The 1956 Formula One season was the tenth season of FIA's Formula One motor racing. It featured the seventh World Championship of Drivers,[1] and numerous non-championship races. The championship series commenced on 22 January 1956 and ended on 2 September after eight races. Juan Manuel Fangio won his third consecutive title, the fourth of his career. Until the 2006 season, this was the last season during which no British constructor won any championship race.
Juan Manuel Fangio (pictured in 1957) won his fourth Drivers' Championship, driving for FerrariPat Flaherty won the Indianapolis 500 driving the John Zink Special and placed fifth in the championship
Fangio joined Ferrari after Mercedes-Benz, with whom he had won the 1954 and 1955 titles, withdrew from the sport. Ferrari acquired the folded Lancia team's D50 cars and put together a strong team containing Fangio, Eugenio Castellotti, Luigi Musso and Peter Collins. Fangio won the opening race after commandeering Musso's car after his own broke down. Collins and Fangio's teammate at Mercedes, Stirling Moss – now driving for Maserati provided the biggest challenge to his title defence, each winning two races. In an open season, the British Connaughts, Vanwalls and BRMs also showed some signs of promise.
Going into the final race of the season, Fangio had an eight-point lead over Collins and the consistent Jean Behra, driving for Maserati. The only way he could lose the title would be to score no points, with Collins winning and setting the fastest lap. (Because a driver could only count their best five scores, Behra could not win the title.) Fangio retired, and with Musso unwilling to share his car with Fangio, Collins had a great chance of winning his first title. In a remarkable act of sportsmanship, Collins instead chose to hand his car over to Fangio to allow the Argentine to finish second in the race and win his third title in a row.
Championship points were awarded at each race on an 8–6–4–3–2 basis to the first five finishers, with an additional point awarded to the driver setting the fastest lap of the race. Points for shared drives were divided equally between the drivers, regardless of who had driven more laps. Only the best five-round results were counted.
Italics indicate the fastest lap (One point awarded – point shared equally between drivers sharing fastest lap)
Bold indicates pole position
† Position shared between more drivers of the same car
Only the best five results counted towards the championship. Numbers without parentheses are championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
Non-championship racesedit
The following non-championship races for Formula One cars were also held in 1956:
^"Grand Prix Cancelled". Autosport. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
^"Grand Prix Cancelled". Autosport. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
External linksedit
1956 World Championship race results and images at f1-facts.com
1956 World Championship images at The Cahier Archive
January 01, 1970
1956, formula, season, drivers, champion, juan, manuel, fangio, previous, 1955, next, 1957races, countryraces, venue, tenth, season, formula, motor, racing, featured, seventh, world, championship, drivers, numerous, championship, races, championship, series, c. 1956 Formula One season Drivers Champion Juan Manuel Fangio Previous 1955 Next 1957Races by countryRaces by venue The 1956 Formula One season was the tenth season of FIA s Formula One motor racing It featured the seventh World Championship of Drivers 1 and numerous non championship races The championship series commenced on 22 January 1956 and ended on 2 September after eight races Juan Manuel Fangio won his third consecutive title the fourth of his career Until the 2006 season this was the last season during which no British constructor won any championship race Contents 1 Teams and drivers 2 Calendar 2 1 Calendar changes 3 Season summary 4 Results and standings 4 1 Grands Prix 4 2 World Championship of Drivers standings 5 Non championship races 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksTeams and drivers edit nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio pictured in 1957 won his fourth Drivers Championship driving for Ferrari nbsp Pat Flaherty won the Indianapolis 500 