Season 1955 · Round 4

Belgian Grand Prix

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1955-06-05 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 36Lap · 508.320km
18 Juan Fangio
Mercedes 2:39
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 · P10 1-2
16 Stirling Moss
Mercedes +8.100
2 Nino Farina
Ferrari +1:40.500
Fastest Lap
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DNF
4
Karl Kling L21 Eugenio Castellotti L16 Mike Hawthorn L8 Jean Behra L3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/59 37.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
36Lap 508.320km 59 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:44.701 · Sergio Pérez (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P6 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P10 Alberto Ascari 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 Nino Farina 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P16 Alberto Ascari 3 · → Damon Hill -1
P16 Juan Fangio 3 · → Damon Hill -1
P16 Nino Farina 3 · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P27 Jack Brabham 11 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
P68 Maurice Trintignant 7 starts · → Ralf Schumacher -1
P68 Stirling Moss 7 starts · → Ralf Schumacher -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L36 Fangio · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Fangio FAN 1 Fangio FAN Moss · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Moss MOS 2 Moss MOS Farina · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Farina FAR 3 Farina FAR Frère · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Frère FRÈ 4 Frère FRÈ Mieres · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Mieres MIE 5 Mieres MIE Trintignant · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Trintignant TRI 6 Trintignant TRI Musso · P7 → P7 7 Musso MUS 7 Musso MUS Perdisa · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Perdisa PER 8 Perdisa PER Rosier · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Rosier ROS 9 Rosier ROS Kling · P6 → retired L21 Kling · retired L21 6 Kling KLI R Kling KLI Castellotti · P1 → retired L16 Castellotti · retired L16 1 Castellotti CAS R Castellotti CAS Hawthorn · P9 → retired L8 Hawthorn · retired L8 9 Hawthorn HAW R Hawthorn HAW Behra · P5 → retired L3 Behra · retired L3 5 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Claes · pit lane → P14 · +3 — Claes CLA 14 Claes CLA Taruffi · pit lane → P15 · +3 — Taruffi TAR 15 Taruffi TAR Schell · pit lane → P16 · +3 — Schell SCH 16 Schell SCH
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 18 Juan Fangio Mercedes 2 36 2:39 9
2 16 Stirling Moss Mercedes 3 36 +8.100 6
3 2 Nino Farina Ferrari 4 36 +1:40.500 4
4 6 Paul Frère Ferrari 8 36 +3:25.500 3
5 28 Roberto Mieres Maserati 13 35 +1 Lap 1
6 8 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 10 35 +1 Lap
7 30 Luigi Musso Maserati 7 34 +2 Laps
8 26 Cesare Perdisa Maserati 11 33 +3 Laps
9 28 Louis Rosier Maserati 12 33 +3 Laps
R 20 Karl Kling Mercedes 6 21 Oil leak
R 4 Eugenio Castellotti Lancia 1 16 Gearbox
R 6 Mike Hawthorn Vanwall 9 8 Gearbox
R 36 Jean Behra Maserati 5 3 Spun off
W 30 Johnny Claes Maserati 0 0 Withdrew
W 14 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 0 0 Withdrew
W 42 Harry Schell Ferrari 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
4 Eugenio Castellotti
2
18 Juan Fangio
3
16 Stirling Moss
4
2 Nino Farina
5
36 Jean Behra
6
20 Karl Kling
7
30 Luigi Musso
8
6 Paul Frère
9
6 Mike Hawthorn
10
8 Maurice Trintignant
11
26 Cesare Perdisa
12
28 Louis Rosier
13
28 Roberto Mieres
PIT
30 Johnny Claes pit lane start
PIT
14 Piero Taruffi pit lane start
PIT
42 Harry Schell pit lane start
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