Formula 1 Retrospective: 1955 Season Summary
1955 Championship
J.M. Fangio-ARG 41, S. Moss-GBR 23, E. Castellotti-ITA 12.
Fangio earns his third drivers’ championship, setting him atop the tables as the all-time career leader (Ascari).
Putative Constructors’ Championship
Daimler Benz AG 79, Scuderia Ferrari 34, Officine Alfieri Maserati 22. Daimler Benz earns its maiden constructors’ championship, finally dethroning the mighty Ferrari, yet the June disaster at Le Mans with driver Pierre Levegh prompts the werks to withdraw from international motor sport (eight career F1 victories).
Fangio stands atop the tables with his eighteenth career P1 grid position and seventeenth career Grand Prix victory.
Longtime Italian driving ace Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina retires from Grand Prix racing at season end.
The Fabulous Mercedes 196 W Silver Arrow
