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British Grand Prix

1955 RAC British Grand Prix

Round 6 of 7Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, AintreeJul 16 195590 laps

Podium

FANMercedes

MOSMercedes

KLIMercedes

Key facts

WinnerMOS3:07:21.200 from P1

PoleMOS2:00.400

Fastest lapMOS2:00.400 on lap 88

Finishers11 / 28classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	MOSStirling Moss	Mercedes	1	–	90	3:07:21.200	9	2:00.400
2	FANJuan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	2	–	90	+0.200s	6	–
3	KLIKarl Kling	Mercedes	4	▲1	90	+71.800s	4	–
4	TARPiero Taruffi	Mercedes	5	▲1	89	+1 lap	3	–
5	MUSLuigi Musso	Maserati	9	▲4	89	+1 lap	2	–
6	HAWMike Hawthorn	Ferrari	12	▲6	87	+3 laps		–
7	CASEugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	–		0	+90 laps		–
8	SPAMike Sparken	Gordini	23	▲15	81	+9 laps		–
9	MACLance Macklin	Maserati	16	▲7	79	+11 laps		–
10	WHAKen Wharton	Vanwall	15	▲5	72	+18 laps		–
11	SCHHarry Schell	Vanwall	–		0	+90 laps		–
DNF	TRIMaurice Trintignant	Ferrari	13		59	Overheating		–
DNF	MIERoberto Mieres	Maserati	6		47	Engine		–
DNF	BRAJack Brabham	Cooper	25		30	Engine		–
DNF	MCAKenneth McAlpine	Connaught	17		30	Oil pressure		–
DNF	COLPeter Collins	Maserati	24		28	Clutch		–
DNF	DASHermano Da Silva Ramos	Gordini	18		26	Oil pressure		–
DNF	SALRoy Salvadori	Maserati	20		23	Gearbox		–
DNF	GOUHorace Gould	Maserati	22		22	Brakes		–
DNF	SCHHarry Schell	Vanwall	7		20	Throttle		–
DNF	ROLTony Rolt	Connaught	14		19	Transmission		–
DNF	WALPeter Walker	Connaught	–		0	Retired		–
DNF	MARLeslie Marr	Connaught	19		18	Brakes		–
DNF	CASEugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	10		16	Transmission		–
DNF	SIMAndré Simon	Maserati	8		9	Gearbox		–
DNF	BEHJean Behra	Maserati	3		9	Oil leak		–
DNF	RMARobert Manzon	Gordini	11		4	Transmission		–
DNS	FAIJack Fairman	Connaught	21		0	Engine		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	MOSStirling Moss	Mercedes	2:00.400
2	FANJuan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	2:00.600	+0.200s
3	BEHJean Behra	Maserati	2:01.400	+1.000s
4	KLIKarl Kling	Mercedes	2:02.000	+1.600s
5	TARPiero Taruffi	Mercedes	2:03.000	+2.600s
6	MIERoberto Mieres	Maserati	2:03.200	+2.800s
7	SCHHarry Schell	Vanwall	2:03.800	+3.400s
8	SIMAndré Simon	Maserati	2:04.000	+3.600s
9	MUSLuigi Musso	Maserati	2:04.200	+3.800s
10	CASEugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	2:05.000	+4.600s
11	RMARobert Manzon	Gordini	2:05.000	+4.600s
12	HAWMike Hawthorn	Ferrari	2:05.400	+5.000s
13	TRIMaurice Trintignant	Ferrari	2:05.400	+5.000s
14	ROLTony Rolt	Connaught	2:06.600	+6.200s
15	WHAKen Wharton	Vanwall	2:08.400	+8.000s
16	MACLance Macklin	Maserati	2:08.400	+8.000s
17	MCAKenneth McAlpine	Connaught	2:09.600	+9.200s
18	DASHermano Da Silva Ramos	Gordini	2:10.600	+10.200s
19	MARLeslie Marr	Connaught	2:11.600	+11.200s
20	SALRoy Salvadori	Maserati	2:11.600	+11.200s
21	FAIJack Fairman	Connaught	2:11.600	+11.200s
22	GOUHorace Gould	Maserati	2:11.800	+11.400s
23	SPAMike Sparken	Gordini	2:12.800	+12.400s
24	COLPeter Collins	Maserati	2:13.400	+13.000s
25	BRAJack Brabham	Cooper	2:27.400	+27.000s

Aintree Motor Racing Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1955. Outline from F1DB.

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