The 1955 Formula One season was the sixth in the history of Formula One. World Champion B. Bira returned to defend his crown with reigning entrant's champions, Jaguar-Aston Martin Racing.
Teams and Drivers
Entrant
|
Constructor
|
Chassis
|
Engine
|
Driver
|
Rounds
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Jaguar-Aston Martin Racing
|
Aston Martin-Jaguar
|
AM-04
|
Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12
|
B. Bira
|
1-4
|
Dries van der Lof
|
1-4
|
Tony Bettenhausen
|
All
|
Maurice Trintignant
|
All
|
Geoff Duke
|
6
|
Bob Sweikert
|
5, 7
|
Alan Brown
|
7
|
Alexander Racing Team
|
Gordini
|
G-953
|
Gordini ART-004 3.0 V6
|
Consalvo Sanesi
|
All
|
Robert Manzon
|
All
|
Porfirio Rubirosa
|
All
|
Paco Godia
|
1-2
|
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
555
|
Ferrari 555 2.5 L4
|
Nello Pagani
|
1-4
|
Reg Parnell
|
1-6
|
Troy Ruttman
|
5-7
|
Paco Godia
|
5-7
|
Dorino Serafini
|
5-7
|
Hernando da Silva Ramos
|
6
|
Ottorino Volonterio
|
7
|
Guido Meregalli
|
7
|
Philippe Étancelin
|
7
|
Alfa Romeo SpA
|
Alfa Romeo
|
AR161
|
Alfa Romeo AR2V8 1.5 V8
|
Jack Brabham
|
All
|
Giuseppe Farina
|
All
|
Tony Gaze
|
4-7
|
AR160
|
Alfa Romeo ARV8 1.5 V8
|
1-3
|
/ Scuderia Anglo-Italia
|
O.S.C.A.-Bentley
|
F154
|
Bentley 16VL-1 3.0 V16
|
José Froilán González
|
All
|
Jacques Swaters
|
1-4
|
Bentley-O.S.C.A.
|
Speed 4
|
O.S.C.A. 156s 1.5 L6s
|
Peter Whitehead
|
All
|
Stirling Moss
|
All
|
Scuderia Ambrosiana
|
Ambrosiana-Alfa Romeo
|
A-004
|
Alfa Romeo ARV8 1.5 V8
|
Luigi Musso
|
1-6
|
Alberto Uria
|
1-6
|
A-003
|
Jaroslav Juhan
|
1
|
Hampshire Racing Alliance
|
Bentley-O.S.C.A.
|
Speed 4
|
O.S.C.A. 156s 1.5 L6s
|
Roy Salvadori
|
2
|
Bentley
|
Bentley 16VL-1 3.0 V16
|
3-5, 7
|
David Hampshire
|
All
|
Maria Teresa de Filippis
|
O.S.C.A.
|
F154
|
O.S.C.A. 156s 1.5 L6s
|
Maria Teresa de Filippis
|
1-2, 4-7
|
Ottorino Volonterio
|
3
|
Giannino Marzotto
|
All
|
Officine Renzo
|
Alfa Romeo
|
AR161
|
Alfa Romeo AR2V8 1.5 V8
|
Dorino Serafini
|
1-4
|
Toulo de Graffenried
|
1, 5-7
|
Hernando da Silva Ramos
|
3-7
|
Cesare Perdisa
|
2
|
AR160
|
Alfa Romeo ARV8 1.5 V8
|
4
|
Ambrosiana-Ferrari
|
A-002
|
Ferrari 555 2.5 L4
|
3
|
Franco Rol
|
1
|
Toulo de Graffenried
|
2
|
Phoenix Racing Organisation
|
Phoenix-O.S.C.A.
|
PRO-4
|
O.S.C.A. 156s 1.5 L6s
|
Alberto Ascari
|
1-2
|
Wolfgang von Trips
|
3, 5-6
|
Bernard C. Ecclestone
|
Mercedes-Bentley
|
WM-2
|
Bentley 16VL-1 3.0 V16
|
Bernie Ecclestone
|
1-3, 6
|
Hernando da Silva Ramos
|
1-2
|
Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
3, 6
|
Ecurie Nationale Belge
|
Ferrari
|
555
|
Ferrari 555 2.5 L4
|
André Pilette
|
3
|
Cooper-Jaguar
|
T41
|
Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12
|
1
|
Johnny Claes
|
2-3
|
Brits Under No European Legislation
|
O.S.C.A.-Porsche
|
F154
|
Porsche 755 1.5 L4
|
Anne Hall
|
1, 5, 7
|
Pat Moss
|
4
|
Bentley
|
Speed 3
|
Bentley 163-1 3.0 V16
|
1, 5
|
Anne Hall
|
4
|
Officine Alfieri Maserati
|
Cooper-Maserati
|
T41
|
Maserati 200F 2.0 L6
|
Ron Flockhart
|
1-2, 7
|
/ Balkan Leader
|
Alfa Romeo-Balkan Lion
|
AR161
|
Balkan Lion F154 1.5 L4
|
Stan Jones
|
1-7
|
Loyer Racing
|
Loyer-Porsche
|
LR101
|
Porsche 755 1.5 L4
|
Alfonso de Portago
|
All
|
Roger Loyer
|
2-3, 6
|
Anglo Racing Engineering
|
Gordini
|
G-953
|
Gordini ART-004 3.0 V6
|
Aldo Gordini
|
2
|
Reatherson Racing Developments
|
Bentley-Ferrari
|
Speed 4
|
Ferrari 555 2.5 L4
|
Lance Macklin
|
1, 4
|
Ferrari
|
555
|
Ferrari 555 2.5 L4
|
2-3
|
Ken Wharton
|
2, 4-5
|
Geoff Richardson Racing
|
Bentley
|
Speed 4
|
Bentley 16VL-1 3.0 V16
|
Harry Schell
|
All
|
Assasti Millanti
|
Ultimate-Mercedes
|
002
|
Mercedes Benz UM153 4.5 V10
|
Luigi Villoresi
|
3
|
Rennkollektiv EMW
|
Aston Martin-Jaguar
|
AM-04
|
Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12
|
Karl Kling
|
3-5, 7
|
Trod von Hoff Racing
|
Von Hoff-O.S.C.A.
