1956 Formula One season

The 1956 Formula One season was the 7th of the championship. The champion was Juan Manuel Fangio in a close battle.

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 Andre 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 Menditéguy 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 — Colin Chapman DNS 0 Pos. Driver ARG MON 500 BEL FRA GBR GER ITA Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

1956 Formula One Season Media

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  Juan Manuel Fangio (pictured in 1957) won his fourth Drivers' Championship, driving for Ferrari

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  Pat Flaherty won the Indianapolis 500 driving the John Zink Special and placed fifth in the championship

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  Juan Manuel Fangio (circa 1952)