60 YEARS OF AUTOSPORT

1955
AUTOSPORT, 6 May 1955 1955 Formula 1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Alberto Ascari survives a crash into the Monaco harbour, but is killed testing at Monza just four days later
    Alberto Ascari survives a crash into the Monaco harbour, but is killed testing at Monza just four days later
  • Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win the fastest ever Mille Miglia
    Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win the fastest ever Mille Miglia
  • Pierre Levegh and 83 spectators are killed when his Mercedes 300SLR is launched into the crowd
    Pierre Levegh and 83 spectators are killed when his Mercedes 300SLR is launched into the crowd

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Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win fastest-ever Mille Miglia in their Mercedes-Benz 300SLR • Juan Manuel Fangio wins his third F1 crown • Moss takes his first world championship GP victory in the British GP at Aintree • More than 80 spectators and Pierre Levegh killed at Le Mans when the Frenchman's Mercedes-Benz is launched into the crowd • Motor racing is outlawed in Switzerland • Jaguar scores its third Le Mans win • Mercedes-Benz withdraws from international motorsport at the end of the season • Tony Brooks becomes first Briton to win a GP in a British car for 31 years with victory for Connaught in the Syracuse GP • Double world champion Alberto Ascari is killed at Monza while testing a Ferrari • Bob Sweikert wins Indy 500 and AAA Indycar title

1Alberto Ascari survives a crash into the Monaco harbour, but is killed testing at Monza just four days later 2Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win the fastest ever Mille Miglia 3Pierre Levegh and 83 spectators are killed when his Mercedes 300SLR is launched into the crowd