1956 F1 World Championship Season

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Juan Manuel Fangio (4th title)
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

1956 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

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	3 June	1956 Belgian Grand Prix
5	France	Reims	1 July	1956 French Grand Prix
6	Britain	Silverstone	14 July	1956 British Grand Prix
7	Germany	Nurburgring	5 August	1956 German Grand Prix
8	Italy DT	Monza	2 September	1956 Italian Grand Prix

Race Winners

• Highlight: Home driver race winner

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 polesitter

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 fastest lap setter

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

1956 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	30 (33)
2	Stirling Moss	Maserati	27 (28)	-3
3	Peter Collins	Ferrari	25	-5
4	Jean Behra	Maserati	22	-8
5	Pat Flaherty	Watson	8	-22
6	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	7.5	-22.5
7	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	6	-24
=	Paul Frere	Ferrari	6	-24
=	Francisco Godia	Maserati	6	-24
10	Jack Fairman	Connaught	5	-25
11	Mike Hawthorn	Maserati Vanwall BRM	4	-26
=	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	4	-26
=	Don Freeland	Phillips	4	-26
=	Ron Flockhart	BRM Connaught	4	-26
15	Johnnie Parsons	Kuzma	3	-27
=	Harry Schell	Vanwall Maserati	3	-27
=	Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	3	-27
=	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	3	-27
19	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	2	-28
=	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	2	-28
=	Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	2	-28
=	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	2	-28
=	Horace Gould	Maserati	2	-28
=	Louis Rosier	Maserati	2	-28
25	Gerino Gerini	Maserati	1.5	-28.5
=	Chico Landi	Maserati	1.5	-28.5
27	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	1	-29

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ARG	MCO	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	Avg.	Best
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1	1		1	1	2	1	1	1.14	1
2	Eugenio Castellotti	2	3		5	2	8	3	2	3.57	2
3	Stirling Moss	7	2		2	8	1	4	6	4.29	1
4	Luigi Musso	3	8					5	3	4.75	3
5	Colin Chapman					5				5.00	5
6	Peter Collins	9	9		3	3	4	2	7	5.29	2
7	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	5					6			5.50	5
8	Carlos Menditeguy	6								6.00	6
9	Jean Behra	4	4		4	7	13	8	5	6.43	4
10	Mike Hawthorn	8	10			6	3			6.75	3
11	Harry Schell		5		6	4	5	12	10	7.00	4
12	Paul Frere				8					8.00	8
13	Roy Salvadori						7	9	13	9.67	7
14	Piero Taruffi					16			4	10.00	4
15	Cesare Perdisa		7		9	13	15	6		10.00	6
16	Alfonso de Portago					9	12	10	9	10.00	9
17	Archie Scott-Brown						10			10.00	10
18	Olivier Gendebien	10				11				10.50	10
19	Tony Brooks		13				9			11.00	9
20	Chico Landi	11								11.00	11
21	Elie Bayol		11							11.00	11
22	Desmond Titterington						11			11.00	11
23	Maurice Trintignant		6		7	18	16		11	11.60	6
24	Luigi Villoresi				11	10	19		8	12.00	8
25	Piero Scotti				12					12.00	12
26	Alberto Uria	13								13.00	13
27	Horace Gould		16		14		14	13		14.25	13
28	Umberto Maglioli						24	7	12	14.33	7
29	Luigi Piotti	12						19	14	15.00	12
30	Louis Rosier		15		10	12	27	14		15.60	10
31	Gerino Gerini								16	16.00	16
32	Robert Manzon		12			15	18	15	22	16.40	12
33	Andre Pilette				15	19		17		17.00	15
34	Bruce Halford						20	11	21	17.33	11
35	Giorgio Scarlatti		17					18		17.50	17
36	Francisco Godia				13	17	25	16	17	17.60	13
37	Jack Fairman						21		15	18.00	15
38	Emmanuel de Graffenried								18	18.00	18
39	Hermano da Silva Ramos		14			14	26		20	18.50	14
40	Les Leston								19	19.00	19
41	Ron Flockhart						17		23	20.00	17
42	Ottorino Volonterio							20		20.00	20
43	Andre Simon					20			24	22.00	20
44	Bob Gerard						22			22.00	22
45	Paul Emery						23			23.00	23
46	Jack Brabham						28			28.00	28

Race Results Overview

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
4	Jean Behra	2	3		7	3	3	3	R/R	22
5	Pat Flaherty			1						8
6	Eugenio Castellotti	R	4/R		R	2	10	R/R	8/R	7.5
7	Sam Hanks			2						6
=	Paul Frere				2					6
=	Francisco Godia				R	7	8	4	4	6
10	Jack Fairman						4		5	5
11	Mike Hawthorn	3	DNS			10	R			4
=	Luigi Musso	1	R					R	R	4
=	Don Freeland			3						4
=	Ron Flockhart						R		3	4
15	Johnnie Parsons			4						3
=	Harry Schell		R		4	10/R	R	R	R	3
=	Alfonso de Portago					R	2/10	R	R	3
=	Cesare Perdisa		7		3	5	7	DNS		3
19	Olivier Gendebien	5				R				2
=	Hermano da Silva Ramos		5			8	R		R	2
=	Dick Rathmann			5						2
=	Luigi Villoresi				5	R	6	R	R	2
=	Horace Gould		8		R		5	R		2
=	Louis Rosier		R		8	6	R	5		2
25	Gerino Gerini	4							10	1.5
=	Chico Landi	4								1.5
27	Paul Russo			33R						1
	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			20R
	Johnnie Tolan			21R
	Tony Bettenhausen			22R
	Ed Elisian			23R
	Eddie Russo			23R
	Jimmy Daywalt			24R
	Jack Turner			25R
	Keith Andrews			26R
	Andy Linden			27R
	Al Herman			28R
	Ray Crawford			29R
	Johnny Boyd			30R
	Troy Ruttman			31R
	Johnny Thomson			32R
	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
	Colin Chapman					DNS

1956 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1956 F1 World Championship Season Statistics