1956 Formula One season

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1956 FIA Formula One World Championship season
1955 1957
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The 1956 Formula One season was the 7th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on January 22, 1956, and ended on September 2 after eight races.

Season summary

Season review

Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
Argentine Grand Prix	January 22	Buenos Aires	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	Report
Monaco Grand Prix	May 13	Monaco	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report
Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Pat Flaherty	Watson-Offenhauser	Report
Belgian Grand Prix	June 3	Spa-Francorchamps	Peter Collins	Ferrari	Report
French Grand Prix	July 1	Reims	Peter Collins	Ferrari	Report
British Grand Prix	July 14	Silverstone	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	Report
German Grand Prix	August 5	Nürburgring	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	Report
Italian Grand Prix	September 2	Monza	Stirling Moss	Maserati	Report

1956 Drivers Championship final standings

Place	Driver	Number	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	22	Argentina	30	2	2	6
2	Stirling Moss	36	Britain	28	2	3	1
3	Peter Collins	26	Britain	25	2	4
4	Jean Behra	32	France	22		5
5	Pat Flaherty	8	USA	8	1	1	1
6	Eugenio Castellotti	22	Italy	7.5		1
7	Paul Frere	6	Belgium	6		1
8	Paco Godia	38	Spain	6
9	Sam Hanks	4	USA	6		1
10	Jack Fairman	6	Britain	5
11	Luigi Musso	28	Italy	4	1	1
12	Mike Hawthorn	23	Britain	4		1
13	Don Freeland	16	USA	4		1
14	Ron Flockhart	4	Britain	4		1
15	Cesare Perdisa	8	Italy	3		1
16	Johnnie Parsons	98	USA	3
17	Harry Schell	18	USA	3
18	Alfonso de Portago	30	Spain	3		1
19	Horace Gould	19	Britain	2
20	Olivier Gendebien	44	Belgium	2
21	Dick Rathmann	73	USA	2
22	Luigi Villoresi	34	Italy	2
23	Hernando da Silva Ramos	14	Brazil	2
24	Louis Rosier	15	France	2
25	Chico Landi	2	Brazil	1.5
26	Gerino Gerini	42	Italy	1.5
27	Paul Russo	10	USA	1
28	Maurice Trintignant	20	France
29	Luigi Piotti	40	Italy
30	Keith Andrews	89	USA
31	Les Leston	2	Britain
32	Oscar Gonzalez	16	Uruguay
33	Ottorino Volonterio	22	Switzerland
34	Pat O'Connor	7	USA
35	Paul Emery	32	Britain
36	Piero Scotti	28	Italy
37	Ray Crawford	49	USA
38	Robert Manzon	10	France
39	Roy Salvadori	44	Britain
40	Tony Bettenhausen	99	USA
41	Tony Brooks	24	Britain
42	Toulo de Graffenried	14	Switzerland
43	Troy Ruttman	53	USA
44	Umberto Maglioli	46	Italy
45	Rodger Ward	19	USA
46	Archie Scott-Brown	19	Britain
47	Carlos Menditeguy	6	Argentina
48	Bruce Halford	48	Britain
49	Bob Veith	14	USA
50	Bob Sweikert	1	USA
51	Bob Gerard	26	Britain
52	Cliff Griffith	27	USA
53	Billy Garrett	41	USA
54	Andre Simon	12	France
55	Andy Linden	5	USA
56	Andre Pilette	34	Belgium
57	Al Keller	55	USA
58	Al Herman	12	USA
59	Piero Taruffi	16	Italy
60	José Froilán González	12	Argentina
61	Bob Christie	57	USA
62	Jimmy Daywalt	48	USA
63	Johnny Thomson	88	USA
64	Johnny Boyd	15	USA
65	Andre Milhoux	11	Belgium
66	Desmond Titterington	20	Britain
67	Johnnie Tolan	34	USA
68	Jimmy Reece	26	USA
69	Jimmy Bryan	2	USA
70	Jim Rathmann	24	USA
71	Fred Agabashian	42	USA
72	Jack Brabham	30	Australia
73	Duke Dinsmore	64	USA
74	Ed Elisian	10	USA
75	Giorgio Scarlatti	14	Italy
76	Eddie Johnson	81	USA
77	Gene Hartley	82	USA
78	Jack Turner	54	USA

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1956 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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