1956 Formula One season Totally Explained

Everything about The 1956 Formula One Season totally explained

The 1956 Formula One season included the 7th FIA Formula One World Championship season, which commenced on January 22, 1956, and ended on September 2 after eight races.

Season summary

Mercedes had withdrawn, so Fangio joined Ferrari team, which had been given the Lancia D50 cars when that team withdrew for financial reasons. The main challenge to Fangio came from Moss at Maserati, and from his team mate Collins, although the British Connaughts, Vanwalls and BRMs showed some signs of promise. Moss and Collins each won two races, but Fangio's shared victory with Musso in Argentina made all the difference.

Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver(s)	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	January 22	Oscar Gálvez	Luigi Musso / Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	May 13	Monaco	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Pat Flaherty	Watson-Offenhauser	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	June 3	Spa-Francorchamps	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
5	French Grand Prix	July 1	Reims	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
6	British Grand Prix	July 14	Silverstone	Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
7	German Grand Prix	August 5	Nürburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	September 2	Monza	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report

1956 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	ARG	MON	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	Pts.
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1*† / Ret	2*† / 4†		Ret	4*	1	1*	2† / 8†	30 (33)
2	Stirling Moss	Ret	1		3*† / Ret	5† / Ret	Ret*	2	1*	27 (28)
3	Peter Collins	Ret	2†		1	1	2† / Ret	Ret† / Ret	2†	25
4	Jean Behra	2	3		7	3	3	3	Ret† / Ret	22
5	Pat Flaherty			1						8
6	Eugenio Castellotti	Ret	4† / Ret		Ret	2	10†	Ret† / Ret	8† / Ret	7.5
7	Sam Hanks			2						6
8	Paul Frère				2					6
9	Paco Godia				Ret	7	8	4	4	6
10	Jack Fairman						4		5	5
11	Luigi Musso	1†	Ret					Ret†	Ret	4
12	Mike Hawthorn	3				10†	Ret			4
13	Ron Flockhart						Ret		3	4
14	Don Freeland			3						4
15	Alfonso de Portago					Ret	2† / 10†	Ret†	Ret	3
16	Cesare Perdisa		7		3†	5†	7	Ret		3
17	Harry Schell		Ret		4	10† / Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
18	Johnnie Parsons			4						3
19	Louis Rosier		Ret		8	6	Ret	5		2
20	Luigi Villoresi				5	Ret	6	Ret	Ret†	2
21	Hernando da Silva Ramos		5			8	Ret		Ret	2
22	Horace Gould		8		Ret		5	Ret		2
23	Olivier Gendebien	5				Ret				2
24	Dick Rathmann			5						2
25	Gerino Gerini	4†							10	1.5
26	Chico Landi	4†								1.5
27	Paul Russo			Ret*						1
28	Andre Pilette		6†		6	11		Ret		0
29	Luigi Piotti	Ret							6	0
30	Bob Sweikert			6						0
31	Oscar Gonzalez	6†								0
32	Alberto Uria	6†								0
33	Elie Bayol		6†							0
34	Bob Veith			7						0
35	Toulo de Graffenried								7	0
36	Rodger Ward			8						0
37	Robert Manzon		Ret			9	9	Ret	Ret	0
38	André Simon					Ret			9	0
39	Jimmy Reece			9						0
40	Cliff Griffith			10						0
41	Roy Salvadori						Ret	Ret	11	0
42	Gene Hartley			11						0
43	Bob Gerard						11			0
44	Fred Agabashian			12						0
45	Bob Christie			13						0
46	Al Keller			14						0
47	Eddie Johnson			15						0
48	Billy Garrett			16						0
49	Duke Dinsmore			17						0
50	Pat O'Connor			18						0
51	Jimmy Bryan			19						0
—	Ottorino Volonterio							NC		0
—	Maurice Trintignant		Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	0
—	Umberto Maglioli						Ret	Ret	Ret†	0
—	Bruce Halford						Ret	DSQ	Ret	0
—	José Froilán González	Ret					Ret			0
—	Piero Taruffi					Ret			Ret	0
—	Giorgio Scarlatti		DNQ					Ret		0
—	Carlos Menditeguy	Ret								0
—	Jim Rathmann			Ret						0
—	Johnnie Tolan			Ret						0
—	Tony Bettenhausen			Ret						0
—	Jimmy Daywalt			Ret						0
—	Jack Turner			Ret						0
—	Keith Andrews			Ret						0
—	Andy Linden			Ret						0
—	Al Herman			Ret						0
—	Ray Crawford			Ret						0
—	Johnny Boyd			Ret						0
—	Troy Ruttman			Ret						0
—	Johnny Thomson			Ret						0
—	Piero Scotti				Ret					0
—	Desmond Titterington						Ret			0
—	Tony Brooks						Ret			0
—	Archie Scott-Brown						Ret			0
—	Paul Emery						Ret			0
—	Jack Brabham						Ret			0
—	Andre Milhoux							Ret		0
—	Les Leston								Ret	0
—	Ed Elisian			Ret†						0
—	Eddie Russo			Ret†						0
—	Joakim Bonnier								Ret†	0
—	Colin Chapman					DNS				0
Pos.	Driver	ARG	MON	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	Pts.

* Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
† Position shared between more drivers of the same car
Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races also held in 1956, which didn't count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
X Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires	Mendoza	February 5	Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
IV Glover Trophy	Goodwood	April 2	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report
VI Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	April 15	Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	Report
XI BARC Aintree 200	Aintree	April 21	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report
VII BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	May 5	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	Report
IX Gran Premio di Napoli	Posillipo	May 6	Robert Manzon	Gordini	Report
I Aintree 100	Aintree	June 24	Horace Gould	Maserati	Report
I Vanwall Trophy	Snetterton	July 22	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	Report
IV Grand Prix de Caen	Caen	August 26	Harry Schell	Maserati	Report
I BRSCC Formula 1 Race	Brands Hatch	October 14	Archie Scott Brown	Connaught-Alta	Report

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