1955 Italian Grand Prix

The 1955 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy on 11 September 1955. It was the seventh and final race of the 1955 World Championship of Drivers.

In the wake of the 1955 Le Mans disaster, the championship was still open after the British Grand Prix; although after that race (with the French Grand Prix already having been cancelled) the German, Swiss and Spanish Grands Prix were all cancelled. This meant that Fangio won the world driver's championship for the 3rd time and the 2nd time in succession.

The Monza circuit near Milan had been revamped and resurfaced, and had been given all new pit and safety facilities. A new concrete banking had been constructed over where the original slightly banked version was, and the combined 10 km (6.214 mi) Monza circuit was used for the first time since 1933. The Curva Sud had also been modified from 2 right hand corners into one sweeping right-hander known as the "Parabolica", where run-off area was implemented.

Of the 4 factory Mercedes cars in the race, Fangio and Moss drove the streamlined, closed-wheel W196's, while Kling and Taruffi drove open-wheel W196's. This was the 4th and last appearance of the streamlined Mercedes cars at a championship GP as well as the third and last time in Formula One history that a race had been won by a closed-wheel car.

This was the last Grand Prix race for 1950 world champion Nino Farina. This was also the last Grand Prix win for a Mercedes-Benz as an engine manufacturer until David Coulthard won the 1997 Australian Grand Prix and the last Grand Prix win for Mercedes-Benz as a constructor until Nico Rosberg won the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix, and also the last 1-2 finish for Mercedes-Benz as an engine manufacturer until Mika Häkkinen and Coulthard at the 1997 European Grand Prix, as well as the last 1-2 finish for Mercedes-Benz as a constructor until Lewis Hamilton and Rosberg at the 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Entries

Team	No	Driver	Car	Engine	Tyre
Template:Flagicon Scuderia Ferrari	2	Template:Flagicon Nino Farina	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50 2.5 V8	Template:Englebert
	4	Template:Flagicon Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 555	Ferrari 555 2.5 L4
	6	Template:Flagicon Mike Hawthorn
	8	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant
	12	Template:Flagicon Umberto Maglioli
Template:Flagicon Scuderia Lancia	10	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50 2.5 V8	Template:Pirelli
Template:Flagicon Daimler Benz AG	14	Template:Flagicon Piero Taruffi	Mercedes-Benz W196	Mercedes M196 2.5 L8	Template:Continental
	16	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss
	18	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio
	20	Template:Flagicon Karl Kling
Template:Flagicon Equipe Gordini	22	Template:Flagicon Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini T16	Gordini 23 2.5 L6	Template:Englebert
	24	Template:Flagicon Jean Lucas
	26	Template:Flagicon Jacques Pollet
Template:Flagicon Officine Alfieri Maserati	28	Template:Flagicon Roberto Mieres	Maserati 250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6	Template:Pirelli
	30	Template:Flagicon Luigi Musso
	32	Template:Flagicon Peter Collins
	34	Template:Flagicon Carlos Menditeguy
	36	Template:Flagicon Jean Behra
	38	Template:Flagicon Horace Gould
Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss Ltd	40	Template:Flagicon John Fitch			Template:Dunlop
Template:Flagicon Vandervell Products	42	Template:Flagicon Harry Schell	Vanwall VW 55	Vanwall 254 2.5 L4	Template:Pirelli
	44	Template:Flagicon Ken Wharton
Template:Flagicon Scuderia Volpini	46	Template:Flagicon Luigi Piotti	Arzani-Volpini	Maserati 4CLT 2.5 L4
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Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	18	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	2:46.5	—
2	16	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	Mercedes	2:46.8	+0.3
3	20	Template:Flagicon Karl Kling	Mercedes	2:48.3	+1.8
4	4	Template:Flagicon Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	2:49.6	+3.1
5	2	Template:Flagicon Nino Farina	Lancia	2:49.9	+3.4
6	36	Template:Flagicon Jean Behra	Maserati	2:50.1	+3.6
7	28	Template:Flagicon Roberto Mieres	Maserati	2:51.1	+4.6
8	10	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi	Lancia	2:51.6	+5.1
9	14	Template:Flagicon Piero Taruffi	Mercedes	2:51.8	+5.3
10	30	Template:Flagicon Luigi Musso	Maserati	2:52.1	+5.6
11	32	Template:Flagicon Peter Collins	Maserati	2:55.3	+8.8
12	12	Template:Flagicon Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	2:55.4	+8.9
13	42	Template:Flagicon Harry Schell	Vanwall	2:55.5	+9.0
14	6	Template:Flagicon Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	2:56.2	+9.7
15	8	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	2:56.3	+9.8
16	34	Template:Flagicon Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	2:58.4	+11.9
17	44	Template:Flagicon Ken Wharton	Vanwall	2:59.5	+13.0
18	22	Template:Flagicon Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	2:59.8	+13.3
19	26	Template:Flagicon Jacques Pollet	Gordini	2:59.9	+13.4
20	40	Template:Flagicon John Fitch	Maserati	3:03.1	+16.6
21	38	Template:Flagicon Horace Gould	Maserati	3:05.2	+18.7
22	24	Template:Flagicon Jean Lucas	Gordini	3:15.9	+29.4
DNS	46	Template:Flagicon Luigi Piotti	Arzani-Volpini-Maserati
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Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	18	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes	50	2:25:04.4	1	8
2	14	Template:Flagicon Piero Taruffi	Mercedes	50	+0.7	9	6
3	4	Template:Flagicon Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	50	+46.2	4	4
4	36	Template:Flagicon Jean Behra	Maserati	50	+3:57.5	6	3
5	34	Template:Flagicon Carlos Menditeguy	Maserati	49	+1 Lap	16	2
6	12	Template:Flagicon Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	49	+1 Lap	12
7	28	Template:Flagicon Roberto Mieres	Maserati	48	+2 Laps	7
8	8	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari	47	+3 Laps	15
9	40	Template:Flagicon John Fitch	Maserati	46	+4 Laps	20
10	6	Template:Flagicon Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	38	Gearbox	14
Ret	20	Template:Flagicon Karl Kling	Mercedes	32	Gearbox	3
Ret	30	Template:Flagicon Luigi Musso	Maserati	31	Gearbox	10
Ret	38	Template:Flagicon Horace Gould	Maserati	31	Suspension	21
Ret	16	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	Mercedes	27	Engine	2	1Template:Ref
Ret	26	Template:Flagicon Jacques Pollet	Gordini	26	Engine	19
Ret	22	Template:Flagicon Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	23	Fuel System	18
Ret	32	Template:Flagicon Peter Collins	Maserati	22	Suspension	11
Ret	42	Template:Flagicon Harry Schell	Vanwall	7	Suspension	13
Ret	24	Template:Flagicon Jean Lucas	Gordini	7	Engine	22
Ret	44	Template:Flagicon Ken Wharton	Vanwall	0	Injection	17
DNS	2	Template:Flagicon Nino Farina	Lancia		Tyre	5
DNS	10	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi	Lancia		Tyre	8
DNS	46	Template:Flagicon Luigi Piotti	Arzani-Volpini-Maserati		Engine
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Notes

• Template:Note – 1 point for fastest lap

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	40 (41)
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	2	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	23
Error creating thumbnail: 3	3	Template:Flagicon Eugenio Castellotti	12
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	4	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	11 Template:Frac
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	5	Template:Flagicon Nino Farina	10 Template:Frac
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Further reading

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