Gran Premio di Siracusa 1955

Tony Brooks won the race with a Connaught Type B of this type

Maserati 250F, model from 1955 racing year

The Gran Premio di Siracusa 1955 took place on October 23 at the Circuito di Siracusa in Sicily . The race was not part of any racing series.

The race

The 1955 motorsport season was marked by serious accidents and the resulting many race cancellations. The accident at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1955 had a lasting impact on the year. As a result, the Grand Prix of Germany , France , Spain and Switzerland were canceled. As a result, a law was passed in Switzerland that bans circuit racing and is still in force today. This shortened the Formula 1 world championship season to seven races.

The Grand Prix of Syracuse, which was not part of the World Championship and was announced in 1955 for racing cars of racing formulas 1 and 2 , was not canceled . Three works teams were at the start in Sicily. Maserati registered five Maserati 250F for Luigi Piotti , Luigi Musso , Luigi Villoresi and the two Americans Harry Schell and Carroll Shelby . For Connaught went Tony Brooks and Les Leston in Type B into the race and Gordini were Robert Manzon and Jacques Pollet at the start.

The race ended in surprise, as Tony Brooks was able to prevail in the Connaught against the more highly rated Maserati. It was the first Grand Prix victory for a Briton in a British car in 31 years and the success of Henry Segrave on a Sunbeam at the 1924 San Sebastian Grand Prix .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine
Giorgio Scarlatti	2	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4
Ecurie Rosier	4th	Louis Rosier	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
Jean-Claude Vidilles	6th	Jean-Claude Vidilles	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4
Officine Alfieri Maserati	8th	Luigi Piotti	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
	12	Luigi Musso
	18th	Harry Schell
	24	Luigi Villoresi
	28	Carroll Shelby
Goulds' garage	10	Horace Gould	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
Gilby Engineering	14th	Roy Salvadori	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
Equipe Gordini	16	Robert Manzon	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.5 L6
	20th	Jacques Pollet	Gordini T32	Gordini 2.5 L8
Connaught Engineering	22nd	Tony Brooks	Connaught Type B	Alta 2.5 L4
	26th	Les Leston
Ottorino Volonterio	30th	Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati 2.0 L6

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	Luigi Musso	Maserati	2: 03.6	163.078 km / h	01
02	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	2: 04.7	161.639 km / h	02
03	Tony Brooks	Connaught-Alta	2: 05.4	160.737 km / h	03
04th	Carroll Shelby	Maserati	2: 08.0	157.472 km / h	04th
05	Harry Schell	Maserati	2: 08.7	156.615 km / h	05
06th	Robert Manzon	Gordini	2: 09.7	155.408 km / h	06th
07th	Horace Gould	Maserati	2: 09.9	155.169 km / h	07th
08th	Louis Rosier	Maserati	2: 10.9	153.983 km / h	08th
09	Jacques Pollet	Gordini	2: 12.1	152.584 km / h	09
10	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	2: 12.7	151.894 km / h	10
11	Les Leston	Connaught-Alta	2: 13.0	151.552 km / h	11
12	Luigi Piotti	Maserati	2: 13.6	150.871 km / h	12
13	Jean-Claude Vidilles	Ferrari	2: 14.2	150.197 km / h	13
14th	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari	2: 30.4	134.019 km / h	14th
15th	Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati	2: 58.4	112.984 km / h	15th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Tony Brooks	Connaught-Alta	70		2: 24: 55.7	03	2: 00.2
02	Luigi Musso	Maserati	70		+ 0: 50.5	01
03	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	68		+ 2 rounds	02
04th	Horace Gould	Maserati	68		+ 2 rounds	07th
05	Harry Schell	Maserati	68		+ 2 rounds	06th
06th	Carroll Shelby	Maserati	66		+ 4 rounds	04th
07th	Luigi Piotti	Maserati	62		+ 8 rounds	12
08th	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari	62		+ 8 rounds	14th
09	Les Leston	Connaught-Alta	62		+ 8 rounds	11
-	Jean-Claude Vidilles	Ferrari	24		DNF	13		transmission
-	Robert Manzon	Gordini	22nd		DNF	06th		Oil leak
-	Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati	17th		DNF	15th		Power transmission
-	Louis Rosier	Maserati	17th		DNF	08th		steering
-	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	15th		DNF	10		Leak in the tank
-	Jacques Pollet	Gordini	9		DNF	11		Rear axle

Web links

• Results at ChicaneF1