1955 Italian Grand Prix

The 1955 Italian Grand Prix was held on September 11. It was the seventh and final race of the season, after the cancellations of the French, German, Swiss and Spanish GPs in the wake of the Le Mans disaster. The race was run for the first time on a combined road course-oval circuit, measuring exactly 10 km long. The high speeds attained on the new oval section, combined with flaws in construction, caused a number of tire and suspension issues with the cars.
The race was won by newly-crowned World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio, leading home teammate Piero Taruffi in a 1-2. Eugenio Castellotti finished a rather distant third in a . This was the last time a Mercedes chassis would run in Formula One for more than 50 years, as the team had already announced its withdrawal from all forms of racing in the aftermath of the Le Mans disaster.
==Background==
===Entry List===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
2 	Giuseppe Farina 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D50 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
4 	Eugenio Castellotti 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	555 	 	555 L4 2.5 	
6 	Mike Hawthorn 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	555 	 	555 L4 2.5 	
8 	Maurice Trintignant 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	555 	 	555 L4 2.5 	
10 	Luigi Villoresi 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D50 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
12 	Umberto Maglioli 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	555 	 	555 L4 2.5 	
14 	Piero Taruffi 	Daimler Benz AG 	 	W196 	 	M196 L8 2.5 	
16 	Stirling Moss 	Daimler Benz AG 	 	W196 	 	M196 L8 2.5 	
18 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	Daimler Benz AG 	 	W196 	 	M196 L8 2.5 	
20 	Karl Kling 	Daimler Benz AG 	 	W196 	 	M196 L8 2.5 	
22 	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Equipe Gordini 	 	T16 	 	23 L6 2.5 	
24 	Jean Lucas 	Equipe Gordini 	 	T32 	 	25 L6 2.5 	
26 	Jacques Pollet 	Equipe Gordini 	 	T16 	 	23 L6 2.5 	
28 	Roberto Mieres 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
30 	Luigi Musso 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
32 	Peter Collins 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
34 	Carlos Menditeguy 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
36 	Jean Behra 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
38 	Horace Gould 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
40 	John Fitch 	Stirling Moss Ltd. 	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
42 	Harry Schell 	Vandervall Products 	 	VW 55 	 	254 L4 2.5 	
44 	Ken Wharton 	Vandervall Products 	 	VW 55 	 	254 L4 2.5 	
46 	Luigi Piotti 	Scuderia Volpini 	 	F1 	 	4CLT L4 2.5 	
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Speed 	Gap 	Grid
1 	18 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	2:46.5	216.216	— 	1
2 	16 	Stirling Moss 	 	2:46.8	215.827	+0.3 	2
3 	20 	Karl Kling 	 	2:48.3	213.904	+1.8 	3
4 	4 	Eugenio Castellotti 	 	2:49.6	212.264	+3.1 	4
5 	2 	Giuseppe Farina 	 	2:49.9	211.889	+3.4 	DNS
6 	36 	Jean Behra 	 	2:50.1	211.640	+3.6 	5
7 	28 	Roberto Mieres 	 	2:51.1	210.403	+4.6 	6
8 	10 	Luigi Villoresi 	 	2:51.6	209.790	+5.1 	DNS
9 	14 	Piero Taruffi 	 	2:51.8	209.546	+5.3 	7
10 	30 	Luigi Musso 	 	2:52.2	209.059	+5.7 	8
11 	32 	Peter Collins 	 	2:55.3	205.362	+8.8 	9
12 	12 	Umberto Maglioli 	 	2:55.4	205.245	+8.9 	10
13 	42 	Harry Schell 	 	2:55.5	205.128	+9.0 	11
14 	6 	Mike Hawthorn 	 	2:56.2	204.313	+9.7 	12
15 	8 	Maurice Trintignant 	 	2:56.3	204.197	+9.8 	13
16 	34 	Carlos Menditeguy 	 	2:58.4	201.794	+11.9 	14
17 	44 	Ken Wharton 	 	2:59.5	200.557	+13.0 	15
18 	22 	Hermano da Silva Ramos	 	2:59.8	200.222	+13.3 	16
19 	26 	Jacques Pollet 	 	2:59.9	200.111	+13.4 	17
20 	40 	John Fitch 	 	3:03.1	196.614	+16.6 	18
21 	38 	Horace Gould 	 	3:05.2	196.614	+18.7 	19
22 	24 	Jean Lucas 	 	3:15.9	183.767	+29.4 	20
DNS 	46 	Luigi Piotti 	 	Engine	Engine 	Engine	
===Grid===
==Race==
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Reason	Grid	Points
1 	18 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	50 	2:25:04.4 	1 	8
2 	14 	Piero Taruffi 	 	50 	+0.6 	7 	6
3 	4 	Eugenio Castellotti 	 	50 	+46.1 	4 	4
4 	36 	Jean Behra 	 	50 	+3:57.5 	5 	3
5 	34 	Carlos Menditeguy 	 	49 	+1 lap 	14 	2
6 	12 	Umberto Maglioli 	 	49 	+1 lap 	10 	
7 	28 	Roberto Mieres 	 	48 	+2 laps 	6 	
8 	8 	Maurice Trintignant 	 	47 	+3 laps 	13 	
9 	40 	John Fitch 	 	46 	+4 laps 	18 	
Ret 	6 	Mike Hawthorn 	 	38 	Gearbox 	12 	
Ret 	20 	Karl Kling 	 	32 	Gearbox 	3 	
Ret 	30 	Luigi Musso 	 	31 	Gearbox 	8 	
Ret 	38 	Horace Gould 	 	31 	Oil pump 	19 	
Ret 	16 	Stirling Moss 	 	27 	Engine 	2 	1
Ret 	26 	Jacques Pollet 	 	26 	Engine 	17 	
Ret 	22 	Hermano da Silva Ramos	 	23 	Fuel pump 	16 	
Ret 	32 	Peter Collins 	 	22 	Suspension 	9 	
Ret 	42 	Harry Schell 	 	7 	Suspension 	11 	
Ret 	24 	Jean Lucas 	 	7 	Engine 	20 	
Ret 	44 	Ken Wharton 	 	0 	Fuel pump 	15 	
DNS 	2 	Giuseppe Farina 	 	 	 	 	
DNS 	10 	Luigi Villoresi 	 	 	 	 	
DNS 	46 	Luigi Piotti 	 	 	 	 	
==Milestones==
==Standings==
==External Links==
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