1956 British Grand Prix
| Date | Saturday, 14 July 1956 |
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| Circuit | Silverstone, 101 laps |
| Round | 6 of 8 |
| Race numbers | The 1956 British Grand Prix was the
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Race result
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:41.000
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 |  Stirling Moss | Maserati |
| 2 |  Juan Manuel Fangio | Ferrari |
| 3 | Mike Hawthorn | BRM |
| 4 | Peter Collins | Ferrari |
| 5 |  Harry Schell | Vanwall |
| 6 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Vanwall |
| 7 | Roy Salvadori | Maserati (privateer) |
| 8 |  Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari |
| 9 | Tony Brooks | BRM |
| 10 | Archie Scott-Brown | Connaught-Alta |
| 11 | Desmond Titterington | Connaught-Alta |
| 12 |  Alfonso de Portago | Ferrari |
| 13 |  Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 14 | Horace Gould | Maserati (privateer) |
| 15 | Cesare Perdisa | Maserati |
| 16 | Maurice Trintignant | Vanwall |
| 17 | Ron Flockhart | BRM |
| 18 | Robert Manzon | Gordini |
| 19 | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati (privateer) |
| 20 | Bruce Halford | Maserati (privateer) |
| 21 | Jack Fairman | Connaught-Alta |
| 22 | Bob Gerard | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 23 | Paul Emery | Emeryson-Alta |
| 24 | Umberto Maglioli | Maserati (privateer) |
| 25 | Francisco Godia | Maserati |
| 26 |  Hermano da Silva Ramos | Gordini |
| 27 | Louis Rosier | Maserati (privateer) |
| 28 |  Jack Brabham | Maserati (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1956 British Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Peter Collins | 22 |
| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | 21 |
| 3 | Jean Behra | 18 |
| 4 | Stirling Moss | 13 |
| 5 | Pat Flaherty | 8 |
| 6 | Eugenio Castellotti | 7.5 |
| 7 | Sam Hanks | 6 |
| = |  Paul Frere | 6 |
| 9 | Luigi Musso | 4 |
| 10 | Mike Hawthorn | 4 |
| = | Don Freeland | 4 |
| 12 | Alfonso de Portago | 3 |
| 13 | Cesare Perdisa | 3 |
| 14 | Johnnie Parsons | 3 |
| = | Harry Schell | 3 |
| = | Jack Fairman | 3 |
| 17 | Olivier Gendebien | 2 |
| = | Hermano da Silva Ramos | 2 |
| = | Dick Rathmann | 2 |
| = | Luigi Villoresi | 2 |
| = | Horace Gould | 2 |
| 22 | Chico Landi | 1.5 |
| = | Gerino Gerini | 1.5 |
| 24 | Paul Russo | 1 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Tony Brooks, Paul Emery (only start), Bruce Halford, Archie Scott-Brown (only start), Desmond Titterington (only start)
- Emeryson
- Wins
- 19th for Juan Manuel Fangio
- 24th for Ferrari
- Race 1-2
- 15th for Ferrari
- Podiums
- 27th for Juan Manuel Fangio, 6th for Jean Behra, 4th for Peter Collins, 1st and only for Alfonso de Portago (49th different podium finisher, 1st Spanish driver; last Spanish driver to finish on the podium until 2003)
- 72nd & 73rd for Ferrari, 24th for Maserati
- Poles
- 2nd for Stirling Moss (first for Maserati)
- 4th for Maserati
- Fastest laps
- 5th for Stirling Moss
- 10th for Maserati (3rd constructor to set ten fastest laps)
- Front row starts
- 39th for Juan Manuel Fangio, 12th for Stirling Moss, 8th for Mike Hawthorn (first since 1954; only front row start for BRM), 3rd for Peter Collins
- Points finishes
- 1st for Alfonso de Portago (81st different point scorer, 1st Spanish driver), 1st for Jack Fairman (82nd different point scorer, 10th British driver), 1st and only for Horace Gould (83rd different point scorer, 11th British driver)