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

1956 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 14 July 1956
Winner
  • Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Stirling Moss
  • Maserati
Fastest lap
  • Stirling Moss
  • 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
More 1956 season
More British Grands Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

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

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:41.000

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Peter Collins22
2(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio21
3(FRA) Jean Behra18
4(GBR) Stirling Moss13
5(USA) Pat Flaherty8
6(ITA) Eugenio Castellotti7.5
7(USA) Sam Hanks6
=(BEL) Paul Frere6
9(ITA) Luigi Musso4
10(GBR) Mike Hawthorn4
=(USA) Don Freeland4
12(ESP) Alfonso de Portago3
13(ITA) Cesare Perdisa3
14(USA) Johnnie Parsons3
=(USA) Harry Schell3
=(GBR) Jack Fairman3
17(BEL) Olivier Gendebien2
=(BRA) Hermano da Silva Ramos2
=(USA) Dick Rathmann2
=(ITA) Luigi Villoresi2
=(GBR) Horace Gould2
22(BRA) Chico Landi1.5
=(ITA) Gerino Gerini1.5
24(USA) Paul Russo1

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

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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