1956 Italian Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+5	Stirling Moss	Maserati	50	2hr 23m 41.300s	9 FL
2	+5	Peter Collins Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	50	+5.700s	3 3
3	+20	Ron Flockhart	Connaught-Alta	49	+1 lap	4
4	+13	Francisco Godia	Maserati	49	+1 lap	3
5	+10	Jack Fairman	Connaught-Alta	47	+3 laps	2
6	+8	Luigi Piotti	Maserati (privateer)	47	+3 laps
R		Luigi Musso	Ferrari	46	DNF
7	+11	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati (privateer)	46	+4 laps
8	-7	Juan Manuel Fangio Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	46	+4 laps
9	+15	Andre Simon	Gordini	45	+5 laps
R		Umberto Maglioli Jean Behra	Maserati	42	DNF
10	+6	Gerino Gerini	Maserati (privateer)	42	+8 laps
11	+2	Roy Salvadori	Maserati (privateer)	41	+9 laps
R		Harry Schell	Vanwall	32	DNF
R		Jean Behra	Maserati	23	DNF
R		Bruce Halford	Maserati (privateer)	16	DNF
R		Maurice Trintignant	Vanwall	13	DNF
R		Piero Taruffi	Vanwall	12	DNF
R		Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	9	DNF
R		Robert Manzon	Gordini	7	DNF
R		Luigi Villoresi Jo Bonnier	Maserati	7	DNF
R		Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	6	DNF
R		Les Leston	Connaught-Alta	6	DNF
R		Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	3	DNF
Did not start
		Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:42.600

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
2	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari
3	Luigi Musso	Ferrari
4	Piero Taruffi	Vanwall
5	Jean Behra	Maserati
6	Stirling Moss	Maserati
7	Peter Collins	Ferrari
8	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati
9	Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari
10	Harry Schell	Vanwall
11	Maurice Trintignant	Vanwall
12	Umberto Maglioli	Maserati
13	Roy Salvadori	Maserati (privateer)
14	Luigi Piotti	Maserati (privateer)
15	Jack Fairman	Connaught-Alta
16	Gerino Gerini	Maserati (privateer)
17	Francisco Godia	Maserati
18	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati (privateer)
19	Les Leston	Connaught-Alta
20	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini
21	Bruce Halford	Maserati (privateer)
22	Robert Manzon	Gordini
23	Ron Flockhart	Connaught-Alta
24	Andre Simon	Gordini

Championship standings

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

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	30
2	Stirling Moss	27
3	Peter Collins	25
4	Jean Behra	22
5	Pat Flaherty	8
6	Eugenio Castellotti	7.5
7	Sam Hanks	6
=	Paul Frere	6
9	Francisco Godia	6
10	Jack Fairman	5
11	Luigi Musso	4
12	Mike Hawthorn	4
=	Don Freeland	4
=	Ron Flockhart	4
15	Alfonso de Portago	3
16	Cesare Perdisa	3
17	Johnnie Parsons	3
=	Harry Schell	3
19	Olivier Gendebien	2
=	Hermano da Silva Ramos	2
=	Dick Rathmann	2
=	Luigi Villoresi	2
=	Horace Gould	2
=	Louis Rosier	2
25	Gerino Gerini	1.5
=	Chico Landi	1.5
27	Paul Russo	1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut

Jo Bonnier (first Swedish driver to start a race), Les Leston

Last start

Hermano da Silva Ramos (last Brazilian driver to start a race until 1959), Emmanuel de Graffenried, Umberto Maglioli, Robert Manzon, Piero Taruffi, Luigi Villoresi

Gordini

World Champion

4th title for Juan Manuel Fangio (1st driver to win four championships, 1st Argentine driver)

Wins

3rd for Stirling Moss (last for Maserati; 2nd driver to win the Italian Grand Prix for Maserati)

5th for Maserati

Podiums

29th for Juan Manuel Fangio (last for Ferrari), 8th for Stirling Moss (last for Maserati), 5th for Peter Collins, 1st and only for Ron Flockhart (50th different podium finisher, 6th British driver)

75th for Ferrari, 27th for Maserati, 1st and only for Connaught (14th different podium finisher)

Poles

24th for Juan Manuel Fangio (last for Ferrari)

25th for Ferrari

Qualifying 1-2

13th for Ferrari

Fastest laps

6th for Stirling Moss

11th for Maserati

Front row starts

41st for Juan Manuel Fangio (last for Ferrari), 6th for Eugenio Castellotti, 2nd for Luigi Musso

Points finishes

2nd and last for Francisco Godia & Jack Fairman, 1st for Ron Flockhart (85th different point scorer, 12th British driver)

Win & fastest lap

2nd for Stirling Moss (only win and fastest lap for Maserati)

See also

• Italian Grand Prix
• Monza circuit
• 1956 World Championship season