Season 1955 · Round 1

Argentine Grand Prix

1955 Season R2 →
1955-01-16 · Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Argentina · Argentine Grand Prix · 96Lap · 375.552km
18 Juan Fangio
Mercedes 3:00:38.600
Team win 10pt P1 · P4 · P13 · P18
12 José Froilán González
Ferrari +1:29.600
2 Nino Farina
Ferrari
12 Umberto Maglioli
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
16
Luigi Musso L54 Sergio Mantovani L54 Harry Schell L54 Clemar Bucci L54 Jesús Iglesias L38 Maurice Trintignant L36 Eugenio Castellotti L35 Stirling Moss L29 Alberto Uria L22 Alberto Ascari L21 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 7/20 35%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina
96Lap 375.552km 20 races held (1953–) Lap record 1:27.981 · Gerhard Berger (1997)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Juan Fangio 3 wins · GP #1
P4 Alberto Ascari 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P4 Stirling Moss 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Pole Position
P1 Juan Fangio 2 · GP #1
P1 Stirling Moss 2 · GP #1
Starts
P4 Carlos Menditeguy 7 starts · → Clay Regazzoni -1
P8 Juan Fangio 6 starts · → John Watson -1
P8 José Froilán González 6 starts · → John Watson -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 90 L96 Fangio · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Fangio FAN 1 Fangio FAN González · P1 → P2 · -1 1 González GON 2 González GON Farina · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Farina FAR 3 Farina FAR Maglioli · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Maglioli MAG 3 Maglioli MAG Herrmann · P10 → P4 · +6 10 Herrmann HER 4 Herrmann HER Mieres · P16 → P5 · +11 16 Mieres MIE 5 Mieres MIE Musso · P19 → retired L54 Musso · retired L54 19 Musso MUS R Musso MUS Mantovani · P19 → retired L54 Mantovani · retired L54 19 Mantovani MAN R Mantovani MAN Schell · P20 → retired L54 Schell · retired L54 20 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Bucci · P20 → retired L54 Bucci · retired L54 20 Bucci BUC R Bucci BUC Iglesias · P17 → retired L38 Iglesias · retired L38 17 Iglesias IGL R Iglesias IGL Trintignant · P14 → retired L36 Trintignant · retired L36 14 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Castellotti · P12 → retired L35 Castellotti · retired L35 12 Castellotti CAS R Castellotti CAS Moss · P8 → retired L29 Moss · retired L29 8 Moss MOS R Moss MOS Uria · P21 → retired L22 Uria · retired L22 21 Uria URI R Uria URI Ascari · P2 → retired L21 Ascari · retired L21 2 Ascari ASC R Ascari ASC Bayol · P15 → retired L7 Bayol · retired L7 15 Bayol BAY R Bayol BAY Behra · P4 → retired L2 Behra · retired L2 4 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Kling · P6 → retired L2 Kling · retired L2 6 Kling KLI R Kling KLI Villoresi · P11 → retired L2 Villoresi · retired L2 11 Villoresi VIL R Villoresi VIL Birger · P9 → retired L1 Birger · retired L1 9 Birger BIR R Birger BIR Menditeguy · P13 → retired L1 Menditeguy · retired L1 13 Menditeguy MEN R Menditeguy MEN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 18 Juan Fangio Mercedes 3 96 3:00:38.600 9
2 12 José Froilán González Ferrari 1 96 +1:29.600 2
3 2 Nino Farina Ferrari 5 94 +2 Laps 1.33
3 12 Umberto Maglioli Ferrari 5 94 +2 Laps 1.33
4 8 Hans Herrmann Mercedes 10 94 +2 Laps 1
5 28 Roberto Mieres Maserati 16 91 +5 Laps 2
R 30 Luigi Musso Maserati 19 54 Engine
R 20 Sergio Mantovani Maserati 19 54 Engine
R 42 Harry Schell Maserati 20 54 Fuel pressure
R 26 Clemar Bucci Maserati 20 54 Fuel pressure
R 42 Jesús Iglesias Gordini 17 38 Transmission
R 8 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 14 36 Engine
R 4 Eugenio Castellotti Lancia 12 35 Accident
R 16 Stirling Moss Mercedes 8 29 Fuel system
R 30 Alberto Uria Maserati 21 22 Out of fuel
R 26 Alberto Ascari Lancia 2 21 Accident
R 12 Élie Bayol Gordini 15 7 Transmission
R 36 Jean Behra Maserati 4 2 Accident
R 20 Karl Kling Mercedes 6 2 Accident
R 10 Luigi Villoresi Lancia 11 2 Fuel leak
R 40 Pablo Birger Gordini 9 1 Accident
R 34 Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 13 1 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 José Froilán González
2
26 Alberto Ascari
3
18 Juan Fangio
4
36 Jean Behra
5
2 Nino Farina
5
12 Umberto Maglioli
6
20 Karl Kling
8
16 Stirling Moss
9
40 Pablo Birger
10
8 Hans Herrmann
11
10 Luigi Villoresi
12
4 Eugenio Castellotti
13
34 Carlos Menditeguy
14
8 Maurice Trintignant
15
12 Élie Bayol
16
28 Roberto Mieres
17
42 Jesús Iglesias
19
30 Luigi Musso
19
20 Sergio Mantovani
20
42 Harry Schell
20
26 Clemar Bucci
21
30 Alberto Uria
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15