F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | ARG | MCO | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio (Ferrari) | 1/R | 2/4 | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2/8 | 30 (33) | |
| 2 | (GBR) Stirling Moss (Maserati) | R | 1 | 3/R | 5/R | R | 2 | 1 | 27 (28) | |
| 3 | (GBR) Peter Collins (Ferrari) | R | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2/R | R/R | 2 | 25 | |
| 4 | (FRA) Jean Behra (Maserati) | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | R/R | 22 | |
| 5 | (USA) Pat Flaherty (Watson) | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| 6 | (ITA) Eugenio Castellotti (Ferrari) | R | 4/R | R | 2 | 10 | R/R | 8/R | 7.5 | |
| 7 | (USA) Sam Hanks (Kurtis Kraft) | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| = | (BEL) Paul Frere (Ferrari) | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| = | (ESP) Francisco Godia (Maserati) | R | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||
| 10 | (GBR) Jack Fairman (Connaught) | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| 11 | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn (Maserati, BRM, Vanwall) | 3 | DNS | 10 | R | 4 | ||||
| = | (ITA) Luigi Musso (Ferrari) | 1 | R | R | R | 4 | ||||
| = | (USA) Don Freeland (Phillips) | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| = | (GBR) Ron Flockhart (BRM, Connaught) | R | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 15 | (USA) Johnnie Parsons (Kuzma) | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| = | (USA) Harry Schell (Vanwall, Maserati) | R | 4 | 10/R | R | R | R | 3 | ||
| = | (ESP) Alfonso de Portago (Ferrari) | R | 2/10 | R | R | 3 | ||||
| = | (ITA) Cesare Perdisa (Maserati) | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | DNS | 3 | |||
| 19 | (BEL) Olivier Gendebien (Ferrari) | 5 | R | 2 | ||||||
| = | (BRA) Hermano da Silva Ramos (Gordini) | 5 | 8 | R | R | 2 | ||||
| = | (USA) Dick Rathmann (Kurtis Kraft) | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| = | (ITA) Luigi Villoresi (Maserati) | 5 | R | 6 | R | R | 2 | |||
| = | (GBR) Horace Gould (Maserati) | 8 | R | 5 | R | 2 | ||||
| = | (FRA) Louis Rosier (Maserati) | R | 8 | 6 | R | 5 | 2 | |||
| 25 | (ITA) Gerino Gerini (Maserati) | 4 | 10 | 1.5 | ||||||
| = | (BRA) Chico Landi (Maserati) | 4 | 1.5 | |||||||
| 27 | (USA) Paul Russo (Kurtis Kraft) | 33R | 1 | |||||||
| (BEL) Andre Pilette (Gordini, Ferrari) | 6 | 6 | 11 | DNS | ||||||
| (ITA) Luigi Piotti (Maserati) | R | DNS | 6 | |||||||
| (USA) Bob Sweikert (Kurtis Kraft) | 6 | |||||||||
| (URY) Oscar Gonzalez (Maserati) | 6 | |||||||||
| (URY) Alberto Uria (Maserati) | 6 | |||||||||
| (FRA) Elie Bayol (Gordini) | 6 | |||||||||
| (USA) Bob Veith (Kurtis Kraft) | 7 | |||||||||
| (CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried (Maserati) | 7 | |||||||||
| (USA) Rodger Ward (Kurtis Kraft) | 8 | |||||||||
| (FRA) Robert Manzon (Gordini) | R | 9 | 9 | R | R | |||||
| (FRA) Andre Simon (Maserati, Gordini) | R | 9 | ||||||||
| (USA) Jimmy Reece (Lesovsky) | 9 | |||||||||
| (USA) Cliff Griffith (Stevens) | 10 | |||||||||
| (GBR) Roy Salvadori (Maserati) | R | R | 11 | |||||||
| (USA) Gene Hartley (Kuzma) | 11 | |||||||||
| (GBR) Bob Gerard (Cooper) | 11 | |||||||||
| (USA) Fred Agabashian (Kurtis Kraft) | 12 | |||||||||
| (USA) Bob Christie (Kurtis Kraft) | 13 | |||||||||
| (USA) Al Keller (Kurtis Kraft) | 14 | |||||||||
| (USA) Eddie Johnson (Kuzma) | 15 | |||||||||
| (USA) Billy Garrett (Kuzma) | 16 | |||||||||
| (USA) Duke Dinsmore (Kurtis Kraft) | 17 | |||||||||
| (USA) Pat O’Connor (Kurtis Kraft) | 18 | |||||||||
| (USA) Jimmy Bryan (Kuzma) | 19 | |||||||||
| (USA) Jim Rathmann (Kurtis Kraft) | 20R | |||||||||
| (USA) Johnnie Tolan (Kurtis Kraft) | 21R | |||||||||
| (USA) Tony Bettenhausen (Kurtis Kraft) | 22R | |||||||||
| (USA) Ed Elisian (Kurtis Kraft) | 23R | |||||||||
| (USA) Eddie Russo (Kurtis Kraft) | 23R | |||||||||
| (USA) Jimmy Daywalt (Kurtis Kraft) | 24R | |||||||||
| (USA) Jack Turner (Kurtis Kraft) | 25R | |||||||||
| (USA) Keith Andrews (Kurtis Kraft) | 26R | |||||||||
| (USA) Andy Linden (Kurtis Kraft) | 27R | |||||||||
| (USA) Al Herman (Kurtis Kraft) | 28R | |||||||||
| (USA) Ray Crawford (Kurtis Kraft) | 29R | |||||||||
| (USA) Johnny Boyd (Kurtis Kraft) | 30R | |||||||||
| (USA) Troy Ruttman (Kurtis Kraft) | 31R | |||||||||
| (USA) Johnny Thomson (Kuzma) | 32R | |||||||||
| (CHE) Ottorino Volonterio (Maserati) | NC | |||||||||
| (FRA) Maurice Trintignant (Vanwall, Bugatti) | R | R | R | R | R | |||||
| (ITA) Umberto Maglioli (Maserati) | R | R | R | |||||||
| (GBR) Bruce Halford (Maserati) | R | DSQ | R | |||||||
| (ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez (Maserati, Vanwall) | R | R | ||||||||
| (ITA) Piero Taruffi (Maserati, Vanwall) | R | R | ||||||||
| (GBR) Tony Brooks (BRM) | DNS | R | ||||||||
| (ITA) Giorgio Scarlatti (Ferrari) | DNQ | R | ||||||||
| (ARG) Carlos Menditeguy (Maserati) | R | |||||||||
| (ITA) Piero Scotti (Connaught) | R | |||||||||
| (GBR) Desmond Titterington (Connaught) | R | |||||||||
| (GBR) Archie Scott-Brown (Connaught) | R | |||||||||
| (GBR) Paul Emery (Emeryson) | R | |||||||||
| (AUS) Jack Brabham (Maserati) | R | |||||||||
| (BEL) Andre Milhoux (Gordini) | R | |||||||||
| (GBR) Les Leston (Connaught) | R | |||||||||
| (SWE) Jo Bonnier (Maserati) | R | |||||||||
| (MCO) Louis Chiron (Maserati) | DNS | |||||||||
| (GBR) Colin Chapman (Vanwall) | DNS | |||||||||
| (DEU) Wolfgang von Trips (Ferrari) | DNS | |||||||||
| (ITA) Giuseppe Farina (Kurtis Kraft) | DNQ | |||||||||
| # | Driver | ARG | MCO | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- 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
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.