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1955 Syracuse GP

1956 Argentine GP
1956 Buenos Aires GP
1956 Syracuse GP

V Gran Premio di Siracusa

Event		Overview • Sessions • Entry List
Qualifying		Qualification
Race		Starting Grid • Classification • Fastest Laps • Laps Led

Details

Date

Sunday 23 October 1955

Event

Syracuse GP

Circuit

Syracuse

Event Format

Race of 70 laps

Championship

Non-championship

Race number

#17 of 17 in 1955
#249 (of all time)

Circuit

Laps

Circuit Perimeter

5599 m

Race Distance

5599 × 70 − 203 = 391.727 km

Grid Format

3-2-3-2

Pole Position

Right

First Corner

Unknown

Participants

Entries

Qualifiers

Finishers

Debutants

Carroll Shelby (Driver),
Giorgio Scarlatti (Driver),
Jean-Claude Vidille (Driver),

Tony Brooks (Driver),
Giorgio Scarlatti (Entrant),
Jean-Claude Vidille (Entrant)

Milestones

Car 12 – 1st Pole Position (Car Number)
Car 22 – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Number)
Car 22 – 1st Win (Car Number)
Alta – 1st Fastest Lap (Engine Manufacturer)
Alta – 1st Win (Engine Manufacturer)
Connaught Engineering – 1st Fastest Lap (Entrant)
Connaught Engineering – 1st Win (Entrant)
Maserati – 1st Pole Position (Engine Manufacturer)
Officine Alfieri Maserati – 1st Pole Position (Entrant)
Great Britain

Connaught – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Manufacturer)
Great Britain

Connaught – 1st Win (Car Manufacturer)
Great Britain

Tony Brooks – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)
Great Britain

Tony Brooks – 1st Win (Driver)
Italy

Luigi Musso – 1st Pole Position (Driver)
Italy

Maserati – 1st Pole Position (Car Manufacturer)

	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
Results
Car Number	Car 22	Car 12	Car 22
Entrant	Connaught Engineering	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Connaught Engineering
Driver	Tony Brooks	Luigi Musso	Tony Brooks
Car	Connaught B	Maserati 250F	Connaught B
Engine	Alta	Maserati	Alta
Time	2:24'55.7	2'03.6	2'00.2
Speed	162.174 km/h	163.078 km/h	167.691 km/h