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

1956 Monaco Grand Prix

DateSunday, 13 May 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
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitMonte Carlo, 100 laps
Round2 of 8
Race numbers

The 1956 Monaco Grand Prix was the

  • 50th World Championship race
  • 3rd World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Monte Carlo
More 1956 season
More Monaco Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMaserati1003hr 00m 32.900s8
2+7
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
Ferrari100+6.100s
  • 3
  • 4 FL
3+1France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati99+1 lap4
4-3
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Eugenio Castellotti
Ferrari94+6 laps
  •  
  • 1.5
5+9Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva RamosGordini93+7 laps2
R France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini90DNF 
6+5
  • France flag lazyload Elie Bayol
  • Belgium flag lazyload Andre Pilette
Gordini88+12 laps 
7 Italy flag lazyload Cesare PerdisaMaserati86+14 laps 
8+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace GouldMaserati (privateer)85+15 laps 
R France flag lazyload Louis RosierMaserati (privateer)72DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiFerrari14DNF 
R France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantVanwall13DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Harry SchellVanwall2DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Luigi MussoFerrari2DNF 
Did not start
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornBRM   
  United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksBRM   
  Monaco flag lazyload Louis ChironMaserati (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

PosDriverConstructor
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioFerrari
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossMaserati
3Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiFerrari
4France flag lazyload Jean BehraMaserati
5USA flag lazyload Harry SchellVanwall
6France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantVanwall
7Italy flag lazyload Cesare PerdisaMaserati
8Italy flag lazyload Luigi MussoFerrari
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsFerrari
10  
11France flag lazyload Elie BayolGordini
12France flag lazyload Robert ManzonGordini
13  
14Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva RamosGordini
15France flag lazyload Louis RosierMaserati (privateer)
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace GouldMaserati (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
Italy flag lazyload Giorgio ScarlattiFerrari (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag lazyload Jean Behra10
2Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio9
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss8
4Italy flag lazyload Luigi Musso4
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn4
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Collins3
7Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien2
=Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva Ramos2
9Italy flag lazyload Gerino Gerini1.5
=Brazil flag lazyload Chico Landi1.5
=Italy flag lazyload Eugenio Castellotti1.5

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)

See also

  • Monaco Grand Prix
  • Monte Carlo circuit
  • 1956 World Championship season

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