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

1956 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 1 July 1956
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitReims, 61 laps
Round5 of 8
Race numbers

The 1956 French Grand Prix was the

  • 53rd World Championship race
  • 6th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Reims
More 1956 season
More French Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsFerrari612hr 34m 23.400s8
2 Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiFerrari61+0.300s6
3+4France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati61+1m 29.900s4
4-3Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioFerrari61+1m 35.100s4 FL
5+8
  • Italy flag lazyload Cesare Perdisa
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
Maserati59+2 laps
  • 1
  • 1
6+6France flag lazyload Louis RosierMaserati (privateer)58+3 laps 
7+10Spain flag lazyload Francisco GodiaMaserati57+4 laps 
8+6Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva RamosGordini57+4 laps 
9+6France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini56+5 laps 
10-4
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn
  • USA flag lazyload Harry Schell
Vanwall56+5 laps 
11+8Belgium flag lazyload Andre PiletteGordini55+6 laps 
R France flag lazyload Andre SimonMaserati (privateer)41DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piero TaruffiMaserati40DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Olivier GendebienFerrari38DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiMaserati (privateer)23DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Alfonso de PortagoFerrari20DNF 
R France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantBugatti18DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMaserati12DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Harry SchellVanwall5DNF 
Did not start
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Colin ChapmanVanwall   

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:23.300

PosDriverConstructor
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioFerrari
2Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiFerrari
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsFerrari
4USA flag lazyload Harry SchellVanwall
5  
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornVanwall
7France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMaserati
9Spain flag lazyload Alfonso de PortagoFerrari
10Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiMaserati (privateer)
11Belgium flag lazyload Olivier GendebienFerrari
12France flag lazyload Louis RosierMaserati (privateer)
13Italy flag lazyload Cesare PerdisaMaserati
14Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva RamosGordini
15France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini
16Italy flag lazyload Piero TaruffiMaserati
17Spain flag lazyload Francisco GodiaMaserati
18France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantBugatti
19Belgium flag lazyload Andre PiletteGordini
20France flag lazyload Andre SimonMaserati (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins19
2France flag lazyload Jean Behra14
3Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio13
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss12
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
12Italy flag lazyload Cesare Perdisa3
13USA flag lazyload Johnnie Parsons3
=USA flag lazyload Harry Schell3
15Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien2
=Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva Ramos2
=USA flag lazyload Dick Rathmann2
=Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi2
19Brazil flag lazyload Chico Landi1.5
=Italy flag lazyload Gerino Gerini1.5
21USA flag lazyload Paul Russo1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Alfonso de Portago
Bugatti (only start)
Wins
2nd for Peter Collins (last win until 1958)
23rd for Ferrari
Race 1-2
14th for Ferrari
Podiums
5th for Jean Behra, 3rd for Peter Collins, 3rd and last for Eugenio Castellotti
70th & 71st for Ferrari (1st constructor to score 70 podiums), 23rd for Maserati
Poles
22nd for Juan Manuel Fangio
23rd for Ferrari
Qualifying 1-2
11th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
19th for Juan Manuel Fangio
18th for Ferrari
Front row starts
38th for Juan Manuel Fangio, 4th for Eugenio Castellotti, 2nd for Peter Collins
Points finishes
5th and last for Eugenio Castellotti, 3rd and last for Cesare Perdisa

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Reims circuit
  • 1956 World Championship season

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