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 | ![]() | Maserati | 100 | 3hr 00m 32.900s | 8 |
2 | +7 | Ferrari | 100 | +6.100s |
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3 | +1 | ![]() | Maserati | 99 | +1 lap | 4 |
4 | -3 | Ferrari | 94 | +6 laps |
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5 | +9 | ![]() | Gordini | 93 | +7 laps | 2 |
R | ![]() | Gordini | 90 | DNF | ||
6 | +5 | Gordini | 88 | +12 laps | ||
7 | ![]() | Maserati | 86 | +14 laps | ||
8 | +8 | ![]() | Maserati (privateer) | 85 | +15 laps | |
R | ![]() | Maserati (privateer) | 72 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 14 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Vanwall | 13 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Vanwall | 2 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 2 | DNF | ||
Did not start | ||||||
![]() | BRM | |||||
![]() | BRM | |||||
![]() | 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 | ![]() | Ferrari |
2 | ![]() | Maserati |
3 | ![]() | Ferrari |
4 | ![]() | Maserati |
5 | ![]() | Vanwall |
6 | ![]() | Vanwall |
7 | ![]() | Maserati |
8 | ![]() | Ferrari |
9 | ![]() | Ferrari |
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11 | ![]() | Gordini |
12 | ![]() | Gordini |
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14 | ![]() | Gordini |
15 | ![]() | Maserati (privateer) |
16 | ![]() | Maserati (privateer) |
Non-qualifiers
Driver | Constructor |
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![]() | Ferrari (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1956 Monaco Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 8 |
4 | ![]() | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 2 |
= | ![]() | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 1.5 |
= | ![]() | 1.5 |
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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)