Monaco Grand Prix

Date
Sun 22nd May 1955 (UTC)
Sun 22nd May 1955 (Local)

Timestamp
1955-05-22T13:00:00

Time

13:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1955

Round
2

Status

Location
Circuit de Monaco

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Description

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. 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.
This race marked the Grand Prix debut for Cesare Perdisa. It was the only Grand Prix appearance for Ted Whiteaway. This was the last Grand Prix appearance for Alberto Ascari; he was killed four days later testing a Ferrari sports car at Monza.

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Result List

Result Description
1 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 2:58:09.8
2 Eugenio Castellotti Lancia + 20.2
3 Jean Behra - Cesare Perdisa (shared car) Maserati + 1 lap
4 Nino Farina Ferrari + 1 lap
5 Luigi Villoresi Lancia + 1 lap
6 Louis Chiron Lancia + 5 laps
7 Jacques Pollet Gordini + 9 laps
8 Piero Taruffi - Paul Frère (shared car) Ferrari + 14 laps
9 Stirling Moss Mercedes + 19 laps

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