1956 F1 driver standings

Season

Standings

Pos	Driver	ARG	MCO	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1/R	2/4		R	4	1	1	2/8	30 (33)
2	Stirling Moss	R	1		3/R	5/R	R	2	1	27 (28)
3	Peter Collins	R	2		1	1	2/R	R/R	2	25
4	Jean Behra	2	3		7	3	3	3	R/R	22
5	Pat Flaherty			1						8
6	Eugenio Castellotti	R	4/R		R	2	10	R/R	8/R	7.5
7	Sam Hanks			2						6
=	Paul Frere				2					6
=	Francisco Godia				R	7	8	4	4	6
10	Jack Fairman						4		5	5
11	Mike Hawthorn	3	DNS			10	R			4
=	Luigi Musso	1	R					R	R	4
=	Don Freeland			3						4
=	Ron Flockhart						R		3	4
15	Johnnie Parsons			4						3
=	Harry Schell		R		4	10/R	R	R	R	3
=	Alfonso de Portago					R	2/10	R	R	3
=	Cesare Perdisa		7		3	5	7	DNS		3
19	Olivier Gendebien	5				R				2
=	Hermano da Silva Ramos		5			8	R		R	2
=	Dick Rathmann			5						2
=	Luigi Villoresi				5	R	6	R	R	2
=	Horace Gould		8		R		5	R		2
=	Louis Rosier		R		8	6	R	5		2
25	Gerino Gerini	4							10	1.5
=	Chico Landi	4								1.5
27	Paul Russo			33^R						1
	Andre Pilette		6		6	11		DNS
	Luigi Piotti	R						DNS	6
	Bob Sweikert			6
	Oscar Gonzalez	6
	Alberto Uria	6
	Elie Bayol		6
	Bob Veith			7
	Emmanuel de Graffenried								7
	Rodger Ward			8
	Robert Manzon		R			9	9	R	R
	Andre Simon					R			9
	Jimmy Reece			9
	Cliff Griffith			10
	Roy Salvadori						R	R	11
	Gene Hartley			11
	Bob Gerard						11
	Fred Agabashian			12
	Bob Christie			13
	Al Keller			14
	Eddie Johnson			15
	Billy Garrett			16
	Duke Dinsmore			17
	Pat O’Connor			18
	Jimmy Bryan			19
	Jim Rathmann			20^R
	Johnnie Tolan			21^R
	Tony Bettenhausen			22^R
	Ed Elisian			23^R
	Eddie Russo			23^R
	Jimmy Daywalt			24^R
	Jack Turner			25^R
	Keith Andrews			26^R
	Andy Linden			27^R
	Al Herman			28^R
	Ray Crawford			29^R
	Johnny Boyd			30^R
	Troy Ruttman			31^R
	Johnny Thomson			32^R
	Ottorino Volonterio							NC
	Maurice Trintignant		R		R	R	R		R
	Umberto Maglioli						R	R	R
	Bruce Halford						R	DSQ	R
	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	R					R
	Piero Taruffi					R			R
	Tony Brooks		DNS				R
	Giorgio Scarlatti		DNQ					R
	Carlos Menditeguy	R
	Piero Scotti				R
	Desmond Titterington						R
	Archie Scott-Brown						R
	Paul Emery						R
	Jack Brabham						R
	Andre Milhoux							R
	Les Leston								R
	Jo Bonnier								R
	Louis Chiron		DNS
	Colin Chapman					DNS
	Wolfgang von Trips								DNS
	Giuseppe Farina			DNQ
No.	Driver	ARG	MCO	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	Points

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.

Standings

Table key

Points system and championship rules

Race to the title

More 1956 F1 season

Season

Wins, poles & fastest laps

Qualifying

Season stats