driving the John Zink Special and placed fifth in the championship The following teams and drivers competed in the 1956 FIA World Championship Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre Driver Rounds nbsp Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 P nbsp Stirling Moss 1 2 4 8 nbsp Jean Behra 1 2 4 8 nbsp Carlos Menditeguy 1 nbsp Luigi Piotti 1 nbsp Chico Landi 1 nbsp Gerino Gerini 1 nbsp Jose Froilan Gonzalez 1 nbsp Cesare Perdisa 2 4 7 nbsp Paco Godia 4 8 nbsp Mike Hawthorn 4 nbsp Piero Taruffi 5 nbsp Umberto Maglioli 7 8 nbsp Luigi Villoresi 8 nbsp Jo Bonnier 8 nbsp Owen Racing Organisation Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 PD nbsp Mike Hawthorn 1 BRM P25 BRM P25 2 5 L4 2 6 nbsp Tony Brooks 2 6 nbsp Ron Flockhart 6 nbsp Alberto Uria Maserati A6GCM Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 P nbsp Alberto Uria 1 nbsp oscar Gonzalez 1 nbsp Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari D50555 Ferrari DS50 2 5 V8Ferrari 555 2 5 L4 EP nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio 1 2 4 8 nbsp Eugenio Castellotti 1 2 4 8 nbsp Luigi Musso 1 2 7 8 nbsp Peter Collins 1 2 4 8 nbsp Olivier Gendebien 1 5 nbsp Paul Frere 4 nbsp Andre Pilette 4 nbsp Alfonso de Portago 5 8 nbsp Wolfgang von Trips 8 nbsp Equipe Gordini Gordini T16T32 Gordini 23 2 5 L6Gordini 25 2 5 L8 E nbsp Robert Manzon 2 5 8 nbsp Elie Bayol 2 nbsp Andre Pilette 2 5 7 nbsp Hermano da Silva Ramos 2 5 6 8 nbsp Andre Milhoux 7 nbsp Andre Simon 8 nbsp Ecurie Rosier Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 P nbsp Louis Rosier 2 4 7 nbsp Vandervell Products Vanwall VW 2 Vanwall 254 2 5 L4 P nbsp Maurice Trintignant 2 4 6 8 nbsp Harry Schell 2 4 6 8 nbsp Mike Hawthorn 5 nbsp Colin Chapman 5 nbsp Jose Froilan Gonzalez 6 nbsp Piero Taruffi 8 nbsp Gould s Garage Bristol nbsp H H Gould Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 D nbsp Horace Gould 2 4 6 7 nbsp Giorgio Scarlatti Ferrari 500 Ferrari 500 2 0 L4 P nbsp Giorgio Scarlatti 2 nbsp Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 P nbsp Louis Chiron 2 nbsp Luigi Villoresi 4 nbsp Harry Schell 7 nbsp Toulo de Graffenried 8 Ferrari 500 Ferrari 500 2 0 L4 nbsp Giorgio Scarlatti 7 nbsp Piero Scotti Connaught Alta B Alta GP 2 5 L4 P nbsp Piero Scotti 4 nbsp Automobiles Bugatti Bugatti T251 Bugatti 2 5 L8 E nbsp Maurice Trintignant 5 nbsp Luigi Piotti Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 P nbsp Luigi Villoresi 5 7 nbsp Luigi Piotti 7 8 nbsp Andre Simon Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 P nbsp Andre Simon 5 nbsp Scuderia Guastalla Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 P nbsp Umberto Maglioli 6 nbsp Gerino Gerini 8 nbsp Connaught Engineering Connaught Alta B Alta GP 2 5 L4 PA nbsp Archie Scott Brown 6 8 nbsp Desmond Titterington 6 nbsp Jack Fairman 6 8 nbsp Les Leston 8 nbsp Ron Flockhart 8 nbsp Bob Gerard Cooper Bristol T23 Bristol BS1 2 0 L6 D nbsp Bob Gerard 6 nbsp Gilby Engineering Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 D nbsp Roy Salvadori 6 8 nbsp Bruce Halford Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 D nbsp Bruce Halford 6 8 nbsp Jack Brabham Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 D nbsp Jack Brabham 6 nbsp Emeryson Cars Emeryson Alta 56 Alta GP 2 5 L4 D nbsp Paul Emery 6 nbsp Ottorino Volonterio Maserati A6GCM Maserati 250F1 2 5 L6 P nbsp Ottorino Volonterio 7 The above list does not include competitors in the 1956 Indianapolis 500 Calendar editRound Grand Prix Circuit Date 1 nbsp Argentine Grand Prix Autodromo Oscar Alfredo Galvez Buenos Aires 22 January 2 nbsp Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo 13 May 3 nbsp Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway 30 May a 4 nbsp Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa Francorchamps Stavelot 3 June 5 nbsp French Grand Prix Reims Gueux Gueux 1 July 6 nbsp British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit Silverstone 14 July 7 nbsp German Grand Prix Nurburgring Nurburg 5 August 8 nbsp Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza 2 September Calendar changes edit The French Grand Prix and the German Grand Prix returned to the calendar after being cancelled in 1955 due to the 1955 Le Mans disaster at the 24 Hours of Le Mans The British Grand Prix was moved