1955 Formula One season
Two drivers were killed during the 1955 Indianapolis 500: Manny Ayulo and Bill Vukovich, winner of the two previous editions.
In the aftermath of the 1955 Le Mans disaster, it was decided to reschedule the French Grand Prix from 3 July to 25 September.
Next to him on the front row started two double World Champions: Alberto Ascari in the Lancia and Juan Manuel Fangio in the Mercedes.
Fearing he could not hold Fangio behind, he pitted to hand the car to teammate and 1950 World Champion Nino Farina.
Fangio pitted as well, for new tyres and to cool off, while Moss retired due to a vapor lock in the fuel pump.
A new rule to qualifying had been added: only the times recorded in the first practice session on Thursday afternoon would count for the front row of the grid and, thus, for pole position.
Fangio set the fastest time, ahead of Ascari and Moss, so they could relax and use the remaining sessions to try out car set-ups for the race.
Ascari took the unexpected lead of the race, but mere seconds later, crashed coming out of the harbour chicane and plunged into the water.
Maurice Trintignant took the win for Ferrari, the first of his career, ahead of Eugenio Castellotti for Lancia and Cesare Perdisa in Jean Behra's Maserati.
points, ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio (Mercedes) with 10 and Bob Sweikert (Kurtis Kraft) with 8.
Four days after the Monaco Grand Prix, double World Champion Alberto Ascari was tragically killed in a test session at Monza.
Soon, all assets would be merged into the Ferrari team, but this did not stop Eugenio Castellotti from scoring his first career pole position in the Belgian Grand Prix.
[19] For the British Grand Prix, Stirling Moss scored his first career pole position in front of his home crowd.
Fangio had the best start, but Moss regained the lead on lap 3, his car set up with a lower top speed but better acceleration out of the corners.
The Italian Grand Prix was run on the 10 km (6.2 mi) Monza layout including a new steep banking.
Nino Farina crashed in practice when his rear tyre came apart under the load of the banked turn and the heat of the sun.
Like in Zandvoort, Mercedes-Benz in Formula One#Mercedes occupied the front row in the order of Fangio, Moss, Kling.
Kling's gearbox broke and he retired as well, leaving the German team worried, but Fangio and Taruffi finished the race untroubled, scoring another Mercedes 1–2, ahead of Eugenio Castellotti for Ferrari.
[21] Juan Manuel Fangio (Mercedes) had collected 40 points and won his third Drivers' Championship, his second in a row.
