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

1956 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 September 1956
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • Italy flag lazyload Maserati
Pole position
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • Italy flag lazyload Maserati
CircuitMonza, 50 laps
Round8 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
More 1956 season
More Italian Grands Prix
Next race1957 Argentine Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMaserati502hr 23m 41.300s9 FL
2+5
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
Ferrari50+5.700s
  • 3
  • 3
3+20United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron FlockhartConnaught-Alta49+1 lap4
4+13Spain flag lazyload Francisco GodiaMaserati49+1 lap3
5+10United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanConnaught-Alta47+3 laps2
6+8Italy flag lazyload Luigi PiottiMaserati (privateer)47+3 laps 
R Italy flag lazyload Luigi MussoFerrari46DNF 
7+11Switzerland flag Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)46+4 laps 
8-7
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Eugenio Castellotti
Ferrari46+4 laps 
9+15France flag lazyload Andre SimonGordini45+5 laps 
R 
  • Italy flag lazyload Umberto Maglioli
  • France flag lazyload Jean Behra
Maserati42DNF 
10+6Italy flag lazyload Gerino GeriniMaserati (privateer)42+8 laps 
11+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriMaserati (privateer)41+9 laps 
R USA flag lazyload Harry SchellVanwall32DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati23DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Bruce HalfordMaserati (privateer)16DNF 
R France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantVanwall13DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piero TaruffiVanwall12DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiFerrari9DNF 
R France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini7DNF 
R 
  • Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi
  • Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier
Maserati7DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Alfonso de PortagoFerrari6DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Les LestonConnaught-Alta6DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva RamosGordini3DNF 
Did not start
  Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von TripsFerrari   

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.

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:42.600

PosDriverConstructor
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioFerrari
2Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiFerrari
3Italy flag lazyload Luigi MussoFerrari
4Italy flag lazyload Piero TaruffiVanwall
5France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMaserati
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsFerrari
8Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiMaserati
9Spain flag lazyload Alfonso de PortagoFerrari
10USA flag lazyload Harry SchellVanwall
11France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantVanwall
12Italy flag lazyload Umberto MaglioliMaserati
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriMaserati (privateer)
14Italy flag lazyload Luigi PiottiMaserati (privateer)
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanConnaught-Alta
16Italy flag lazyload Gerino GeriniMaserati (privateer)
17Spain flag lazyload Francisco GodiaMaserati
18Switzerland flag Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Les LestonConnaught-Alta
20Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva RamosGordini
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Bruce HalfordMaserati (privateer)
22France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini
23United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron FlockhartConnaught-Alta
24France flag lazyload Andre SimonGordini

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio30
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss27
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins25
4France flag lazyload Jean Behra22
5USA flag lazyload Pat Flaherty8
6Italy flag lazyload Eugenio Castellotti7.5
7USA flag lazyload Sam Hanks6
=Belgium flag lazyload Paul Frere6
9Spain flag lazyload Francisco Godia6
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack Fairman5
11Italy flag lazyload Luigi Musso4
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn4
=USA flag lazyload Don Freeland4
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron Flockhart4
15Spain flag lazyload Alfonso de Portago3
16Italy flag lazyload Cesare Perdisa3
17USA flag lazyload Johnnie Parsons3
=USA flag lazyload Harry Schell3
19Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien2
=Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva Ramos2
=USA flag lazyload Dick Rathmann2
=Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi2
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace Gould2
=France flag lazyload Louis Rosier2
25Italy flag lazyload Gerino Gerini1.5
=Brazil flag lazyload Chico Landi1.5
27USA flag lazyload Paul Russo1

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

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