MONTE CARLO GRAND PRIX

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27666, 24 May 1955, Page 3

MONTE CARLO GRAND PRIX

FRENCHMAN WINS IN FERRARI (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) MONTE CARLO, May 22. Maurice Trintignant, of France, drove a Ferrari to victory today in the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, which ranks as the European championship and counts towards the world championship. But his success came only after Stirling Moss, of Britain, driving a Mercedes, had dropped out when in the lead with oil trouble which his car to catch Earlier MoSs had been right on the tail of Juan Manuel Fangio, the Argentine ace, in another Mercedes, who retired at the half distance with transmission trouble. It was a race of thrills with Harry Schell (United States), having his Ferrari catch fire and Alberto Ascari (Italy) driving his Lancia into the sea and being rescued. Trintignant covered the 100 laps, totalling 195} miles, in 2hr 58mln 9.Bsec, to average 105.914 kilometres an hour (65.86 miles an hour) —a magnificent ..performance for the twisting “Round the Houses” course, which included one drive through a pitch black tunnel at 100 miles an hour. In the t#enty-first lap the English driver, Mike Hawthorn, in the only British car, a Vanwall, was put out by mechanical trouble.