from Aintree Motor Racing Circuit to Silverstone Circuit in keeping with the event sharing arrangement between the two circuits The Swiss Grand Prix was removed from the calendar after the Swiss Government banned motor racing as a result of the 1955 Le Mans disaster at the 24 Hours of Le Mans The Dutch Grand Prix was supposed to have been held on June 17 but was cancelled due to the Suez Crisis 2 The Spanish Grand Prix was supposed to return to the calendar after being cancelled in 1955 due to the 1955 Le Mans disaster at the 24 Hours of Le Mans It was supposed to have been held on October 28 but was cancelled due to the Suez Crisis 3 Season summary edit nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio circa 1952 Fangio joined Ferrari after Mercedes Benz with whom he had won the 1954 and 1955 titles withdrew from the sport Ferrari acquired the folded Lancia team s D50 cars and put together a strong team containing Fangio Eugenio Castellotti Luigi Musso and Peter Collins Fangio won the opening race after commandeering Musso s car after his own broke down Collins and Fangio s teammate at Mercedes Stirling Moss now driving for Maserati provided the biggest challenge to his title defence each winning two races In an open season the British Connaughts Vanwalls and BRMs also showed some signs of promise Going into the final race of the season Fangio had an eight point lead over Collins and the consistent Jean Behra driving for Maserati The only way he could lose the title would be to score no points with Collins winning and setting the fastest lap Because a driver could only count their best five scores Behra could not win the title Fangio retired and with Musso unwilling to share his car with Fangio Collins had a great chance of winning his first title In a remarkable act of sportsmanship Collins instead chose to hand his car over to Fangio to allow the Argentine to finish second in the race and win his third title in a row Results and standings editGrands Prix edit Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning constructor Tyre Report 1 nbsp Argentine Grand Prix nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Luigi Musso nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Ferrari E Report 2 nbsp Monaco Grand Prix nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Stirling Moss nbsp Maserati P Report 3 nbsp Indianapolis 500 nbsp Pat Flaherty nbsp Paul Russo nbsp Pat Flaherty nbsp Watson Offenhauser F Report 4 nbsp Belgian Grand Prix nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Stirling Moss nbsp Peter Collins nbsp Ferrari E Report 5 nbsp French Grand Prix nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Peter Collins nbsp Ferrari E Report 6 nbsp British Grand Prix nbsp Stirling Moss nbsp Stirling Moss nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Ferrari E Report 7 nbsp German Grand Prix nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Ferrari E Report 8 nbsp Italian Grand Prix nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Stirling Moss nbsp Stirling Moss nbsp Maserati P Report World Championship of Drivers standings edit Further information List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems Championship points were awarded at each race on an 8 6 4 3 2 basis to the first five finishers with an additional point awarded to the driver setting the fastest lap of the race Points for shared drives were divided equally between the drivers regardless of who had driven more laps Only the best five round results were counted Pos Driver ARG nbsp MON nbsp 500 nbsp BEL nbsp FRA nbsp GBR nbsp GER nbsp ITA nbsp Pts 1 nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio 1 Ret 2 4 Ret 4 1 1 2 8 30 33 2 nbsp Stirling Moss Ret 1 3 Ret 5 Ret Ret 2 1 27 28 3 nbsp Peter Collins Ret 2 1 1 2 Ret Ret Ret 2 25 4 nbsp Jean Behra 2 3 7 3 3 3 Ret Ret 22 5 nbsp Pat Flaherty 1 8 6 nbsp Eugenio Castellotti Ret 4 Ret Ret 2 10 Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 5 7 nbsp Sam Hanks 2 6 nbsp Paul Frere 2 6 9 nbsp Paco Godia Ret 7 8 4 4 6 10 nbsp Jack Fairman 4 5 5 11 nbsp Luigi Musso 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 nbsp Mike Hawthorn 3 DNS DNS 10 Ret 4 nbsp Ron Flockhart Ret 3 4 nbsp Don Freeland 3 4 15 nbsp Alfonso de Portago Ret 2 10 Ret Ret 3 nbsp Cesare Perdisa 7 