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1955 RAC British Grand Prix

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Race 6 of 7

Aintree
90 laps
Time of race: 3:07:21.2
Average speed of winner: 139.158 kph
Margin of victory: 0.2 sec.
Lead changes: 4 between 2 drivers
Fastest lap: Stirling Moss 2:00.4
Lap leaders: Moss pole, Fangio 1-2, Moss 3-17, Fangio 18-25, Moss 26-90

Race notes: First win for Stirling Moss. First pole for Stirling Moss. Debut for Jack Brabham. Finale for Lance Macklin, Leslie Marr, Kenneth McAlpine, and Tony Rolt. Only start for Mike Sparken.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Owner	Qualifying Time	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Stirling Moss	12	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes W196	Mercedes 2.5 L8	Continental	Mercedes	2:00.4	90	2	80	3:07:21.2	9
2	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	10	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes W196	Mercedes 2.5 L8	Continental	Mercedes	2:00.6	90	2	10	+0.2	6
3	4	Karl Kling	14	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes W196	Mercedes 2.5 L8	Continental	Mercedes	2:02.0	90	0	0	+71.8	4
4	5	Piero Taruffi	50	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes W196	Mercedes 2.5 L8	Continental	Mercedes	2:03.0	89	0	0	+1 lap	3
5	9	Luigi Musso	4	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	Pirelli	Maserati	2:04.2	89	0	0	+1 lap	2
6	12	Mike Hawthorn	16	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 625	Ferrari 106	Englebert	Ferrari	2:05.4	60	0	0	+3 laps	0
		Eugenio Castellotti								0.0000	0	0		0
7	23	Mike Sparken	26	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.5 L6		Gordini	2:12.6	81	0	0	+9 laps	0
8	16	Lance Macklin	46	Stirling Moss Ltd.	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	Pirelli	Moss	2:08.4	79	0	0	+11 laps	0
9	15	Ken Wharton	28	Vandervell Products Ltd.	Vanwall	Vanwall 2.5 L4		Vanwall	2:08.4	50	0	0	+18 laps	0
		Harry Schell								0.0000	0	0		0
10	13	Maurice Trintignant	18	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 625	Ferrari 106	Englebert	Ferrari	2:05.4	59	0	0	overheating	0
11	6	Roberto Mières	6	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	Pirelli	Maserati	2:03.2	47	0	0	engine	0
12	25	Jack Brabham	40	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T40	Bristol 2.0 L6		Cooper	2:27.4	30	0	0	engine	0
13	17	Kenneth McAlpine	32	Connaught Engineering	Connaught B	Alta 1.5		Connaught	2:03.8	30	0	0	oil pressure	0
14	24	Peter Collins	42	Owen Racing Organisation	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	Pirelli	BRM	2:13.4	28	0	0	clutch	0
15	18	Hermano da Silva Ramos	24	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.5 L6		Gordini	2:10.6	26	0	0	oil pressure	0
16	20	Roy Salvadori	44	Gilby Engineering Ltd.	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	Pirelli	Gilby	2:11.6	23	0	0	gearbox	0
17	22	Horace Gould	48	Gould's Garage (Bristol)	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	Pirelli	Gould	2:11.8	22	0	0	brakes	0
18	7	Harry Schell	30	Vandervell Products Ltd.	Vanwall	Vanwall 2.5 L4		Vanwall	2:03.8	20	0	0	throttle	0
19	14	Tony Rolt	36	Rob Walker Racing Team	Connaught B	Alta 1.5		Rob Walker	2:06.6	10	0	0	transmission	0
		Peter Walker								0.0000	0	0		0
20	19	Leslie Marr	38	Leslie Marr	Connaught B	Alta 1.5		Marr	2:11.6	18	0	0	brakes	0
21	10	Eugenio Castellotti	20	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 625	Ferrari 106	Englebert	Ferrari	2:05.0	16	0	0	transmission	0
22	8	André Simon	8	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	Pirelli	Maserati	2:04.0	9	0	0	gearbox	0
23	3	Jean Behra	2	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	Pirelli	Maserati	2:01.4	9	0	0	oil leak	0
24	11	Robert Manzon	22	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.5 L6		Gordini	2:05.0	4	0	0	transmission	0
25	21	Jack Fairman	34	Connaught Engineering	Connaught B	Alta 1.5		Connaught	2:11.6	0	0	0	did not start	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	33	5	2	3	4
2	Stirling Moss	21	5	1	1	3
3	Nino Farina	8.33	3	0	0	2
4	Maurice Trintignant	8	5	0	1	1
5	Bob Sweikert	8	1	0	1	1
6	Eugenio Castellotti	8	5	1	0	1
7	Roberto Mières	7	5	0	0	0
8	Luigi Musso	6	5	0	0	1
9	Karl Kling	4	4	0	0	1
10	Jimmy Davies	4	1	0	0	1
11	Tony Bettenhausen	3	1	0	0	1
12	Piero Taruffi	3	2	0	0	0
13	Johnny Thomson	3	1	0	0	0
14	Paul Frère	3	1	0	0	0
15	José Froilán González	2	1	1	0	1
16	Jean Behra	2	5	0	0	1
17	Luigi Villoresi	2	2	0	0	0
18	Hans Herrmann	1	1	0	0	0
19	Walt Faulkner	1	1	0	0	0
20	Bill Vukovich	1	1	0	0	0
21	Harry Schell	0	3	0	0	0
22	Louis Chiron	0	1	0	0	0
23	Mike Hawthorn	0	4	0	0	0
24	Andy Linden	0	1	0	0	0
25	Jacques Pollet	0	2	0	0	0

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