1955 Belgian Grand Prix

Results from the 1955 Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 5, 1955

Race report

This was the easiest of wins for Mercedes. With the absence of Lancia, there was very little competition. Fangio disappeared into the distance with Moss tracking him round. Private entrant Eugenio Castellotti retired after 16 laps, Jean Behra crashed and Hawthorn's Vanwall had an oil leakThe domination of the silver cars was such that they came in over 2 minutes ahead of Farina in third place after he had had lost a great deal of time attempting unsuccessfully to pass Castellotti.

Classification

Notes

* Pole position: Eugenio Castellotti - 4:18.1 (first career pole)
* Fastest L
Juan Manuel Fangio - 4:20.6
* Lap Leaders: Juan Manuel Fangio 36 laps (1-36)
* Shared Drive: Car #24: Roberto Mieres (10 laps) and Jean Behra (25 laps). They shared the 2 points for fifth place.
* Harry Schell set a grid time but his car was driven by teammate Maurice Trintignant.
* Team Lancia withdrew from Formula 1 after Alberto Ascari fatal accident. Eugenio Castellotti was a private entrant.

References

*cite web | title = The Official Formula 1 website | url = http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1955/701/ | accessdate = 2008-01-18
*Steve Small - "The Grand Prix Who's Who", 1996
*Sheldon and Rabagliati - "A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing, Volume 6, 1954-1959", 1987

F1 race report
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Year_of_race = 1955
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