Season 1955 · Round 2

Monaco Grand Prix

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1955-05-22 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix · 100Lap · 314.500km
8 Maurice Trintignant
Ferrari 2:58:09.800
Team win 11pt P1 · P4 · P8 · P8 · P12
4 Eugenio Castellotti
Lancia +20.200
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Cesare Perdisa L86 Jean Behra L86 Alberto Ascari L80 Harry Schell L68 Roberto Mieres L64 Élie Bayol L63 Juan Fangio L49 Robert Manzon L38 André Simon L24 Mike Hawthorn L22 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 6 wins
Graham Hill 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 34/72 47.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P11
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
100Lap 314.500km 72 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:12.909 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Stirling Moss 3 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P9 Juan Fangio 2 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P9 Maurice Trintignant 2 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P11 Jack Brabham 14 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P28 Maurice Trintignant 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P66 Stirling Moss 7 starts · → Romain Grosjean -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 90 L100 Trintignant · P9 → P1 · +8 9 Trintignant TRI 1 Trintignant TRI Castellotti · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Castellotti CAS 2 Castellotti CAS Farina · P14 → P4 · +10 14 Farina FAR 4 Farina FAR Villoresi · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Villoresi VIL 5 Villoresi VIL Chiron · P19 → P6 · +13 19 Chiron CHI 6 Chiron CHI Pollet · P20 → P7 · +13 20 Pollet POL 7 Pollet POL Frère · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Frère FRÈ 8 Frère FRÈ Taruffi · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Taruffi TAR 8 Taruffi TAR Moss · P3 → P9 · -6 3 Moss MOS 9 Moss MOS Perdisa · P11 → retired L86 Perdisa · retired L86 11 Perdisa PER R Perdisa PER Behra · P11 → retired L86 Behra · retired L86 11 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Ascari · P2 → retired L80 Ascari · retired L80 2 Ascari ASC R Ascari ASC Schell · P18 → retired L68 Schell · retired L68 18 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Mieres · P6 → retired L64 Mieres · retired L64 6 Mieres MIE R Mieres MIE Bayol · P16 → retired L63 Bayol · retired L63 16 Bayol BAY R Bayol BAY Fangio · P1 → retired L49 Fangio · retired L49 1 Fangio FAN R Fangio FAN Manzon · P13 → retired L38 Manzon · retired L38 13 Manzon MAN R Manzon MAN Simon · P10 → retired L24 Simon · retired L24 10 Simon SIM R Simon SIM Hawthorn · P12 → retired L22 Hawthorn · retired L22 12 Hawthorn HAW R Hawthorn HAW Rosier · P17 → retired L8 Rosier · retired L8 17 Rosier ROS R Rosier ROS Musso · P8 → retired L7 Musso · retired L7 8 Musso MUS R Musso MUS
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 9 100 2:58:09.800 8
2 4 Eugenio Castellotti Lancia 4 100 +20.200 6
4 2 Nino Farina Ferrari 14 99 +1 Lap 3
5 10 Luigi Villoresi Lancia 7 99 +1 Lap 2
6 32 Louis Chiron Lancia 19 95 +5 Laps
7 26 Jacques Pollet Gordini 20 91 +9 Laps
8 6 Paul Frère Ferrari 15 86 +14 Laps
8 14 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 15 86 +14 Laps
9 16 Stirling Moss Mercedes 3 81 +19 Laps
R 26 Cesare Perdisa Maserati 11 86 Spun off
R 36 Jean Behra Maserati 11 86 Spun off
R 26 Alberto Ascari Lancia 2 80 Accident
R 42 Harry Schell Ferrari 18 68 Engine
R 28 Roberto Mieres Maserati 6 64 Transmission
R 12 Élie Bayol Gordini 16 63 Transmission
R 18 Juan Fangio Mercedes 1 49 Transmission 1
R 22 Robert Manzon Gordini 13 38 Gearbox
R 8 André Simon Mercedes 10 24 Engine
R 6 Mike Hawthorn Vanwall 12 22 Throttle
R 28 Louis Rosier Maserati 17 8 Fuel leak
R 30 Luigi Musso Maserati 8 7 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
18 Juan Fangio
2
26 Alberto Ascari
3
16 Stirling Moss
4
4 Eugenio Castellotti
6
28 Roberto Mieres
7
10 Luigi Villoresi
8
30 Luigi Musso
9
8 Maurice Trintignant
10
8 André Simon
11
26 Cesare Perdisa
11
36 Jean Behra
12
6 Mike Hawthorn
13
22 Robert Manzon
14
2 Nino Farina
15
6 Paul Frère
15
14 Piero Taruffi
16
12 Élie Bayol
17
28 Louis Rosier
18
42 Harry Schell
19
32 Louis Chiron
20
26 Jacques Pollet
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.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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