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1955 Monte Carlo Rally
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Title

XXV Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo

First

No. 201: Norwegian flag Per Malling
Sunbeam Talbot Mk3

Second

No. 275: French flag Georges Gillard
Dyna Panhard

Third

No. 255: German flag Hanns Gerdum
Mercedes Benz 220

Winner [Coupe des Dames]

No. 222: British flag Sheila van Damm
Sunbeam Talbot Mk3

Starters/finishers

362/272

In 1955 the race saw a Norwegian winner for the first time when Per Malling in the Sunbeam Talbot Mk3 took victory. There was French and German representation on the podium with Georges Gillard and Hanns Gerdum in second and third respectively.

272 cars made the finish. In the rally, Sheila Van Damm of Britain won the coupe des dames in a similar Talbot to what Malling drove.

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