1956 Italian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 2 September 1956
Winner	Stirling Moss Maserati
Pole position	Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari
Fastest lap	Stirling Moss Maserati
Circuit	Monza, 50 laps
Round	8 of 8
Race numbers	The 1956 Italian Grand Prix was the: 56th World Championship race 7th World Championship Italian Grand Prix 7th World Championship race at Monza 1956 Drivers’ title decider
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Next race	1957 Argentine Grand Prix

Race result

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

Notes

Luigi Musso ended lap 46 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
Wolfgang von Trips withdrew from the Grand Prix after an accident in practice.

Pole time: 2:42.600

How the championship standings stood post-race.

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

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
1-2 start: 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)