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Home / Seasons / 1956 F1 World Championship Season / 1956 British Grand Prix

1956 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 14 July 1956
Winner
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • Italy flag lazyload Maserati
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • Italy flag lazyload Maserati
CircuitSilverstone, 101 laps
Round6 of 8
Race numbers

The 1956 British Grand Prix was the

  • 54th World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioFerrari1012hr 59m 47.000s8
2+10
  • Spain flag lazyload Alfonso de Portago
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins
Ferrari100+1 lap
  • 3
  • 3
3+10France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati99+2 laps4
4+17United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanConnaught-Alta98+3 laps3
5+9United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace GouldMaserati (privateer)97+4 laps2
6+13Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiMaserati (privateer)96+5 laps 
7+8Italy flag lazyload Cesare PerdisaMaserati95+6 laps 
8+17Spain flag lazyload Francisco GodiaMaserati94+7 laps 
9+9France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini94+7 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMaserati94DNF1 FL
10-2
  • Italy flag lazyload Eugenio Castellotti
  • Spain flag lazyload Alfonso de Portago
Ferrari92+9 laps 
11+11United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob GerardCooper-Bristol (privateer)88+13 laps 
R USA flag lazyload Harry SchellVanwall86DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Desmond TitteringtonConnaught-Alta74DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva RamosGordini71DNF 
R France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantVanwall70DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsFerrari64DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriMaserati (privateer)59DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksBRM39DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornBRM24DNF 
R France flag lazyload Louis RosierMaserati (privateer)23DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Bruce HalfordMaserati (privateer)22DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Umberto MaglioliMaserati (privateer)21DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Archie Scott-BrownConnaught-Alta16DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul EmeryEmeryson-Alta12DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamMaserati (privateer)3DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron FlockhartBRM2DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan GonzalezVanwall0DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:41.000

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMaserati
2Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioFerrari
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornBRM
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsFerrari
5USA flag lazyload Harry SchellVanwall
6Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan GonzalezVanwall
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriMaserati (privateer)
8Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiFerrari
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksBRM
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Archie Scott-BrownConnaught-Alta
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Desmond TitteringtonConnaught-Alta
12Spain flag lazyload Alfonso de PortagoFerrari
13France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace GouldMaserati (privateer)
15Italy flag lazyload Cesare PerdisaMaserati
16France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantVanwall
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron FlockhartBRM
18France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini
19Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiMaserati (privateer)
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Bruce HalfordMaserati (privateer)
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanConnaught-Alta
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob GerardCooper-Bristol (privateer)
23United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul EmeryEmeryson-Alta
24Italy flag lazyload Umberto MaglioliMaserati (privateer)
25Spain flag lazyload Francisco GodiaMaserati
26Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva RamosGordini
27France flag lazyload Louis RosierMaserati (privateer)
28Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamMaserati (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1956 British Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins22
2Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio21
3France flag lazyload Jean Behra18
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss13
5USA flag lazyload Pat Flaherty8
6Italy flag lazyload Eugenio Castellotti7.5
7USA flag lazyload Sam Hanks6
=Belgium flag lazyload Paul Frere6
9Italy flag lazyload Luigi Musso4
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn4
=USA flag lazyload Don Freeland4
12Spain flag lazyload Alfonso de Portago3
13Italy flag lazyload Cesare Perdisa3
14USA flag lazyload Johnnie Parsons3
=USA flag lazyload Harry Schell3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack Fairman3
17Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien2
=Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva Ramos2
=USA flag lazyload Dick Rathmann2
=Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi2
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace Gould2
22Brazil flag lazyload Chico Landi1.5
=Italy flag lazyload Gerino Gerini1.5
24USA flag lazyload Paul Russo1

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)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Silverstone circuit
  • 1956 World Championship season

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