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Home / Seasons / 1956 F1 World Championship Season / Driver Standings

1956 F1 driver standings

Standings

PosDriverARG Argentina flag lazyloadMCO Monaco flag lazyload500 USA flag lazyloadBEL Belgium flag lazyloadFRA France flag lazyloadGBR United Kingdom flag lazyloadDEU Germany flag lazyloadITA Italy flag lazyloadPoints
1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio1/R2/4 R4112/830 (33)
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossR1 3/R5/RR2127 (28)
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsR2 112/RR/R225
4France flag lazyload Jean Behra23 7333R/R22
5USA flag lazyload Pat Flaherty  1     8
6Italy flag lazyload Eugenio CastellottiR4/R R210R/R8/R7.5
7USA flag lazyload Sam Hanks  2     6
=Belgium flag lazyload Paul Frere   2    6
=Spain flag lazyload Francisco Godia   R78446
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack Fairman     4 55
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn3DNS  10R  4
=Italy flag lazyload Luigi Musso1R    RR4
=USA flag lazyload Don Freeland  3     4
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron Flockhart     R 34
15USA flag lazyload Johnnie Parsons  4     3
=USA flag lazyload Harry Schell R 410/RRRR3
=Spain flag lazyload Alfonso de Portago    R2/10RR3
=Italy flag lazyload Cesare Perdisa 7 357DNS 3
19Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien5   R   2
=Brazil flag lazyload Hermano da Silva Ramos 5  8R R2
=USA flag lazyload Dick Rathmann  5     2
=Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi   5R6RR2
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Horace Gould 8 R 5R 2
=France flag lazyload Louis Rosier R 86R5 2
25Italy flag lazyload Gerino Gerini4      101.5
=Brazil flag lazyload Chico Landi4       1.5
27USA flag lazyload Paul Russo  33R     1
 Belgium flag lazyload Andre Pilette 6 611 DNS  
 Italy flag lazyload Luigi PiottiR     DNS6 
 USA flag lazyload Bob Sweikert  6      
 Uruguay flag lazyload Oscar Gonzalez6        
 Uruguay flag lazyload Alberto Uria6        
 France flag lazyload Elie Bayol 6       
 USA flag lazyload Bob Veith  7      
 Switzerland flag Emmanuel de Graffenried       7 
 USA flag lazyload Rodger Ward  8      
 France flag lazyload Robert Manzon R  99RR 
 France flag lazyload Andre Simon    R  9 
 USA flag lazyload Jimmy Reece  9      
 USA flag lazyload Cliff Griffith  10      
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy Salvadori     RR11 
 USA flag lazyload Gene Hartley  11      
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob Gerard     11   
 USA flag lazyload Fred Agabashian  12      
 USA flag lazyload Bob Christie  13      
 USA flag lazyload Al Keller  14      
 USA flag lazyload Eddie Johnson  15      
 USA flag lazyload Billy Garrett  16      
 USA flag lazyload Duke Dinsmore  17      
 USA flag lazyload Pat O’Connor  18      
 USA flag lazyload Jimmy Bryan  19      
 USA flag lazyload Jim Rathmann  20R      
 USA flag lazyload Johnnie Tolan  21R      
 USA flag lazyload Tony Bettenhausen  22R      
 USA flag lazyload Ed Elisian  23R      
 USA flag lazyload Eddie Russo  23R      
 USA flag lazyload Jimmy Daywalt  24R      
 USA flag lazyload Jack Turner  25R      
 USA flag lazyload Keith Andrews  26R      
 USA flag lazyload Andy Linden  27R      
 USA flag lazyload Al Herman  28R      
 USA flag lazyload Ray Crawford  29R      
 USA flag lazyload Johnny Boyd  30R      
 USA flag lazyload Troy Ruttman  31R      
 USA flag lazyload Johnny Thomson  32R      
 Switzerland flag Ottorino Volonterio      NC  
 France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant R RRR R 
 Italy flag lazyload Umberto Maglioli     RRR 
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Bruce Halford     RDSQR 
 Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan GonzalezR    R   
 Italy flag lazyload Piero Taruffi    R  R 
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks DNS   R   
 Italy flag lazyload Giorgio Scarlatti DNQ    R  
 Argentina flag lazyload Carlos MenditeguyR        
 Italy flag lazyload Piero Scotti   R     
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Desmond Titterington     R   
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Archie Scott-Brown     R   
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul Emery     R   
 Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham     R   
 Belgium flag lazyload Andre Milhoux      R  
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Les Leston       R 
 Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier       R 
 Monaco flag lazyload Louis Chiron DNS       
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Colin Chapman    DNS    
 Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von Trips       DNS 
 Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina  DNQ      
No.DriverARG Argentina flag lazyloadMCO Monaco flag lazyload500 USA flag lazyloadBEL Belgium flag lazyloadFRA France flag lazyloadGBR United Kingdom flag lazyloadDEU Germany flag lazyloadITA Italy flag lazyloadPoints

Table key

  • Highlight: Rookie
  • Bold: pole position
  • Underline: fastest lap
  • Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
  • DNQ: Did not qualify
  • NC: Not classified
  • DSQ: Disqualified
  • DNS: Did not start

Points system and championship rules

The top five classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:

  • 1st (8)
  • 2nd (6)
  • 3rd (4)
  • 4th (3)
  • 5th (2)
  • fastest lap (1)

A point was awarded for setting the fastest lap. In the event of more than one driver setting the fastest lap points were shared.

Only the best five results counted towards the championship.

Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1956.

Chart by Visualizer

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