1956 Monaco Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 13 May 1956 |
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| Circuit | Monte Carlo, 100 laps |
| Round | 2 of 8 |
| Race numbers | The 1956 Monaco Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +1 |  Stirling Moss | Maserati | 100 | 3hr 00m 32.900s | 8 |
| 2 | +7 | Ferrari | 100 | +6.100s |
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| 3 | +1 |  Jean Behra | Maserati | 99 | +1 lap | 4 |
| 4 | -3 | Ferrari | 94 | +6 laps |
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| 5 | +9 |  Hermano da Silva Ramos | Gordini | 93 | +7 laps | 2 |
| R | Robert Manzon | Gordini | 90 | DNF | ||
| 6 | +5 | Gordini | 88 | +12 laps | ||
| 7 |  Cesare Perdisa | Maserati | 86 | +14 laps | ||
| 8 | +8 | Horace Gould | Maserati (privateer) | 85 | +15 laps | |
| R | Louis Rosier | Maserati (privateer) | 72 | DNF | ||
| R | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari | 14 | DNF | ||
| R | Maurice Trintignant | Vanwall | 13 | DNF | ||
| R |  Harry Schell | Vanwall | 2 | DNF | ||
| R | Luigi Musso | Ferrari | 2 | DNF | ||
| Did not start | ||||||
| Mike Hawthorn | BRM | |||||
| Tony Brooks | BRM | |||||
 Louis Chiron | Maserati (privateer) | |||||
Notes
- BRM withdrew their cars from the Grand Prix due to engine issues.
- Louis Chiron withdrew from the Grand Prix due to a blown engine in practice.
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:44.000
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 |  Juan Manuel Fangio | Ferrari |
| 2 | Stirling Moss | Maserati |
| 3 | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari |
| 4 | Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 5 | Harry Schell | Vanwall |
| 6 | Maurice Trintignant | Vanwall |
| 7 | Cesare Perdisa | Maserati |
| 8 | Luigi Musso | Ferrari |
| 9 | Peter Collins | Ferrari |
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| 11 | Elie Bayol | Gordini |
| 12 | Robert Manzon | Gordini |
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| 14 | Hermano da Silva Ramos | Gordini |
| 15 | Louis Rosier | Maserati (privateer) |
| 16 | Horace Gould | Maserati (privateer) |
Non-qualifiers
| Driver | Constructor |
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| Giorgio Scarlatti | Ferrari (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1956 Monaco Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Jean Behra | 10 |
| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | 9 |
| 3 | Stirling Moss | 8 |
| 4 | Luigi Musso | 4 |
| 5 | Mike Hawthorn | 4 |
| 6 | Peter Collins | 3 |
| 7 |  Olivier Gendebien | 2 |
| = | Hermano da Silva Ramos | 2 |
| 9 | Gerino Gerini | 1.5 |
| = | Chico Landi | 1.5 |
| = | Eugenio Castellotti | 1.5 |
Statistics & milestones
- Last start
- Elie Bayol
- Wins
- 2nd for Stirling Moss (first for Maserati)
- 4th for Maserati
- Podiums
- 26th for Juan Manuel Fangio, 5th for Stirling Moss, 4th for Jean Behra, 1st for Peter Collins (45th different podium finisher, 5th British driver)
- 67th for Ferrari, 20th & 21st for Maserati (3rd constructor to score 20 podiums)
- Poles
- 20th for Juan Manuel Fangio (1st driver to take 20 pole positions, 1st Argentine driver)
- 21st for Ferrari
- Fastest laps
- 18th for Juan Manuel Fangio
- 17th for Ferrari
- Front row starts
- 36th for Juan Manuel Fangio, 10th for Stirling Moss (5th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 1st British driver), 3rd for Eugenio Castellotti
- Points finishes
- 1st for Peter Collins (75th different point scorer, 9th British driver), 1st and only for Hermano da Silva Ramos (76th different point scorer, 2nd Brazilian driver)