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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)