1955 Alternate Formula One season
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1955 Formula One season | |
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Jack Brabham became the first Australian driver's champion with just 18 points | |
Tubular Era | |
Season | |
Races | |
Start date | 8th May 1955 |
Start Event | Monaco Grand Prix |
End date | 25th September 1955 |
End Event | Italian Grand Prix |
Awards | |
Driver's Champion | Template:AUS Jack Brabham |
Constructor's Champion | Alfa Romeo |
Entrant's Champion | Template:GBR British Commonwealth Motorsport Association |
Seasons | |
Previous season | Next season |
1954 | 1956 |
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
Grands Prix
Non-championship
Race | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Constructor |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts | Rouen-les-Essarts | 9 April | Jack Brabham | Jack Brabham | Jack Brabham | Alfa Romeo |
Singapore Grand Prix | Thompson Road Circuit | 9 April | Consalvo Sanesi | Consalvo Sanesi | Alberto Ascari | Phoenix-O.S.C.A. |
Championship
Cancelled Races
The following events were championship rounds cancelled by the event organisers following the 1955 Le Mans Disaster.
Championship standings
World Championship of Drivers
Pos. | Driver | MON |
FRA |
BEL |
GBR |
SCO |
SOV |
ITA |
Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Brabham | Ret | Ret | 1 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 18 |
2 | Peter Collins | DNA | Ret | Ret | 1 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 16 |
3 | Tony Brooks | DNA | Ret | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 16 |
4 | Alberto Ascari | 3 | 1 | 13 | |||||
5 | Maurice Trintignant | 6 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 5 | 12 |
6 | Robert Manzon | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | 10 |
7 | Desmond Titterington | Ret | Ret | 3 | 2 | 9 | DNQ | Ret | 10 |
8 | Consalvo Sanesi | 2 | Ret | 5 | 5 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 |
9 | Dries van der Lof | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | |||
10 | Tony Gaze | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 7 |
11 | Dorino Serafini | DNQ | 3 | Ret | 10 | DNQ | 4 | Ret | 7 |
12 | José Froilán González | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 2 | DNQ | Ret | 6 |
13 | David Hampshire | DNQ | 2 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNA | DNQ | 6 |
14 | Giuseppe Farina | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 6 | 5 | Ret | 6 |
15 | Peter Whitehead | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 5 |
16 | Umberto Maglioli | DNA | Ret | 15 | 12 | 5 | DNS | 4 | 5 |
17 | Stirling Moss | Ret | Ret | 8 | 9 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 4 |
18 | Porfirio Rubirosa | 5 | 5 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 |
19 | Hernando da Silva Ramos | 7 | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 9† /Ret/Ret | 7 | 3 |
20 | Mike Hawthorn | DNPQ | 4 | 13 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 3 | |
21 | Maria Teresa de Filippis | 4 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | 3 | |
22 | Paco Godia | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 6 | 1 | ||
23 | Stuart Lewis-Evans | DNPQ | 6 | 1 | |||||
- | Harry Schell | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 7 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
- | Reg Armstrong | DNQ | 8 | DNQ | Ret | 0 | |||
- | Roger Loyer | DNPQ | Ret | 8 | 0 | ||||
- | Jean-Louis Rosier | DNPQ | 8 | 0 | |||||
- | Bib Stillwell | DNQ | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
- | Toulo de Graffenried | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNPQ | Ret† | 9 | 0 |
- | Troy Ruttman | DNQ | 9† /Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||
- | Reg Parnell | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | Ret | 9† | 0 | |
- | Stan Jones | DNQ | Ret | DNA | 11 | DNQ | DNQ | 10 | 0 |
- | Jacques Swaters | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 0 | |||
- | Mikhail Metelev | 11 | 0 | ||||||
- | Clemar Bucci | 11 | 0 | ||||||
- | Ottorino Volonterio | 12 | Ret | 0 | |||||
- | Jaroslav Vlcek | 12 | 0 | ||||||
- | Vasiliy Kuznetsov | 13 | 0 | ||||||
- | Dennis Poore | DNQ | DNPQ | 14 | DNPQ | DNQ | Ret | 0 | |
- | Theo Fitzau | 14 | 0 | ||||||
- | Pavel Baranov | 15 | 0 | ||||||
- | Johnny Claes | DNQ | 16 | 0 | |||||
- | Alfonso de Portago | DNPQ | DNPQ | 17 | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | DNQ | 0 |
- | André Simon | DNPQ | DNQ | 18 | DNQ | DNPQ | Ret | 0 | |
- | Tony Bettenhausen | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
- | B. Bira | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||
- | Lance Macklin | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||
- | Giannino Marzotto | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNP | Ret | 0 |
- | Luigi Musso | DNPQ | Ret | DNA | DNQ | DNPQ | Ret | 0 | |
- | Alberto Uria | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | 0 | |
- | Cesare Perdisa | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||
- | Eugenio Castellotti | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | Ret | 0 |
- | Jean Behra | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | 0 | |
- | Bernie Ecclestone | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 0 | |||
- | Bob Sweikert | DNQ | Ret | 0 | |||||
- | Wolfgang von Trips | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | 0 | ||||
- | Alan Brown | Ret | 0 | ||||||
- | Louis Chiron | DNPQ | DNQ | DNS | 0 | ||||
- | André Pilette | DNQ | DNS | 0 | |||||
