1956 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	7th World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Juan Manuel Fangio (4th title)
Constructors’ Champion:	n/a
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Juan Manuel Fangio
Reigning constructors’ champion:	n/a
Races:	8
Winning drivers:	Juan Manuel Fangio (3) Peter Collins (2) Stirling Moss (2) Luigi Musso (1) Pat Flaherty (1)
Winning constructors:	Ferrari (5) Maserati (2) Watson (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Luigi Musso Pat Flaherty Peter Collins
First-time winners (constructor):	Watson
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	22 January	1956 Argentine Grand Prix
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	13 May	1956 Monaco Grand Prix
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	30 May	1956 Indianapolis 500
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	03 June	1956 Belgian Grand Prix
5	France	Reims	01 July	1956 French Grand Prix
6	Britain	Silverstone	14 July	1956 British Grand Prix
7	Germany	Nurburgring	05 August	1956 German Grand Prix
8	Italy DT	Monza	02 September	1956 Italian Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
BRM (works team)	Tony Brooks	2, 6
	Ron Flockhart	6
	Mike Hawthorn	2, 6
Bugatti (works team)	Maurice Trintignant	5
Connaught (works team)	Jack Fairman	6, 8
	Ron Flockhart	8
	Les Leston	8
	Archie Scott-Brown	6
	Desmond Titterington	6
Connaught (privateer)	Piero Scotti	4
Cooper (privateer)	Bob Gerard	6
Emeryson (works team)	Paul Emery	6
Ferrari (works team)	Eugenio Castellotti	1-2, 4-8
	Peter Collins	1-2, 4-8
	Alfonso de Portago	5-8
	Juan Manuel Fangio	1-2, 4-8
	Paul Frere	4
	Olivier Gendebien	1, 5
	Luigi Musso	1-2, 7-8
	Andre Pilette	4
	Giorgio Scarlatti	2, 7
	Wolfgang von Trips	8
Ferrari (privateer)	Giorgio Scarlatti	2, 7
Gordini (works team)	Elie Bayol	2
	Hermano da Silva Ramos	2, 5-6, 8
	Robert Manzon	2, 5-8
	Andre Milhoux	7
	Andre Pilette	2, 5, 7
	Andre Simon	8
Kurtis Kraft (privateer)	Giuseppe Farina	3
Maserati (works team)	Jean Behra	1-2, 4-8
	Jo Bonnier	8
	Gerino Gerini	1
	Francisco Godia	4-8
	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	1
	Chico Landi	1
	Umberto Maglioli	7-8
	Carlos Menditeguy	1
	Stirling Moss	1-2, 4-8
	Cesare Perdisa	2, 4-7
	Luigi Piotti	1
	Piero Taruffi	5
	Luigi Villoresi	8
Maserati (privateers)	Jack Brabham	6
	Louis Chiron	2
	Emmanuel de Graffenried	8
	Gerino Gerini	8
	Oscar Gonzalez	1
	Horace Gould	2, 4, 6-7
	Bruce Halford	6-8
	Mike Hawthorn	1
	Umberto Maglioli	6
	Luigi Piotti	7-8
	Louis Rosier	2, 4-7
	Roy Salvadori	6-8
	Harry Schell	7
	Andre Simon	5
	Alberto Uria	1
	Luigi Villoresi	4-7
	Ottorino Volonterio	7
Vanwall (works team)	Colin Chapman	5
	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	6
	Mike Hawthorn	5
	Harry Schell	2, 4-6, 8
	Piero Taruffi	8
	Maurice Trintignant	2, 4, 6, 8

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Luigi Musso Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	3	24.400s
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Stirling Moss	Maserati	2	6.100s
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Pat Flaherty	Watson-Offenhauser	1	20.450s
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Peter Collins	Ferrari	3	1m 51.300s
5	France	Reims	Peter Collins	Ferrari	3	0.300s
6	Britain	Silverstone	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	2	1 lap
7	Germany	Nurburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	1	46.300s
8	Italy	Monza	Stirling Moss	Maserati	6	5.700s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	1	2.200s
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	2	0.600s
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Pat Flaherty	Watson-Offenhauser	1	0.203s
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	DNF	4.900s
5	France	Reims	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	4	1.300s
6	Britain	Silverstone	Stirling Moss	Maserati	DNF	1.000s
7	Germany	Nurburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	1	0.300s
8	Italy	Monza	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	2	0.800s

