May 22, 1955

Alberto Ascari guides his Lancia through the Station Hairpin

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May 22, 1955

On board with Peter Collins at the Mille Miglia

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May 22, 1955

Stirling Moss in the pits

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May 22, 1955

Alberto Ascari plunges into the Monaco harbour

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May 22, 1955

Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss bracket Alberto Ascari

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May 22, 1955

Maurice Trintignant at the Gasworks in the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix

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May 18, 1955

Cars battle for space on the track at a closely fought corner in the early stages of the Monaco Grand Prix

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May 6, 1955

Tony Rolt (L) and Duncan Hamilton at Silverstone

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May 1, 1955

Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson celebrate winning the Mille Miglia

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May 1, 1955

Stirling Moss crosses the line in Brescia to take victory at the Mille Miglia

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May 1, 1955

Stirling Moss on his way to victory at the Mille Miglia

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May 1, 1955

Stirling Moss on his way to victory at the Mille Miglia

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January 16, 1955

Juan Manuel Fangio stalks the Ferrari of Gonzalez and Lancia of Ascari

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1955

Ken Wharton is helped after his crash at the 1955 British Grand Prix

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