Type: | NC |
Country: | Italy |
Grand Prix: | Naples |
Official Name: | VIII Gran Premio di Napoli |
Location: | Posillipo Circuit, Posillipo, Naples |
Date: | 8 May |
Year: | 1955 |
Course: | Street circuit |
Course Length: | 2.55miles |
Distance Laps: | 60 |
Distance Length: | 152.86miles |
Pole Driver: | Alberto Ascari |
Pole Country: | ITA |
Pole Team: | Lancia |
Pole Time: | 2:08.1 |
Fast Driver: | Jean Behra |
Fast Team: | Maserati |
Fast Time: | 2:09.4 |
Fast Country: | FRA |
First Driver: | Alberto Ascari |
First Country: | ITA |
First Team: | Lancia |
Second Driver: | Luigi Musso |
Second Country: | ITA |
Second Team: | Maserati |
Third Driver: | Luigi Villoresi |
Third Country: | Italy |
Third Team: | Lancia |
The 8th Naples Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 8 May 1955 at Posillipo Circuit, Naples. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by Italian driver Alberto Ascari in a Lancia D50.[1] [2]
Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Time/Position | Grid | |
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1 | 6 | Alberto Ascari | Scuderia Lancia | Lancia D50 | 2:13:03.6 110.93 km/h | 1 | |
2 | 16 | Luigi Musso | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati 250F | 2:14:20.6 (+77.0s) | 2 | |
3 | 12 | Luigi Villoresi | Scuderia Lancia | Lancia D50 | 59 laps | 4 | |
4 | 2 | Jean Behra | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati 250F | 55 laps | 3 | |
5 | 8 | Giorgio Scarlatti | Giorgio Scarlatti | Ferrari 500 | 54 laps | 6 | |
6 | 4 | Berardo Taraschi | Berardo Taraschi | Ferrari 166 | 53 laps | 7 | |
7 | 14 | Ottorino Volonterio | Ottorino Volonterio | Maserati A6GCM | 47 laps | 9 | |
Ret. | 10 | Roberto Mieres | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati 250F | 23 laps - oil leak | 5 | |
Ret. | 18 | Ted Whiteaway | E.N. Whiteaway | HWM-Alta | 17 laps - engine | 8 |