laps) Car #36: Peter Walker (9 laps) Fastest Lap: 144.359 kph by Stirling Moss Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Juan Manuel Fangio 1 2 2   Stirling Moss 3 17 15   Juan Manuel Fangio 18 25 8   Stirling Moss 26 90 65