{"id":2537,"date":"2016-08-08T03:50:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T03:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2016-08-08T03:50:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T03:50:21","slug":"1955-belgian-grand-prix-lancia-and-castellotti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/?p=2537","title":{"rendered":"1955 Belgian Grand Prix &#8211; Lancia and Castellotti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7xWL0wCfIFU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From Youtube, a wonderful video of the Belgian Grand Prix, June 5, 1955. The race is dominated by Fangio and Sterling Moss, but the pole was won by Lancia.<\/p>\n<p>Even though 1955 was a crisis year for Lancia, as \u00a0Jano resigned, Gianni left for America, and the race team was officially closed on June 1, Lancia nevertheless sent one\u00a0car up to the Belgian Grand Prix with Castellotti. The film comment is that Castellotti brought his own entry, so perhaps it was privately \u00a0sponsored?<\/p>\n<p>Having never run on the track, Castellotti in the Lancia takes the pole (!) and runs for 17 of 36 laps behind the winning Fangio and Sterling Moss in their Mercedes. Midway through the race, the Lancia\u00a0is out due to gearbox trouble, later listed as crown wheel and pinion problems.<\/p>\n<p>The film is\u00a0full of\u00a0\u00a0period imagery, and sensitive photography. Delightfully relaxed, and politically incorrect, the narrative is of an\u00a0era gone by, with \u00a0simplicity, danger, and perhaps even a touch of snobbery&#8230; but all good fun.The images are striking and its really good footage and great scenery when policeman were protected by\u00a0straw bales, kids played nearby, the pits were just a shoulder&#8217;s width from the racing. There is\u00a0a\u00a0dog on the track, and drivers and their girlfriends had tea by the track, served on china.<\/p>\n<p>Some screen shots below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2551\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/?attachment_id=2551\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2551\" class=\"wp-image-2551 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.45.18-PM-1024x758.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-08-07 at 9.45.18 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.45.18-PM-1024x758.png 1024w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.45.18-PM-300x222.png 300w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.45.18-PM-768x569.png 768w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.45.18-PM.png 1908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Castellotti before the race.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2552\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/?attachment_id=2552\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2552\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2552\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2552\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.46.09-PM-1024x765.png\" alt=\"Castelotti getting into his Lancia at the start of the race, lancia on the pole \" width=\"700\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.46.09-PM-1024x765.png 1024w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.46.09-PM-300x224.png 300w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.46.09-PM-768x574.png 768w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.46.09-PM.png 1913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Castellotti getting into his Lancia on the right at the start of the race, car\u00a0on the pole<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2553\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/?attachment_id=2553\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2553\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2553\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2553\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.54.53-PM-1024x654.png\" alt=\"Castellotti at speed\" width=\"700\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.54.53-PM-1024x654.png 1024w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.54.53-PM-300x192.png 300w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.54.53-PM-768x491.png 768w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.54.53-PM.png 1914w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the Lancia\u00a0at speed<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2550\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/?attachment_id=2550\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2550\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2550\" class=\"wp-image-2550 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.42.18-PM-1-1024x700.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-08-07 at 9.42.18 PM 1\" width=\"700\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.42.18-PM-1-1024x700.png 1024w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.42.18-PM-1-300x205.png 300w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.42.18-PM-1-768x525.png 768w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.42.18-PM-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bringing the car from the garage to the pits before the race<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2547\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/?attachment_id=2547\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2547\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2547\" class=\"wp-image-2547 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.40.36-PM-1024x705.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-08-07 at 9.40.36 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.40.36-PM-1024x705.png 1024w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.40.36-PM-300x207.png 300w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.40.36-PM-768x529.png 768w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.40.36-PM.png 1910w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">team mechanics working on the car before the race.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2546\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/?attachment_id=2546\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2546\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2546\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2546\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.39.52-PM-1024x700.png\" alt=\"Jano in the garage\" width=\"700\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.39.52-PM-1024x700.png 1024w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.39.52-PM-300x205.png 300w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.39.52-PM-768x525.png 768w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.39.52-PM.png 1913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jano in the garage<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2549\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/?attachment_id=2549\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2549\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2549\" class=\"wp-image-2549 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.41.10-PM-1024x704.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-08-07 at 9.41.10 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.41.10-PM-1024x704.png 1024w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.41.10-PM-300x206.png 300w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.41.10-PM-768x528.png 768w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.41.10-PM.png 1912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jano&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2548\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/?attachment_id=2548\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2548\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2548\" class=\"wp-image-2548 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.56.35-PM-1024x769.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-08-07 at 9.56.35 PM\" width=\"700\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.56.35-PM-1024x769.png 1024w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.56.35-PM-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.56.35-PM-768x577.png 768w, http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Screen-Shot-2016-08-07-at-9.56.35-PM.png 1911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">gearbox trouble, the car out of the race. They all look slightly relaxed.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; From Youtube, a wonderful video of the Belgian Grand Prix, June 5, 1955. The race is dominated by Fangio and Sterling Moss, but the pole was won by Lancia. Even though 1955 was a crisis year for Lancia, as \u00a0Jano resigned, Gianni left for America, and the race team was officially closed on June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2537"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2555,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions\/2555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lanciainfo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}