Classic Car Catalogue

Maserati 1955

A6G 54 (R6 cyl, 1985 cm³, 150 cv)

Italy


A6G CS Pinin Farina


A6G 2000 berlinetta Zagato


October


A6G 2000 by Frua


A6G 2000a by Frua


A6G 2000/c by Allemano

 

A6G CS/53 (R6 cyl, 1986 cm, 170 cv) - discontinued (1953-55 - 52 ex.)
250F (R6 cyl, 2494 cm)
250S (R6 cyl, 2494 cm)
150S (R4 cyl, 1484 cm) - new model
200S (R4 cyl, 1994 cm) - new model
300S (R6 cyl, 2993 cm) - new model

Victories:
1st Giro di Calabria     Belluci
3rd 12h Sebring #35 300 S Spear/Johnston
3rd Buenos Aires #30 A6GCS/53 Grandio/Faraone
 
3rd Monaco GP     Behra/Perdisa
3rd Dutch GP     Musso

F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship entries:

1000 km Buenos Aires 23.01.1955 (round 1) Results:
#   chassis   Entrant: gen. category class
30 A6 GCS/53 #2078 Faraoni / Grandio Equipo Presidente Peron 3rd Sports 3rd S3.0 1st
32 A6 GCS   de Tomaso / Reyes   7th Sports 7th S3.0 4th
 
12h Sebring 13.03.1955 (round 2) Results:    
#   chassis   Entrant: gen. class    
35 300 S #3053 Spear / Johnston W.C.Spear 3rd S3.0 2nd    
36 300 S #3061 Valenzano / Perdisa Maserati/Cunningham 4th S3.0 3rd    
54 A6 GCS #2083 Friedmann / Brocken T.A.Friedmann fail. S2.0 -    
 
Mille Miglia 01.05.1955 (round 3) Results:    
#   chassis   Entrant: gen. class    
544 150S   Leopardi / Leo   dna S1.5 -    
547 150S #1652 Leopardi / Leopardi   dna S1.5 -    
557 150S   Selmi   dna S1.5 -    
615 A6GCS   Scarlatti   dnf S2.0 -    
617 A6GCS #2068 Lampertico   dnf S2.0 -    
620 A6GCS #2084 Filippis   dnf S2.0 -    
621 A6GCS/53 #2089 Giardini   4th S2.0 1st    
625 A6GCS #2090 Lopez / Lopez   53rd S2.0 9th    
626 A6GCS #2066 Cacciari   dna S2.0 -    
627 A6GCS   "Errepiu"   dna S2.0 -    
630 A6GCS #2079 Guyot   dna S2.0 -    
631 A6GCS #2077 Sbraci   12th S2.0 3rd    
633 A6GCS   Bosisio   dnf S2.0 -    
634 A6GCS   Pineschi   dnf S2.0 -    
635 A6GCS   Biori   dna S2.0 -    
636 A6GCS   Meier   dna S2.0 -    
637 A6GCS   Zetta   dna S2.0 -    
638 A6GCS #2040 Pagliarini   29th S2.0 6th    
640 A6GCS/53   Palmer   dnf S2.0 -    
641 A6GCS   Cesarin   dnf S2.0 -    
642 A6GCS   Manzini   dna S2.0 -    
643 A6GCS #2059 Diligenti / Minzoni Diligenti 109th S2.0 13th    
645 A6GCS #2087 Buffa   dnf S2.0 -    
646 A6GCS #2074 Bellucci   9th S2.0 2nd    
647 A6GCS #2091 Olivari   20th S2.0 5th    
648 A6GCS   Airaldi   dnf S2.0 -    
650 A6GCS #2092 Sterzi / Viganò   17th S2.0 4th    
651 A6GCS   Musso   dnf S2.0 -    
727 300S #3054 Perdisa   dnf S+2.0 -    
 
  24h Le Mans 11.06.1955 (round 4) Results:
#   chassis   Entrant: gen. class perf. index
15 300 S #3054 Miéres / Perdisa Maserati fail. S3.0 - -  
16 300 S #3055 Musso/Valenzano Maserati fail. S3.0 - -  
31 A6 GCS 2000 #2082 Giardini / Tomasi Maserati fail. S2.0 - -  
 
