1955 Season
7 rounds · 1955-01-16 – 1955-09-11
Before the season
The 1955 season is the sixth World Championship of Drivers. Juan Manuel Fangio enters as defending champion, having taken the title in 1954.
Driver changes
Stirling Moss leaves Maserati for Mercedes, joining Fangio, Karl Kling and Hans Herrmann to give the Silver Arrows a four-car lineup for the first time.
Jean Behra moves from Gordini to Maserati. Gordini fills his seat by reuniting with Robert Manzon, who last drove for the team in 1953.
Mike Hawthorn leaves Ferrari for Vanwall. His departure prompts Peter Collins to move from Owen Racing Organisation to Maserati.
Lancia, having entered their first race at the end of 1954, commits to a full season with double World Champion Alberto Ascari joined by Luigi Villoresi and Eugenio Castellotti — giving the Italian team arguably the strongest driver lineup outside Mercedes.
Team changes
Vanwall, the British privateer team, has signed Hawthorn as their lead driver heading into the season.
Calendar
The Monaco Grand Prix returns to the World Championship calendar after the 1952 edition was run to Formula 2 rules with sportscars rather than Grand Prix cars. The Dutch Grand Prix also returns after last being held in 1953.
The British Grand Prix moves from Silverstone to Aintree, a new purpose-built circuit around the Grand National horse-racing course near Liverpool, as part of a rotation arrangement between the two venues.
Adapted by AI summarisation from “1955 Formula One season” on Wikipedia . This adapted text is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0 . Modifications: summarised and spoiler-trimmed.
Race Calendar
| # | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Jan | 🇦🇷 Argentine Grand Prix | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 2 | 22 May | 🇲🇨 Monaco Grand Prix | Circuit de Monaco | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| 3 | 30 May | 🇺🇸 Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis, USA |
| 4 | 5 Jun | 🇧🇪 Belgian Grand Prix | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa, Belgium |
| 5 | 19 Jun | 🇳🇱 Dutch Grand Prix | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Zandvoort, Netherlands |
| 6 | 16 Jul | 🇬🇧 British Grand Prix | Aintree | Liverpool, UK |
| 7 | 11 Sept | 🇮🇹 Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | Monza, Italy |
Grid & Statistics Going into the Season
| No. | Driver | Team | Age | Seasons | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Points | Best | Champs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Ferrari | 48 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 17 | 117 | 1st | 1 | |
| 12 | Ferrari | 32 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 74.6 | 2nd | 0 | |
| 10 | Ferrari | 37 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 4th | 0 | |
| 10 | Ferrari | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18th | 0 | |
| 38 | Gordini | 40 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21st | 0 | |
| 40 | Gordini | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 42 | Gordini | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 32 | Lancia | 36 | 5 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 139 | 1st | 2 | |
| 34 | Lancia | 45 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 45 | 5th | 0 | |
| 36 | Lancia | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 16 | Maserati | 33 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 6.1 | 11th | 0 | |
| 18 | Maserati | 30 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11th | 0 | |
| 20 | Maserati | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9th | 0 | |
| 20 | Maserati | 25 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16th | 0 | |
| 22 | Maserati | 33 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 24 | Maserati | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 26 | Maserati | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 30 | Maserati | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 2 | Mercedes | 43 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 19 | 149.6 | 1st | 2 | |
| 4 | Mercedes | 44 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5th | 0 | |
| 8 | Mercedes | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7th | 0 | |
| 6 | Mercedes | 25 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4.1 | 13th | 0 |