The 1955 Formula One season was the ninth season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the sixth World Championship of Drivers, which was contested over seven races between 16 January and 11 Se
Juan Manuel Fangio driving for Mercedes won a then record-breaking third Drivers' Championship.
Fangio's teammate Stirling Moss finished runner-up in the World Championship of Drivers.
Eugenio Castellotti finished third in the World Championship of Drivers.
Stirling Moss joined Juan Manuel Fangio at Mercedes.
Luigi "Gigi" Villoresi was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956.
Villoresi in 1947, on the cover of El Gráfico