1956 Season

Races

Champion

Juan Fangio

The 1956 Formula 1 World Championship featured 9 Grand Prix races across the season. Juan Fangio of Argentine claimed the Drivers' Championship with 30 points and 3 race victories. Stirling Moss finished as runner-up, 3 points behind. 5 different drivers stood on the top step of the podium during the 1956 campaign. The top three in the final standings were Juan Fangio, Stirling Moss, Peter Collins.

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What races were in the 1956 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	1956-01-22	Juan Fangio(Ferrari)
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	1956-01-22	Luigi Musso(Ferrari)
2	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1956-05-13	Stirling Moss(Maserati)
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	1956-05-30	Pat Flaherty(Watson)
4	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1956-06-03	Peter Collins(Ferrari)
5	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	1956-07-01	Peter Collins(Ferrari)
6	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	1956-07-14	Juan Fangio(Ferrari)
7	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	1956-08-05	Juan Fangio(Ferrari)
8	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1956-09-02	Stirling Moss(Maserati)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Behra	Fangio	Musso	Moss	Collins
R1Argentine Grand Prix	6	5	4	—	—
R2Monaco Grand Prix	10	10.5	4	8	—
R3Indianapolis 500	10	10.5	—	8	—
R4Belgian Grand Prix	10	10.5	—	11	11
R5French Grand Prix	14	14.5	—	12	19
R6British Grand Prix	18	22.5	—	13	22
R7German Grand Prix	22	30	—	19	22
R8Italian Grand Prix	22	30	—	27	25

Who won the 1956 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Juan Fangio	Argentine	3	30
2	Stirling Moss	British	2	27
3	Peter Collins	British	2	25
4	Jean Behra	French	0	22
5	Pat Flaherty	American	1	8
6	Eugenio Castellotti	Italian	0	7.5
7	Paul Frère	Belgian	0	6
8	Sam Hanks	American	0	6
9	Paco Godia	Spanish	0	6
10	Jack Fairman	British	0	5
11	Luigi Musso	Italian	1	4
12	Mike Hawthorn	British	0	4
13	Ron Flockhart	British	0	4
14	Don Freeland	American	0	4
15	Alfonso de Portago	Spanish	0	3
16	Cesare Perdisa	Italian	0	3
17	Harry Schell	American	0	3
18	Johnnie Parsons	American	0	3
19	Louis Rosier	French	0	2
20	Luigi Villoresi	Italian	0	2
21	Hernando da Silva Ramos	Brazilian	0	2
22	Horace Gould	British	0	2
23	Olivier Gendebien	Belgian	0	2
24	Dick Rathmann	American	0	2
25	Gerino Gerini	Italian	0	1.5
26	Chico Landi	Brazilian	0	1.5
27	Paul Russo	American	0	1
28	André Pilette	Belgian	0	0
29	Luigi Piotti	Italian	0	0
30	Élie Bayol	French	0	0
31	Óscar González	Uruguayan	0	0
32	Bob Sweikert	American	0	0
33	Alberto Uria	Uruguayan	0	0
34	Toulo de Graffenried	Swiss	0	0
35	Bob Veith	American	0	0
36	Rodger Ward	American	0	0
37	Robert Manzon	French	0	0
38	André Simon	French	0	0
39	Jimmy Reece	American	0	0
40	Cliff Griffith	American	0	0
41	Roy Salvadori	British	0	0
42	Bob Gerard	British	0	0
43	Gene Hartley	American	0	0
44	Fred Agabashian	American	0	0
45	Bob Christie	American	0	0
46	Al Keller	American	0	0
47	Eddie Johnson	American	0	0
48	Billy Garrett	American	0	0
49	Duke Dinsmore	American	0	0
50	Pat O'Connor	American	0	0
51	Jimmy Bryan	American	0	0
52	Ottorino Volonterio	Swiss	0	0
53	André Milhoux	Belgian	0	0
54	Maurice Trintignant	French	0	0
55	Carlos Menditeguy	Argentine	0	0
56	José Froilán González	Argentine	0	0
57	Umberto Maglioli	Italian	0	0
58	Piero Scotti	Italian	0	0
59	Desmond Titterington	British	0	0
60	Giorgio Scarlatti	Italian	0	0
61	Bruce Halford	British	0	0
62	Tony Brooks	British	0	0
63	Louis Chiron	Monegasque	0	0
64	Piero Taruffi	Italian	0	0
65	Jo Bonnier	Swedish	0	0
66	Colin Chapman	British	0	0
67	Jim Rathmann	American	0	0
68	Johnnie Tolan	American	0	0
69	Tony Bettenhausen	American	0	0
70	Ed Elisian	American	0	0
71	Les Leston	British	0	0
72	Eddie Russo	American	0	0
73	Jimmy Daywalt	American	0	0
74	Archie Scott Brown	British	0	0
75	Paul Emery	British	0	0
76	Jack Turner	American	0	0
77	Wolfgang von Trips	German	0	0
78	Keith Andrews	American	0	0
79	Jack Brabham	Australian	0	0
80	Andy Linden	American	0	0
81	Al Herman	American	0	0
82	Ray Crawford	American	0	0
83	Johnny Boyd	American	0	0
84	Troy Ruttman	American	0	0
85	Johnny Thomson	American	0	0