The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 6

British Grand Prix

1955  ·  Aintree  ·  16 July 1955  ·  90 laps

  1. 1st Stirling Moss Mercedes · 03:07:21.2
  2. 2nd Juan Fangio Mercedes · +0.2
  3. 3rd Karl Kling Mercedes · +1:11.800

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Stirling Moss

Mercedes  —  Pole position

02 Lap 9

Jean Behra

Retirement Maserati  —  Oil leak

03 Lap 47

Roberto Mieres

Retirement Maserati  —  Engine

04 On the Charge

Mike Sparken

Gordini  —  P23 → P7

05 Victory

Stirling Moss

Mercedes  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Stirling Moss Mercedes 1 90 03:07:21.2 9
2 Juan Fangio Mercedes 2 90 +0.2 6
3 Karl Kling Mercedes 4 90 +1:11.800 4
4 Piero Taruffi Mercedes 5 89 +1 Lap 3
5 Luigi Musso Maserati 9 89 +1 Lap 2
6 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 12 87 +3 Laps
6 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 12 87 +3 Laps
7 Mike Sparken Gordini 23 81 +9 Laps
8 Lance Macklin Maserati 16 79 +11 Laps
9 Harry Schell Vanwall 15 72 +18 Laps
9 Ken Wharton Vanwall 15 72 +18 Laps
10 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 13 59 Overheating
11 Roberto Mieres Maserati 6 47 Engine
12 Jack Brabham Cooper 25 30 Engine
13 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught 17 30 Oil pressure
14 Peter Collins Maserati 24 28 Clutch
15 Hernando da Silva Ramos Gordini 18 26 Oil pressure
16 Roy Salvadori Maserati 20 23 Gearbox
17 Horace Gould Maserati 22 22 Brakes
18 Harry Schell Vanwall 7 20 Throttle
19 Peter Walker Connaught 14 19 Transmission
19 Tony Rolt Connaught 14 19 Transmission
20 Leslie Marr Connaught 19 18 Brakes
21 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 10 16 Transmission
22 André Simon Maserati 8 9 Gearbox
23 Jean Behra Maserati 3 9 Oil leak
24 Robert Manzon Gordini 11 4 Transmission
25 Jack Fairman Connaught 21 0 Engine

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