British Grand Prix
Aintree, 16 Jul 1955
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Stirling Moss | Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-12] - Mercedes s8 #12 Daimler Benz AG |
90 | 3h 07m 21.2s |
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| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-13] - Mercedes s8 #10 Daimler Benz AG |
90 | 3h 07m 21.4s |
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| 3 | Karl Kling | Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-14] - Mercedes s8 #14 Daimler Benz AG |
90 | 3h 08m 33.0s |
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| 4 | Piero Taruffi | Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-15] - Mercedes s8 #50 Daimler Benz AG |
89 | 3h 07m 36.0s |
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| 5 | Luigi Musso | Maserati 250F [2501] 6 #4 Officine Alfieri Maserati |
89 | 3h 09m 29.2s |
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| 6 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari 625 [625-6] 4 #16 Scuderia Ferrari |
87 | Shared drive L27 car to Castellotti | |||||
| 6 | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari 625 [625-6] 4 #16 Scuderia Ferrari |
87 | Shared drive | |||||
| 7 | Mike Sparken | Gordini T16 [0031-GC] - T23 6 #26 Équipe Gordini (see note 1) |
81 | 3h 08m 19.0s |
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| 8 | Lance Macklin | Maserati 250F [2508] 6 #46 Stirling Moss Limited |
79 | Not classified | |||||
| 9 | Harry Schell | Vanwall [VW3] #28 Vandervell Products Limited |
72 | Shared drive - Not classified | |||||
| 9 | Ken Wharton | Vanwall [VW3] #28 Vandervell Products Limited |
72 | Shared drive - Not classified | |||||
| R | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari 625 [625-2] 4 #18 Scuderia Ferrari |
59 | Engine | |||||
| R | Roberto Mieres | Maserati 250F [2515] 6 #6 Officine Alfieri Maserati |
47 | Engine | |||||
| R | Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught B [B2] - Alta 4 #32 Connaught Engineering |
30 | Oil pressure | |||||
| R | Jack Brabham | Cooper 'T40' ["GP2/55"] - Bristol 6 #40 Cooper Car Company |
30 | Engine | |||||
| R | Peter Collins | Maserati 250F [2504 as '2509'] 6 #42 Owen Racing Organisation |
29 | Clutch | |||||
| R | Hermano da Silva Ramos | Gordini T16 [0032-GC] - T23 6 #24 Équipe Gordini (see note 2) |
27 | Oil pressure | |||||
| R | Horace Gould | Maserati 250F [2509 as '2504'] 6 #48 Goulds Garage (Bristol) |
21 | Brakes | |||||
| R | Roy Salvadori | Maserati 250F [2507 (A)] 6 #44 Gilby Engineering Limited |
19 | Gearbox | |||||
| R | Peter Walker | Connaught B [B4] - Alta 4 #36 Rob Walker Racing Team |
18 | Shared drive - Transmission | |||||
| R | Tony Rolt | Connaught B [B4] - Alta 4 #36 Rob Walker Racing Team |
18 | Shared drive L10 car to Walker | |||||
| R | Leslie Marr | Connaught B [B3] - Alta 4 #38 L Marr |
17 | Brakes | |||||
| R | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari 625 [625-4] 4 #20 Scuderia Ferrari |
16 | Transmission | |||||
| R | André Simon | Maserati 250F [2514] 6 #8 Officine Alfieri Maserati |
15 | Gearbox | |||||
| R | Harry Schell | Vanwall [VW2] #30 Vandervell Products Limited |
13 | Throttle linkage | |||||
| R | Jean Behra | Maserati 250F [2516] 6 #2 Officine Alfieri Maserati |
9 | Oil leak | |||||
| R | Robert Manzon | Gordini T16 [0035-GC] - T23 6 #22 Équipe Gordini (see note 3) |
4 | Transmission | |||||
| DNS | Jack Fairman | Connaught B [B1] - Alta 4 #34 Connaught Engineering |
Did not start (Entry withdrawn) |
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| T | Jean Behra | Maserati 250F [2514] 6 #8 Officine Alfieri Maserati |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-3] - Mercedes s8 #10 Daimler Benz AG |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Stirling Moss | Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-3] - Mercedes s8 #12 Daimler Benz AG |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Karl Kling | Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-3] - Mercedes s8 #14 Daimler Benz AG |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| T | Piero Taruffi | Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-3] - Mercedes s8 #50 Daimler Benz AG |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
