1956 British Grand Prix

Date	Saturday, 14 July 1956
Winner	Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari
Pole position	Stirling Moss Maserati
Fastest lap	Stirling Moss Maserati
Circuit	Silverstone, 101 laps
Round	6 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

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	101	2hr 59m 47.000s	8
2	+10	(ESP) Alfonso de Portago (GBR) Peter Collins	Ferrari	100	+1 lap	3 3
3	+10	(FRA) Jean Behra	Maserati	99	+2 laps	4
4	+17	(GBR) Jack Fairman	Connaught-Alta	98	+3 laps	3
5	+9	(GBR) Horace Gould	Maserati (privateer)	97	+4 laps	2
6	+13	(ITA) Luigi Villoresi	Maserati (privateer)	96	+5 laps
7	+8	(ITA) Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	95	+6 laps
8	+17	(ESP) Francisco Godia	Maserati	94	+7 laps
9	+9	(FRA) Robert Manzon	Gordini	94	+7 laps
R		(GBR) Stirling Moss	Maserati	94	DNF	1 FL
10	-2	(ITA) Eugenio Castellotti (ESP) Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	92	+9 laps
11	+11	(GBR) Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	88	+13 laps
R		(USA) Harry Schell	Vanwall	86	DNF
R		(GBR) Desmond Titterington	Connaught-Alta	74	DNF
R		(BRA) Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	71	DNF
R		(FRA) Maurice Trintignant	Vanwall	70	DNF
R		(GBR) Peter Collins	Ferrari	64	DNF
R		(GBR) Roy Salvadori	Maserati (privateer)	59	DNF
R		(GBR) Tony Brooks	BRM	39	DNF
R		(GBR) Mike Hawthorn	BRM	24	DNF
R		(FRA) Louis Rosier	Maserati (privateer)	23	DNF
R		(GBR) Bruce Halford	Maserati (privateer)	22	DNF
R		(ITA) Umberto Maglioli	Maserati (privateer)	21	DNF
R		(GBR) Archie Scott-Brown	Connaught-Alta	16	DNF
R		(GBR) Paul Emery	Emeryson-Alta	12	DNF
R		(AUS) Jack Brabham	Maserati (privateer)	3	DNF
R		(GBR) Ron Flockhart	BRM	2	DNF
R		(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Vanwall	0	DNF

Pole time: 1:41.000

How the championship standings stood post-race.

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

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)