| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race 7 of 7 in the 1955 Formula One season | ||
 Autodromo Nazionale Monza layout | ||
| Date | September 11, 1955 | |
| Official name | XXVI Gran Premio d'Italia | |
| Location | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | |
| Course | Permanent road course 10.000 km (6.214 mi) | |
| Distance | 50 laps, 500.023 km (310.700 mi) | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Juan Manuel Fangio
|
Mercedes |
| Time | 2:46.5 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Stirling Moss
|
Mercedes |
| Time | 2:46.9 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
Mercedes |
| Second |  Piero Taruffi
|
Mercedes |
| Third | Eugenio Castellotti
|
Ferrari |
The 1955 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, in Monza, Italy on 11 September 1955. It was the seventh and final round of the 1955 World Drivers' Championship.
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.
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".
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.
This was the last Grand Prix race for 1950 world champion Nino Farina.
Classification[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
Mercedes | 50 | 2:25:04.4 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 14 | Piero Taruffi
|
Mercedes | 50 | +0.7 | 9 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | Eugenio Castellotti
|
Ferrari | 50 | +46.2 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 36 |  Jean Behra
|
Maserati | 50 | +3:57.5 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 34 | Carlos Menditeguy
|
Maserati | 49 | +1 Lap | 16 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | Umberto Maglioli
|
Ferrari | 49 | +1 Lap | 12 | |
| 7 | 28 | Roberto Mieres
|
Maserati | 48 | +2 Laps | 7 | |
| 8 | 8 | Maurice Trintignant
|
Ferrari | 47 | +3 Laps | 15 | |
| 9 | 40 |  John Fitch
|
Maserati | 46 | +4 Laps | 20 | |
| 10 | 6 | Mike Hawthorn
|
Ferrari | 38 | Gearbox | 14 | |
| Ret | 20 |  Karl Kling
|
Mercedes | 32 | Gearbox | 3 | |
| Ret | 30 | Luigi Musso
|
Maserati | 31 | Gearbox | 10 | |
| Ret | 38 | Horace Gould
|
Maserati | 31 | Suspension | 21 | |
| Ret | 16 | Stirling Moss
|
Mercedes | 27 | Engine | 2 | 1 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Pollet
|
Gordini | 26 | Engine | 19 | |
| Ret | 22 |  Hernando da Silva Ramos
|
Gordini | 23 | Fuel System | 18 | |
| Ret | 32 | Peter Collins
|
Maserati | 22 | Suspension | 11 | |
| Ret | 42 | Harry Schell
|
Vanwall | 7 | Suspension | 13 | |
| Ret | 24 | Jean Lucas
|
Gordini | 7 | Engine | 22 | |
| Ret | 44 | Ken Wharton
|
Vanwall | 0 | Injection | 17 | |
| DNS | 2 | Nino Farina
|
Ferrari | Tire | 5 | ||
| DNS | 10 | Luigi Villoresi
|
Ferrari | Tire | 8 | ||
| DNS | 46 | Luigi Piotti
|
Arzani-Volpini-Maserati | Engine |
Notes[]
- Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio - 2:46.5
- Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss - 2:46.9
- Lap Leaders:
- Juan Manuel Fangio 49 laps (1-7 and 9-50)
- Stirling Moss 1 lap (8)
- Grand Prix debut for: Luigi Piotti. Only Grand Prix appearance for Jean Lucas.
- Last Grand Prix appearance for: Nino Farina, John Fitch, Karl Kling, Roberto Mieres, Jacques Pollet, and Ken Wharton.
- Career Firsts: Carlos Menditeguy (points).
Drivers' Championship standings after the race[]
| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
40 (41) |
| 2 | Stirling Moss
|
23 |
| 3 | Eugenio Castellotti
|
12 |
| 4 | Maurice Trintignant
|
11.33 |
| 5 | Nino Farina
|
10.33 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
References[]
| Previous race: 1955 British Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 1955 season |
Next race: 1956 Argentine Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1954 Italian Grand Prix |
Italian Grand Prix | Next race: 1956 Italian Grand Prix |
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