  Tourist Trophy 18.9.1955 (round 5) Results:
#       Entrant: gen. class  
14 300S   Behra / Musso Maserati acc. S3.0 -    
15 300S #3054 Musso / Bordoni Maserati 5th S3.0 5th    
24 A6GCS   Bellucci / Vard Maserati fail. S2.0 -    
56 A6GCS   Loëns / Bonnier A.Loëns 18th S2.0 1st    
  Targa Florio 16.10.1955 (round 6) Results:
#         gen. category class  
70 A6 GCS 2000   Gavazzoli/Crepaldi   19th sport 16th 1.5-2.0 9th
72 A6 GCS/53   Cacciari/Sorrentino   12th sport 11th 1.5-2.0 6th
76 A6 GCS/53   Giardini / Mancini   5th sport 5th 1.5-2.0 1st
78 A6 GCS/53   Scarlatti / Lippi   8th sport 8th 1.5-2.0 3rd
82 A6 GCS/53   Musso / Rossi   6th sport 6th 1.5-2.0 2nd
84 A6 GCS/53   Starrabba / La Pira   10th sport 10th 1.5-2.0 5th
86 A6 GCS/53   Lopez / Lopez   17th sport 14th 1.5-2.0 8th
90 200 S   Bracco / Bordoni   acc.   -   -
92 A6 GCS/53   Bellucci/De Filippis   9th sport 9th 1.5-2.0 4th
94 200 S   Mancini / Musy   fail.   -   -
96     Mancini   dns   -   -
118 300 S   Musso / Villoresi   fail.   -   -


250 F streamliner


150 S


A6 GCS/53 (Alberico Cacciari / Vincenzo Sorrentino / Azzurro Mancini) at Traga Florio.


A6 GCS/53 (Giorgio Scarlatti / Roberto Lippi) at Targa Florio.


300 S (Luigi Musso / Luigi Villoresi) at Targa Florio.


200 S (Giovanni Bracco / Franco Bordoni) at Targa Florio.


A6 GCS/53 (Enzo Lopez / Ferdinando Lopez) at Targa Florio.


A6 GCS 2000 ("Madero" Bruno Gavazzoli / Gastone Crepaldi) at Targa Florio.


200 S (Fernando Mancini / Benoit Musy) at Targa Florio.


300 S at Targa Florio.


A6 GCS at Le Mans.

Formula 1 victories:

3rd Monaco GP #34   Behra/Perdisa
3rd Dutch GP #18   Musso

Formula 1 Entries:

Argentine GP 16.01.1955 Oscar Gálvez (round 1)
#   Engine:   Entrant: Result:
16 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Jean Behra acc.
18 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Roberto Mieres 5th
20 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Mantovani/Behra/Musso fail.
22 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Musso/Mantovani/Schell 7th
24 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Carlos Menditeguy acc.
26 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Bucci/Schell/Menditeguy fail.
28 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Schell/Behra 6th
30 A6GCM Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Alberto Uria Alberto Uria fail.
 
Monaco GP 22.05.1955 Monaco (round 2)
#   Engine:   Entrant: Result:
14 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier fail.
22 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Lance Macklin Stirling Moss Ltd dnq
34 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Behra/Perdisa 3rd
36 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Roberto Mieres fail.
38 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Luigi Musso fail.
40 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Perdisa/Behra fail.
 
Belgian GP 05.06.1955 Spa-Francorchamps (round 4)
#   Engine:   Entrant: Result:
20 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Jean Behra dnf
22 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Luigi Musso 7th
24 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Mieres/Behra 5th
26 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Cesare Perdisa 8th
28 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier 9th
38 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Johnny Claes Stirling Moss Ltd dns
 
Dutch GP 19.06.1955 Zandvoort (round 5)
#   Engine:   Entrant: Result:
14 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Jean Behra 6th
16 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Roberto Mieres 4th
18 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Luigi Musso 3rd
26 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Peter Walker Stirling Moss Ltd fail.
28 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier 9th
32 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) dnf
 
British GP 16.07.1955 Aintree (round 6)
#   Engine:   Entrant: Result:
2 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Jean Behra fail.
6 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Roberto Mieres fail.
8 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 André Simon fail.
42 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Peter Collins Owen Racing Organisation fail.
44 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Roy Salvadori Gilby Engineering fail.
46 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Lance Macklin Stirling Moss Ltd 8th
48 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) fail.
 
Italian GP 11.10.1955 Monza (round 7)
#   Engine:   Entrant: Result:
28 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Roberto Mieres 7th
30 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Luigi Musso fail.
32 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Peter Collins fail.
34 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Carlos Menditeguy 5th
36 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Jean Behra 4th
38 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 Horace Gould fail.
40 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 John Fitch Stirling Moss Ltd 9th


Jean Behra in the streamlined Maserati 250 F at Italian GP, Monza.


Peter Collins at BRDC International.