Fastest laps

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft-Novi
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Stirling Moss	Maserati
5	France	Reims	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
6	Britain	Silverstone	Stirling Moss	Maserati
7	Germany	Nurburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
8	Italy	Monza	Stirling Moss	Maserati

Qualifying results

See: 1956 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top five classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (8), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), fastest lap (1)

A point was awarded for setting the fastest lap. In the event of more than one driver setting the fastest lap points were shared. Only the best five results counted towards the championship. Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Driver	ARG	MCO	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1/R	2/4		R	4	1	1	2/8	30 (33)
2	Stirling Moss	R	1		3/R	5/R	R	2	1	27 (28)
3	Peter Collins	R	2		1	1	2/R	R/R	2	25.0
4	Jean Behra	2	3		7	3	3	3	R/R	22.0
5	Pat Flaherty			1						8.0
6	Eugenio Castellotti	R	4/R		R	2	10	R/R	8/R	7.5
7	Sam Hanks			2						6.0
=	Paul Frere				2					6.0
=	Francisco Godia				R	7	8	4	4	6.0
10	Jack Fairman						4		5	5.0
11	Mike Hawthorn	3	DNS			10	R			4.0
=	Luigi Musso	1	R					R	R	4.0
=	Don Freeland			3						4.0
=	Ron Flockhart						R		3	4.0
15	Johnnie Parsons			4						3.0
=	Harry Schell		R		4	10/R	R	R	R	3.0
=	Alfonso de Portago					R	2/10	R	R	3.0
=	Cesare Perdisa		7		3	5	7	DNS		3.0
19	Olivier Gendebien	5				R				2.0
=	Hermano da Silva Ramos		5			8	R		R	2.0
=	Dick Rathmann			5						2.0
=	Luigi Villoresi				5	R	6	R	R	2.0
=	Horace Gould		8		R		5	R		2.0
=	Louis Rosier		R		8	6	R	5		2.0
25	Gerino Gerini	4							10	1.5
=	Chico Landi	4								1.5
27	Paul Russo			33^R						1.0
	Andre Pilette		6		6	11		DNS
	Luigi Piotti	R						DNS	6
	Bob Sweikert			6
	Oscar Gonzalez	6
	Alberto Uria	6
	Elie Bayol		6
	Bob Veith			7
	Emmanuel de Graffenried								7
	Rodger Ward			8
	Robert Manzon		R			9	9	R	R
	Andre Simon					R			9
	Jimmy Reece			9
	Cliff Griffith			10
	Roy Salvadori						R	R	11
	Gene Hartley			11
	Bob Gerard						11
	Fred Agabashian			12
	Bob Christie			13
	Al Keller			14
	Eddie Johnson			15
	Billy Garrett			16
	Duke Dinsmore			17
	Pat O’Connor			18
	Jimmy Bryan			19
	Jim Rathmann			20^R
	Johnnie Tolan			21^R
	Tony Bettenhausen			22^R
	Ed Elisian			23^R
	Eddie Russo			23^R
	Jimmy Daywalt			24^R
	Jack Turner			25^R
	Keith Andrews			26^R
	Andy Linden			27^R
	Al Herman			28^R
	Ray Crawford			29^R
	Johnny Boyd			30^R
	Troy Ruttman			31^R
	Johnny Thomson			32^R
	Ottorino Volonterio							NC
	Maurice Trintignant		R		R	R	R		R
	Umberto Maglioli						R	R	R
	Bruce Halford						R	DSQ	R
	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	R					R
	Piero Taruffi					R			R
	Tony Brooks		DNS				R
	Giorgio Scarlatti		DNQ					R
	Carlos Menditeguy	R
	Piero Scotti				R
	Desmond Titterington						R
	Archie Scott-Brown						R
	Paul Emery						R
	Jack Brabham						R
	Andre Milhoux							R
	Les Leston								R
	Jo Bonnier								R
	Louis Chiron		DNS
	Colin Chapman					DNS
	Wolfgang von Trips								DNS
	Giuseppe Farina			DNQ
No.	Driver	ARG	MCO	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1956.

Season statistics

See: 1956 F1 World Championship Season Statistics