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Tourist Trophy 1955
Event:
Tourist Trophy
Date:
18.9.1955
Track:
Dundrod (United Kingdom)
, 11.935 kms
Organiser: unknown
Tourist Trophy
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship
(round 5)
Weather:
warm, rain 2nd half
Start time:
unknown
Grid:
Le Mans start
Distance:
unknown
Attendance:
unknown
Entered:
64
Practiced:
55
Qualified:
49
Started:
49
Finished:
27
Classified:
27
Classes:
Pract
Start
Class
Sports 5000
3
3
0
Sports 3000
15
14
10
Sports 2000
7
7
4
Sports 1500
12
12
7
Sports 1100
8
8
3
Sports 750
5
5
3
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Entered Cars
Technical Data
Appearance
Race Results
Qualifying
Lap Times
Pre-race sessions:
2 practice sessions held for a total of 420 minutes on 15-16/9
Winners:
Overall:
10
Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR
Moss / Fitch
Sports 2000:
56
Maserati A6GCS
Loëns / Bonnier
Sports 1500:
28
Porsche 550 Spyder
Shelby / Gregory
Sports 1100:
41
Cooper T39 Climax
MacDowel / Bueb
Sports 750:
50
DB HBR Panhard
Armagnac / Laureau
Fastest Laps:
Overall:
1
Jaguar D-type
Mike Hawthorn (GB)
4:42.0000
152.3582 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:
Mercedes-Benz (4), Maserati (4), Porsche (4), Cooper (4), Lotus (4)
Top engines by numbers:
Climax (7), Mercedes-Benz (4), Maserati (4), Porsche (4), Panhard (4)
Top car types by numbers:
Porsche 550 (4), Lotus Mark IX (4), Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (3), Aston Martin DB3S (3), Cooper T39 (3), DB HBR (3), MG A (3), Triumph TR2 (3)
Driver nationalities:
GB (57), F (15), D (8), I (7), IRL (4), USA (3), B (2)
Team nationalities:
GB (27), D (6), F (3), I (3)
Engine positions:
front-engined (84%), mid-engined (16%)
Average engine size:
2004 cc
Oldest known drivers:
Piero Taruffi (49), Karl Kling (45), Juan Manuel Fangio (44)
Youngest known drivers:
Bill Smith (21), Mike MacDowel (23), Masten Gregory (23)
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