# 1955 Formula 1 season

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World Champion: **Juan Fangio** (Mercedes, Argentina).

## Specs and regulations
- Engine: 2.5 L naturally aspirated or 0.75 L supercharged
- Points: 8 points for a win (8-6-4-3-2), plus one for the fastest lap until 1958
- Races: 7

## Calendar and winners
| Round | Grand Prix | Date | Circuit | Winner | Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Argentine Grand Prix | 1955-01-16 | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | Juan Fangio | Mercedes |
| 2 | Monaco Grand Prix | 1955-05-22 | Circuit de Monaco | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari |
| 3 | Indianapolis 500 | 1955-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Bob Sweikert | Kurtis Kraft |
| 4 | Belgian Grand Prix | 1955-06-05 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Juan Fangio | Mercedes |
| 5 | Dutch Grand Prix | 1955-06-19 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Juan Fangio | Mercedes |
| 6 | British Grand Prix | 1955-07-16 | Aintree | Stirling Moss | Mercedes |
| 7 | Italian Grand Prix | 1955-09-11 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | Juan Fangio | Mercedes |

## Drivers' standings (final)
| Pos | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Juan Fangio](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/fangio.md) | Mercedes | 40 | 4 |
| 2 | [Stirling Moss](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/moss.md) | Mercedes | 23 | 1 |
| 3 | [Eugenio Castellotti](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/castellotti.md) | Ferrari | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | [Maurice Trintignant](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/trintignant.md) | Ferrari | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | [Nino Farina](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/farina.md) | Ferrari | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | [Piero Taruffi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/taruffi.md) | Mercedes | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | [Bob Sweikert](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/sweikert.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | [Roberto Mieres](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mieres.md) | Maserati | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | [Jean Behra](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/behra.md) | Maserati | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | [Luigi Musso](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/musso.md) | Maserati | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | [Karl Kling](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/kling.md) | Mercedes | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | [Jimmy Davies](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/davies.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | [Tony Bettenhausen](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bettenhausen.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | [Paul Russo](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/paul-russo.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | [Paul Frère](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/frere.md) | Ferrari | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | [Johnny Thomson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/thomson.md) | Kuzma | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | [José Froilán González](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gonzalez.md) | Ferrari | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | [Cesare Perdisa](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/perdisa.md) | Maserati | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | [Carlos Menditeguy](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/menditeguy.md) | Maserati | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | [Luigi Villoresi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/villoresi.md) | Ferrari | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | [Umberto Maglioli](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/maglioli.md) | Ferrari | 1.33 | 0 |
| 22 | [Hans Herrmann](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/herrmann.md) | Mercedes | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | [Walt Faulkner](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/faulkner.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | [Bill Homeier](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/homeier.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | [Bill Vukovich](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/vukovich.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 |
| - | [Mike Hawthorn](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hawthorn.md) | Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Harry Schell](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/schell.md) | Vanwall | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Louis Chiron](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/chiron.md) | Lancia | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Andy Linden](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/linden.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jacques Pollet](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/pollet.md) | Gordini | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Sergio Mantovani](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mantovani.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Al Herman](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/herman.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Mike Sparken](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/sparken.md) | Gordini | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Hernando da Silva Ramos](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ramos.md) | Gordini | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Pat O'Connor](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/connor.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Lance Macklin](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/macklin.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Louis Rosier](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/rosier.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ken Wharton](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/wharton.md) | Vanwall | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jimmy Daywalt](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/daywalt.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [John Fitch](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/fitch.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Pat Flaherty](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/flaherty.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Johnny Claes](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/claes.md) | Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Duane Carter](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/darter.md) | Kuzma | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Chuck Weyant](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/weyant.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Eddie Johnson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/johnson.md) | Trevis | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jim Rathmann](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/rathmann.md) | Epperly | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Clemar Bucci](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bucci.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jesús Iglesias](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/iglesias.md) | Gordini | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Alberto Ascari](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ascari.md) | Lancia | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jack Brabham](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/jack-brabham.md) | Cooper | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Horace Gould](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gould.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Robert Manzon](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/manzon.md) | Gordini | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Kenneth McAlpine](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mcalpine.md) | Connaught | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Élie Bayol](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bayol.md) | Gordini | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Peter Collins](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/collins.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Alberto Uria](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/uria.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Don Freeland](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/freeland.md) | Phillips | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Peter Walker](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/peter-walker.md) | Connaught | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Cal Niday](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/niday.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Roy Salvadori](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/salvadori.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [André Simon](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/simon.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Art Cross](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/cross.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Shorty Templeman](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/templeman.md) | Trevis | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Sam Hanks](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hanks.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Tony Rolt](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/rolt.md) | Connaught | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jean Lucas](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/lucas.md) | Gordini | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Pablo Birger](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/birger.md) | Gordini | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Keith Andrews](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/andrews.md) | Schroeder | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Leslie Marr](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/marr.md) | Connaught | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Johnnie Parsons](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/parsons.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Eddie Russo](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/russo.md) | Pawl | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ray Crawford](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ray-crawford.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Luigi Piotti](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/piotti.md) | Arzani-Volpini | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jimmy Bryan](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bryan.md) | Kuzma | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jack Fairman](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/fairman.md) | Connaught | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jack McGrath](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mcgrath.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Al Keller](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/keller.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Rodger Ward](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ward.md) | Kuzma | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Johnny Boyd](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/boyd.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ed Elisian](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/elisian.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jerry Hoyt](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hoyt.md) | Stevens | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Fred Agabashian](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/agabashian.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jimmy Reece](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/reece.md) | Pankratz | 0 | 0 |

## Constructors' standings (final)
The Constructors' Championship started in 1958.

[1954 season](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/1954.md) · [1956 season](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/1956.md)