3 5 7 DNS 3 nbsp Harry Schell Ret 4 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 nbsp Johnnie Parsons 4 3 19 nbsp Louis Rosier Ret 8 6 Ret 5 2 nbsp Luigi Villoresi 5 Ret 6 Ret Ret 2 nbsp Hermano da Silva Ramos 5 8 Ret Ret 2 nbsp Horace Gould 8 Ret 5 Ret 2 nbsp Olivier Gendebien 5 Ret 2 nbsp Dick Rathmann 5 2 25 nbsp Gerino Gerini 4 10 1 5 nbsp Chico Landi 4 1 5 27 nbsp Paul Russo Ret 1 nbsp Andre Pilette 6 6 11 DNS 0 nbsp Luigi Piotti Ret DNS 6 0 nbsp Bob Sweikert 6 0 nbsp oscar Gonzalez 6 0 nbsp Alberto Uria 6 0 nbsp Elie Bayol 6 0 nbsp Bob Veith 7 0 nbsp Toulo de Graffenried 7 0 nbsp Rodger Ward 8 0 nbsp Robert Manzon Ret 9 9 Ret Ret 0 nbsp Andre Simon Ret 9 0 nbsp Jimmy Reece 9 0 nbsp Cliff Griffith 10 0 nbsp Roy Salvadori Ret Ret 11 0 nbsp Gene Hartley 11 0 nbsp Bob Gerard 11 0 nbsp Fred Agabashian 12 0 nbsp Bob Christie 13 0 nbsp Al Keller 14 0 nbsp Eddie Johnson 15 0 nbsp Billy Garrett 16 0 nbsp Duke Dinsmore 17 0 nbsp Pat O Connor 18 0 nbsp Jimmy Bryan 19 0 nbsp Ottorino Volonterio NC 0 nbsp Maurice Trintignant Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 nbsp Umberto Maglioli Ret Ret Ret 0 nbsp Bruce Halford Ret DSQ Ret 0 nbsp Jose Froilan Gonzalez Ret Ret 0 nbsp Piero Taruffi Ret Ret 0 nbsp Tony Brooks DNS Ret 0 nbsp Giorgio Scarlatti DNQ Ret 0 nbsp Carlos Menditeguy Ret 0 nbsp Jim Rathmann Ret 0 nbsp Johnnie Tolan Ret 0 nbsp Tony Bettenhausen Ret 0 nbsp Jimmy Daywalt Ret 0 nbsp Jack Turner Ret 0 nbsp Keith Andrews Ret 0 nbsp Andy Linden Ret 0 nbsp Al Herman Ret 0 nbsp Ray Crawford Ret 0 nbsp Johnny Boyd Ret 0 nbsp Troy Ruttman Ret 0 nbsp Johnny Thomson Ret 0 nbsp Piero Scotti Ret 0 nbsp Desmond Titterington Ret 0 nbsp Archie Scott Brown Ret 0 nbsp Paul Emery Ret 0 nbsp Jack Brabham Ret 0 nbsp Andre Milhoux Ret 0 nbsp Les Leston Ret 0 nbsp Ed Elisian Ret 0 nbsp Eddie Russo Ret 0 nbsp Jo Bonnier Ret 0 nbsp Louis Chiron DNS 0 nbsp Colin Chapman DNS 0 nbsp Wolfgang von Trips DNS 0 Pos Driver ARG nbsp MON nbsp 500 nbsp BEL nbsp FRA nbsp GBR nbsp GER nbsp ITA nbsp Pts Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified finished NC Purple Not classified retired Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Did not pre qualify DNPQ Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Race cancelled C Blank Did not practice DNP Excluded EX Did not arrive DNA Withdrawn WD Did not enter cell empty Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap Italics indicate the fastest lap One point awarded point shared equally between drivers sharing fastest lap Bold indicates pole position Position shared between more drivers of the same car Only the best five results counted towards the championship Numbers without parentheses are championship points numbers in parentheses are total points scored Non championship races editThe following non championship races for Formula One cars were also held in 1956 Race name Circuit Date Winning driver Constructor Report nbsp IV Glover Trophy Goodwood 2 April nbsp Stirling Moss nbsp Maserati Report nbsp VI Gran Premio di Siracusa Syracuse 15 April nbsp Juan Manuel Fangio nbsp Lancia Ferrari Report nbsp XI BARC Aintree 200 Aintree 21 April nbsp Stirling Moss nbsp Maserati Report nbsp VIII BRDC International Trophy Silverstone 5 May nbsp Stirling Moss nbsp Vanwall Report nbsp IX Gran Premio di Napoli Posillipo 6 May nbsp Robert Manzon nbsp Gordini Report nbsp I Aintree 100 Aintree 24 June nbsp Horace Gould nbsp Maserati Report nbsp I Vanwall Trophy Snetterton 22 July nbsp Roy Salvadori nbsp Maserati Report nbsp IV Grand Prix de Caen Caen 26 August nbsp Harry Schell nbsp Maserati Report nbsp I BRSCC Formula 1 Race Brands Hatch 14 October nbsp Archie Scott Brown nbsp Connaught Alta ReportNotes edit The Indianapolis 500 also counted towards the 1956 USAC Championship Car season and was run for USAC Championship cars but was not run to Formula One regulations References edit FIA Yearbook 1974 page 119 Grand Prix Cancelled Autosport Retrieved 23 January 2016 Grand Prix Cancelled Autosport Retrieved 23 January 2016 External links edit1956 World Championship race results and images at f1 facts com 1956 World Championship images at The Cahier Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1956 Formula One season amp oldid 1202659908, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