|
TVHR100
|
O.S.C.A. 156s 1.5 L6s
|
Helmut Niedermayr
|
2-3
|
Edgar Barth
|
4-5
|
Owen Racing Organisation
|
Bentley
|
Speed 4
|
Bentley 16VL-1 3.0 V16
|
Kenneth McAlpine
|
All
|
Ecurie Voeckler
|
Alfa Romeo-Jaguar
|
AR161
|
Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12
|
André Simon
|
1-5, 7
|
Louis Chiron
|
1-2
|
Toulo de Graffenried
|
3-4
|
Jean-Louis Rosier
|
5, 7
|
AR160
|
Clemar Bucci
|
7
|
Ecurie Maghreb
|
Lancia
|
D50
|
Lancia DS50 2.5 V8
|
André Guelfi
|
1-5
|
Ambrosiana-O.S.C.A.
|
A-002
|
O.S.C.A. 156s 1.5 L6s
|
7
|
Porsche System Engineering
|
Porsche
|
855
|
Porsche 755 1.5 L4
|
Eugenio Castellotti
|
All
|
Jean Behra
|
1-6
|
British Commonwealth Motorsport Association
|
B.C.M.A.
|
C-01
|
B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin 2.5 L6
|
Peter Collins
|
All
|
Tony Brooks
|
All
|
Umberto Maglioli
|
All
|
Escuderia Hernandez
|
Bentley-FIAT
|
Speed 4
|
FIAT 155 1.5 V8
|
Roberto Mieres
|
1-3
|
Cooper-FIAT
|
T41
|
4, 7
|
Ferrari-FIAT
|
555
|
5
|
Spider Webb
|
6
|
Vandervell Products Ltd
|
Vanwall
|
VW55
|
Vanwall 254 2.5 L4
|
Mike Hawthorn
|
1-5, 7
|
Dennis Poore
|
1-5, 7
|
Julius Kubinsky
|
JK Mono-Tatra
|
3000
|
Tatra F1 V8 3.0 V8
|
Jaroslav Vlcek
|
6
|
Guidobaldi
|
Guidobaldi-Mercedes
|
FG01
|
Mercedes Benz UM153 4.5 V10
|
Philippe Étancelin
|
2
|
Theo Fitzau
|
6
|
Jacques Pollet
|
7
|
Irish Racing Cars
|
Lancia
|
D50
|
Lancia DS50 2.5 V8
|
Desmond Titterington
|
All
|
Reg Armstrong
|
2, 5-7
|
Joe Kelly
|
4
|
Scuderia Australasia
|
Cooper-Jaguar
|
T41
|
Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12
|
Lex Davison
|
1, 3-5
|
Aston Martin-Jaguar
|
AM-04
|
2
|
Tasman Racing Alliance
|
O.S.C.A.-Vanwall
|
F154
|
Vanwall 254 2.5 L4
|
Bib Stillwell
|
1-5, 7
|
Louis Chiron
|
Lancia
|
D50
|
Lancia DS50 2.5 V8
|
Louis Chiron
|
6
|
State Committee for Sports and Body Culture of USSR
|
JK Mono-Tatra
|
3000
|
Tatra F1 V8 3.0 V8
|
Mikhail Metelev
|
6
|
Kharkov
|
F1
|
Kharkov F1 2.0 L6
|
Pavel Baranov
|
6
|
GAZ
|
M550
|
GAZ M550 2.0 L4
|
Vasiliy Kuznetzov
|
6
|
Scuderia Adriatica
|
Ambrosiana-Ferrari
|
A-002
|
Ferrari 555 2.5 L4
|
Lucien Bianchi
|
4, 7
|
Ecurie Ecosse
|
Cooper-Jaguar
|
T41
|
Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12
|
David Murray
|
5
|
Jonkheer Gijsbert van Loon
|
Guidobaldi-Loonmotor
|
FG01
|
Loonmotor SAMC-1A 1.5 L8
|
Hans Tak
|
7
|
Grands Prix
Non-championship
Championship
Cancelled Races
The following events were championship rounds cancelled by the event organisers following the 1955 Le Mans Disaster.
Race
|
Circuit
|
Date
|
Dutch Grand Prix
|
Circuit Park Zandvoort
|
26 June
|
German Grand Prix
|
Nürburgring Nordschleife
|
11 September
|
Portuguese Grand Prix
|
Circuito de Monsanto
|
16 October
|
Moroccan Grand Prix
|
Anfa Circuit
|
23 October
|
Championship standings
Drivers' championship
Constructors' championship
Entrants' championship