All cars are 2.5-litre F1 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stirling Moss | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-12] - Mercedes s8 | 2' 00.4 | ||
| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-13] - Mercedes s8 | 2' 00.6 | ||
| 3 | Jean Behra | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2516] - Maserati 6 | 2' 01.4 | ||
| 4 | Karl Kling | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-14] - Mercedes s8 | 2' 02.0 | ||
| 5 | Piero Taruffi | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Mercedes-Benz W196 [W196-15] - Mercedes s8 | 2' 03.0 | ||
| 6 | Roberto Mieres | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2515] - Maserati 6 | 2' 03.2 | ||
| 7 | Harry Schell | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Vanwall [VW2] - Vanwall | 2' 03.8 | ||
| 8 | André Simon | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2514] - Maserati 6 | 2' 04.0 | ||
| 9 | Luigi Musso | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2501] - Maserati 6 | 2' 04.2 | ||
| 10 | Eugenio Castellotti | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Ferrari 625 [625-4] - Ferrari 4 | 2' 05.0 | ||
| 11 | Robert Manzon | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Gordini T16 [0035-GC] - Gordini T23 6 | 2' 05.0 | ||
| 12 | Mike Hawthorn | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Ferrari 625 [625-6] - Ferrari 4 | 2' 05.4 | ||
| 13 | Maurice Trintignant | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Ferrari 625 [625-2] - Ferrari 4 | 2' 05.4 | ||
| 14 | Tony Rolt | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Connaught B [B4] - Alta 4 | 2' 06.6 | ||
| 15 | Ken Wharton | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Vanwall [VW3] - Vanwall | 2' 08.4 | ||
| 16 | Lance Macklin | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2508] - Maserati 6 | 2' 08.4 | ||
| 17 | Kenneth McAlpine | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Connaught B [B2] - Alta 4 | 2' 09.6 | ||
| 18 | Hermano da Silva Ramos | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Gordini T16 [0032-GC] - Gordini T23 6 | 2' 10.6 | ||
| 19 | Leslie Marr | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Connaught B [B3] - Alta 4 | 2' 11.6 | ||
| 20 | Roy Salvadori | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2507 (A)] - Maserati 6 | 2' 11.6 | ||
| 21 | Jack Fairman * | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Connaught B [B1] - Alta 4 | 2' 11.6 | ||
| 22 | Horace Gould | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2509 as '2504'] - Maserati 6 | 2' 11.8 | ||
| 23 | Mike Sparken | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Gordini T16 [0031-GC] - Gordini T23 6 | 2' 12.6 | ||
| 24 | Peter Collins | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2504 as '2509'] - Maserati 6 | 2' 13.4 | ||
| 25 | Jack Brabham | (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Cooper 'T40' ["GP2/55"] - Bristol 6 | 2' 27.4 | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- Gordini T16 [0031-GC] (Mike Sparken): The first six-cylinder car, run by the works from 1952 until 1957, with 2300 engine in early 1954 and 2500 engine after that. Driven by Manzon and Behra 1952, Schell and Trintignant 1953, Pilette, Berger and Guelfi 1954, Pollet and Sparken 1955 and Burgraff 1957. In Collection Huet 1983. More recent history unknown.
- Gordini T16 [0032-GC] (Hermano da Silva Ramos): Works car 1952-57, 2500 engine from 1954. Driven by Behra and Manzon 1952, Mieres and Schell 1953, Pollet (once) and Behra 1954, Manzon, da Silva Ramos and Pollet 1955, Manzon 1956 (winning Naples GP), Simon 1957. In Musée Henri Malartre at Rochetaillé 1961-90.
- Gordini T16 [0035-GC] (Robert Manzon): Raced by Wacker 1953, Behra 1954, da Silva Ramos 1955-57, Bayol and Pilette 1955-56, Manzon, Pollet and Lucas 1955, Simon 1956, Guelfi 1957. To Schlumpf Collection and still in Musée Nationale 1994.
Sources
The identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' original results.
3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985
These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.
All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can help with our research.