1955 Monaco Grand Prix

43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333

1955 Monaco Grand Prix
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Race details
Date 22 May 1955
Official name XIII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.145 km (1.955 miles)
Distance 100 laps, 314.5 km (195.5 miles)
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:41.1
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Mercedes
Time 1:42.4
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Lancia
Third Maserati
Lap leaders

The 1955 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 22 May 1955. It was race 2 of 7 in the 1955 World Championship of Drivers and was given an honorary name, Grand Prix d'Europe.[1] The 100-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Maurice Trintignant after he started from ninth position. Eugenio Castellotti finished second for the Lancia team and Maserati drivers Jean Behra and Cesare Perdisa came in third.

  1. ^ Kettlewell, Mike. "Monaco: Road Racing on the Riviera", in Northey, Tom, editor. World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 12, p.1383.