1956 Formula One season

The 1956 Formula One season featured the seventh FIA World Championship of Drivers ^[1] as well as numerous non-championship races for Formula One cars. The championship series commenced on January 22, 1956 and ended on September 2 after eight races.

Season summary
Season review
1956 Drivers Championship final standings
Non-Championship race results
Notes and references
External links

Season summary

Mercedes had withdrawn, so Fangio joined Ferrari team, which had been given the Lancia D50 cars when that team withdrew for financial reasons. The main challenge to Fangio came from Moss at Maserati, and from his team mate Collins, although the British Connaughts, Vanwalls and BRMs showed some signs of promise. Moss and Collins each won two races, but Fangio's shared victory with Musso in Argentina made all the difference.

Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver(s)	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 22	Oscar Gálvez	Luigi Musso / Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	May 13	Monaco	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Pat Flaherty	Watson-Offenhauser	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	June 3	Spa-Francorchamps	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
5	French Grand Prix	July 1	Reims	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
6	British Grand Prix	July 14	Silverstone	Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
7	German Grand Prix	August 5	Nürburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	September 2	Monza	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report

1956 Drivers Championship final standings

Championship points were awarded at each round on an 8-6-4-3-2 basis to the first five finishers with an additional point awarded to the driver setting the fastest lap of the race. Only the best five round results were counted.

Pos.	Driver	ARG	MON	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	Pts.
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1*? / Ret	2*? / 4?	Ret	4*	1	1*	2? / 8?	30 (33)
2	Stirling Moss	Ret	1	3*? / Ret	5? / Ret	Ret*	2	1*	27 (28)
3	Peter Collins	Ret	2?	1	1	2? / Ret	Ret? / Ret	2?	25
4	Jean Behra	2	3	7	3	3	3	Ret? / Ret	22
5	Pat Flaherty	1	8
6	Eugenio Castellotti	Ret	4? / Ret	Ret	2	10?	Ret? / Ret	8? / Ret	7.5
7	Sam Hanks	2	6
8	Paul Frère	2	6
9	Paco Godia	Ret	7	8	4	4	6
10	Jack Fairman	4	5	5
11	Luigi Musso	1?	Ret	Ret?	Ret	4
12	Mike Hawthorn	3	10?	Ret	4
13	Ron Flockhart	Ret	3	4
14	Don Freeland	3	4
15	Alfonso de Portago	Ret	2? / 10?	Ret?	Ret	3
16	Cesare Perdisa	7	3?	5?	7	Ret	3
17	Harry Schell	Ret	4	10? / Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
18	Johnnie Parsons	4	3
19	Louis Rosier	Ret	8	6	Ret	5	2
20	Luigi Villoresi	5	Ret	6	Ret	Ret?	2
21	Hernando da Silva Ramos	5	8	Ret	Ret	2
22	Horace Gould	8	Ret	5	Ret	2
23	Olivier Gendebien	5	Ret	2
24	Dick Rathmann	5	2
25	Gerino Gerini	4?	10	1.5
26	Chico Landi	4?	1.5
27	Paul Russo	Ret*	1
28	Andre Pilette	6?	6	11	Ret	0
29	Luigi Piotti	Ret	6	0
30	Bob Sweikert	6	0
31	Oscar Gonzalez	6?	0
32	Alberto Uria	6?	0
33	Élie Bayol	6?	0
34	Bob Veith	7	0
35	Toulo de Graffenried	7	0
36	Rodger Ward	8	0
37	Robert Manzon	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	0
38	André Simon	Ret	9	0
39	Jimmy Reece	9	0
40	Cliff Griffith	10	0
41	Roy Salvadori	Ret	Ret	11	0
42	Gene Hartley	11	0
43	Bob Gerard	11	0
44	Fred Agabashian	12	0
45	Bob Christie	13	0
46	Al Keller	14	0
47	Eddie Johnson	15	0
48	Billy Garrett	16	0
49	Duke Dinsmore	17	0
50	Pat O'Connor	18	0
51	Jimmy Bryan	19	0
?	Ottorino Volonterio	NC	0
?	Maurice Trintignant	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
?	Umberto Maglioli	Ret	Ret	Ret?	0
?	Bruce Halford	Ret	DSQ	Ret	0
?	José Froilán González	Ret	Ret	0
?	Piero Taruffi	Ret	Ret	0
?	Giorgio Scarlatti	DNQ	Ret	0
?	Carlos Menditeguy	Ret	0
?	Jim Rathmann	Ret	0
?	Johnnie Tolan	Ret	0
?	Tony Bettenhausen	Ret	0
?	Jimmy Daywalt	Ret	0
?	Jack Turner	Ret	0
?	Keith Andrews	Ret	0
?	Andy Linden	Ret	0
?	Al Herman	Ret	0
?	Ray Crawford	Ret	0
?	Johnny Boyd	Ret	0
?	Troy Ruttman	Ret	0
?	Johnny Thomson	Ret	0
?	Piero Scotti	Ret	0
?	Desmond Titterington	Ret	0
?	Tony Brooks	Ret	0
?	Archie Scott-Brown	Ret	0
?	Paul Emery	Ret	0
?	Jack Brabham	Ret	0
?	Andre Milhoux	Ret	0
?	Les Leston	Ret	0
?	Ed Elisian	Ret?	0
?	Eddie Russo	Ret?	0
?	Joakim Bonnier	Ret?	0
?	Colin Chapman	DNS	0
Pos.	Driver	ARG	MON	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	Pts.

* Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
? Position shared between more drivers of the same car
Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races also held in 1956, which did not count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
X Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires	Mendoza	February 5	Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
IV Glover Trophy	Goodwood	April 2	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report
VI Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	April 15	Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
XI BARC Aintree 200	Aintree	April 21	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report
VII BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	May 5	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
IX Gran Premio di Napoli	Posillipo	May 6	Robert Manzon	Gordini	Report
I Aintree 100	Aintree	June 24	Horace Gould	Maserati	Report
I Vanwall Trophy	Snetterton	July 22	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	Report
IV Grand Prix de Caen	Caen	August 26	Harry Schell	Maserati	Report
I BRSCC Formula 1 Race	Brands Hatch	October 14	Archie Scott Brown	Connaught-Alta	Report

Notes and references

External links

1956 World Championship race results and images Retrieved from f1-facts.com on 4 October 2008
1956 World Championship images Retrieved from The Cahier Archive on 4 October 2008

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