- | André Guelfi | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | 0 | |
- | Roberto Mieres | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | 0 | |
- | Roy Salvadori | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | 0 | ||
- | Karl Kling | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | |||
- | Philippe Étancelin | DSQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||
- | Geoff Duke | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Spider Webb | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Guido Meregalli | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Kenneth McAlpine | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNA | DNPQ | 0 |
- | Anne Hall | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | |||
- | Lex Davison | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNA | DNA | 0 | ||
- | Pat Moss | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||||
- | Ken Wharton | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||||
- | Ron Flockhart | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||||
- | Helmut Niedermayr | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | |||||
- | Edgar Barth | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | |||||
- | Lucien Bianchi | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | |||||
- | Franco Rol | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Jaroslav Juhan | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Aldo Gordini | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Luigi Villoresi | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Joe Kelly | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||
- | David Murray | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Jacques Pollet | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Hans Tak | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Nello Pagani | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | 0 |
International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers
Pos. | Constructor | MON |
FRA |
BEL |
GBR |
SCO |
SOV |
ITA |
Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alfa Romeo | Ret | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 28 |
Ret | Ret | 4 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 2 | |||
Ret | Ret | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 7 | |||
DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | |||
DNQ | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | DNPQ | DNQ | Ret | |||
Ret | |||||||||
2 | B.C.M.A. | DNA | Ret | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
DNA | Ret | 15 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 4 | |||
DNA | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | |||
3 | Gordini | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | Ret | 21 |
5 | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
Ret | Ret | ||||||||
DNPQ | |||||||||
4 | Aston Martin-Jaguar | 1 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 5 | 20 |
6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | |||
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNPQ | Ret | ||||
DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||||
5 | Phoenix-O.S.C.A. | 3 | 1 | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | 13 | ||
6 | Lancia | Ret | Ret | 3 | 2 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 10 |
DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | 9 | DNQ | Ret | |||
DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | ||||||
7 | Bentley-O.S.C.A. | Ret | Ret | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 9 |
Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | DNA | Ret | |||
DNPQ | |||||||||
8 | O.S.C.A.-Bentley | Ret | Ret | 11 | 7 | 2 | DNQ | Ret | 6 |
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||||
9 | Bentley | DNQ | 2 | Ret | DNQ | 7 | Ret | Ret | 6 |
DNQ | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNA | DNQ | |||
DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNA | DNQ | |||
DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | |||||
DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||||||
10 | Ferrari | DNA | Ret | 16 | DNPQ | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
DNA | DNPQ | Ret | DNA | Ret | 9 | Ret | |||
DNA | DNA | DNA | DNQ | Ret | Ret | ||||
DNA | DNA | DNQ | Ret | Ret | |||||
DNPQ | DNQ | ||||||||
DNQ | |||||||||
11 | O.S.C.A. | 4 | Ret | 12 | DNQ | Ret | 7 | Ret | 3 |
DNPQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||
12 | Vanwall | DNQ | 4 | 13 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 3 | |
DNPQ | DNPQ | 14 | DNPQ | DNQ | Ret | ||||
13 | Mercedes-Bentley | 7 | Ret | DNQ | 6 | 1 | |||
DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | Ret | ||||||
- | Alfa Romeo-Jaguar | DNPQ | DNQ | 18 | DNQ | DNPQ | 8 | 0 | |
DNPQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | DNPQ | 11 | ||||
Ret | |||||||||
- | Loyer-Porsche | DNPQ | DNPQ | 17 | DNPQ | DNPQ | 8 | DNQ | 0 |
DNPQ | Ret | Ret | |||||||
- | O.S.C.A.-Vanwall | DNQ | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
- | Alfa Romeo-Balkan Lion | DNQ | Ret | DNA | 11 | DNQ | DNQ | 10 | 0 |
- | JK Mono-Tatra | 11 | 0 | ||||||
12 | |||||||||
- | GAZ | 13 | 0 | ||||||
- | Guidobaldi-Mercedes | DSQ | 14 | DNPQ | 0 | ||||
- | Kharkov | 15 | 0 | ||||||
- | Ambrosiana-Alfa Romeo | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNPQ | Ret | 0 | |
DNPQ | DNPQ | DNA | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | ||||
DNPQ | |||||||||
- | Porsche | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | 0 |
DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | ||||
