1955 10 Hours of Messina

The 4th 10 Hours of Messina was a sports car race, held on 25 July 1955 in the street circuit of Messina, Italy.

1955 10 Hours of Messina
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The Ferrari 3000m driven by Eugenio Castellottim cross the finish line after 10 hours of unchallenged domination.
Race details
Date	24 July 1955 (1955-07-24)
Official name	10 Hours of Messina
Location	Messina, Italy
Distance	157 laps, 1202,300 km
Fastest lap
Driver	Roberto Mieres	Maserati 300S
Time	3:26 on lap (133.671 km/h)
Podium
First	Maurice Trintignant Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 750 Monza
Second	Joao dos Santos Oscar Cabalén	Ferrari 500 Mondial
Third	M. Teresa de Filippis Giulio Musitelli	Maserati A6GCS

Final standings

• Started: 23
• Classified: 6

#	Drivers	Team	Average speed	Cause of retirement
1.	Maurice Trintignant Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 750 Monza	120.210 km/h
2.	Joao Rezende dos Santos Oscar Cabalén	Ferrari 500 Mondial
3.	Maria Teresa de Filippis Giulio Musitelli	Maserati A6GCS
4.	Roberto Mieres Franco Bordoni	Maserati 300S
5.	Guido Mancini Gastone Crepaldi	Ferrari 500 Mondial
6.	Franco Cornacchia Giuseppe Rossi	Ferrari 500 Mondial
not classified	xxx	Fiat 8V
	xxx	Lancia Aurelia
DNF	Dan Margulies Graham Hill	Jaguar C-type XKC038		Split fuel tank
	Umberto Maglioli Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari 750 Monza		Gearbox
	Luigi Musso Cesare Perdisa	Maserati 300S
	Gino Munaron	Ferrari 500 Mondial		Control fork in transaxle
other starters	Michelangelo Leonardi	Ferrari 166 MM/53

See also

• Messina Grand Prix (auto race that replaced it)

External links

• La 10 Ore di Messina, la storia (in Italian)