1955 British Grand Prix

1955 British Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	16 July 1955
Official name	8th RAC British Grand Prix
Location	Aintree Circuit, Liverpool, England
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.828 km (3.000 miles)
Distance	90 laps, 434.52 km (270.00 miles)
Weather	Hot, dry.[1]
Attendance	75,000-100,000[1]
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss	Mercedes
Time	2:00.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss	Mercedes
Time	2:00.4
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Mercedes
Second	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
Third	Karl Kling	Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 1955 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Aintree on 16 July 1955. It was race 6 of 7 in the 1955 World Championship of Drivers. British driver Stirling Moss led a Mercedes 1–2–3–4 domination of the race, to win his first Formula One race narrowly ahead of his illustrious Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio. Several people, including Moss, believed that the Argentine allowed his British protégé to claim his debut win in front of his home crowd. This was, however, at Moss' inquiry, consistently denied by Fangio, who claimed that Moss "was simply faster that day."

Subsequent to the race, the German, Swiss and Spanish Grands Prix were cancelled, in the wake of the Le Mans disaster. With only one Championship round therefore remaining (the Italian Grand Prix some 2 months later), Fangio's points advantage over Moss was sufficient to secure his third World Drivers' Championship.

This was the last all-Mercedes-powered podium until the 2014 Italian Grand Prix.