- | Ambrosiana-Ferrari | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||
- | Bentley-Ferrari | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||
- | Cooper-Jaguar | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | 0 | |||
DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||||||
- | Bentley-FIAT | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||
- | Ferrari-FIAT | DNPQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||
- | Cooper-FIAT | DNPQ | DNQ | 0 | |||||
- | Ambrosiana-O.S.C.A. | DNQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Von Hoff-O.S.C.A. | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | |||
- | O.S.C.A.-Porsche | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | |||
- | Cooper-Maserati | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||||
- | Ultimate-Mercedes | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Guidobaldi-Loonmotor | DNPQ | 0 |
Open Trophy for Grand Prix Entrants
Pos. | Team | MON |
FRA |
BEL |
GBR |
SCO |
SOV |
ITA |
Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | British Commonwealth Motorsport Association | DNA | Ret | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
DNA | Ret | 15 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 4 | |||
DNA | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | DNQ | Ret | |||
2 | Alfa Romeo SpA | Ret | Ret | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | |||
Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
3 | Alexander Racing Team-Gordini | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | Ret | 21 |
5 | 6 | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
Ret | Ret | ||||||||
4 | Jaguar-Aston Martin Racing | 1 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 5 | 20 |
6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | |||
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||
5 | Phoenix Racing Organisation | 3 | 1 | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | 13 | ||
6 | / Scuderia Anglo-Italia | Ret | Ret | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 11 |
Ret | Ret | 11 | 7 | 3 | DNQ | Ret | |||
Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | DNA | Ret | |||
Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||||
7 | Irish Racing Cars | Ret | Ret | 3 | 2 | 8 | DNQ | Ret | 10 |
DNQ | DNPQ | 9 | DNQ | Ret | |||||
8 | Officine Renzo | DNQ | 3 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 7 |
DNQ | Ret | Ret | 10 | DNPQ | DNQ | 9 | |||
DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | ||||||
9 | Hampshire Racing Alliance | DNQ | 2 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNA | DNQ | 6 |
DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | |||||
10 | Scuderia Ferrari | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | Ret | 9 | Ret | |||
DNQ | Ret | Ret | |||||||
DNQ | Ret | Ret | |||||||
DNQ | |||||||||
DNQ | |||||||||
11 | Maria Teresa de Filippis | 4 | Ret | 12 | DNQ | Ret | 7 | Ret | 3 |
DNPQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||
12 | Vanwall | DNQ | 4 | 13 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 3 | |
DNPQ | DNPQ | 14 | DNPQ | DNQ | Ret | ||||
13 | Bernard C. Ecclestone | 7 | Ret | DNQ | 6 | 1 | |||
DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | Ret | ||||||
- | Geoff Richardson Racing | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 7 | Ret | Ret | 0 |
- | Écurie Voeckler | DNPQ | DNQ | 18 | DNQ | DNPQ | 8 | 0 | |
DNPQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | DNPQ | 11 | ||||
Ret | |||||||||
- | Loyer Racing | DNPQ | DNPQ | 17 | DNPQ | DNPQ | 8 | DNQ | 0 |
DNPQ | Ret | Ret | |||||||
- | Tasman Racing Alliance | DNQ | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |
- | / Balkan Leader | DNQ | Ret | DNA | 11 | DNQ | DNQ | 10 | 0 |
- | State Committee for Sports and Body Culture of USSR | 11 | 0 | ||||||
13 | |||||||||
15 | |||||||||
- | Julius Kubinsky | 12 | 0 | ||||||
- | Guidobaldi | DSQ | 14 | DNPQ | 0 | ||||
- | Ecurie Nationale Belge | DNQ | DNQ | 16 | 0 | ||||
DNQ | |||||||||
- | Scuderia Ambrosiana | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | DNPQ | Ret | 0 | |
DNPQ | DNPQ | DNA | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | ||||
DNPQ | |||||||||
- | Reatherson Racing Development | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNPQ | 0 | ||
DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||||||
- | Porsche System Engineering | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | Ret | 0 |
DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | ||||
- | Louis Chiron | Ret | 0 | ||||||
- | Escuderia Hernandez | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
- | Ecurie Maghreb | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | 0 | |
- | Rennkollektiv EMW | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | |||
- | BRUNEL | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | |||
DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | |||||||
- | Owen Racing Organisation | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNA | DNPQ | 0 |
- | Trod van Hoff Racing | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | |||
- | Scuderia Australasia | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNA | DNA | 0 | ||
- | Officine Alfieri Maserati | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | ||||
- | Scuderia Adriatica | DNPQ | DNPQ | 0 | |||||
- | Anglo Racing Engineering | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Assasti Millanti | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Ecurie Ecosse | DNPQ | 0 | ||||||
- | Jonkheer Gijsbert van Loon | DNPQ | 0 |
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