The 1956 Argentine Grand Prix was Round 1 of the 1956 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Sunday, 22 January 1956. Juan Manuel Fangio started on pole position for Ferrari and was the race winner, sharing a car with Luigi Musso.
1956 Argentine Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | Ferrari | Englebert | 98 | 3:00:03.700 | 3:00:03.700 | - | - | 1:45.300 | 42 | 5 |
| Luigi Musso | Italy | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Jean Behra | France | Maserati | Pirelli | 98 | +24.400 | 3:00:28.100 | +24.400 | +24.400 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 14 | Mike Hawthorn | Great Britain | Maserati | Pirelli | 98 | +2 laps | 4 | |||||
| 4 | 10 | Gerino Gerini | Italy | Maserati | Pirelli | 92 | +6 laps | 6 laps | 6 laps | 1.5 | |||
| Chico Landi | Brazil | 1.5 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 38 | Olivier Gendebien | Belgium | Ferrari | Englebert | 91 | +7 laps | 7 laps | 1 lap | 2 | |||
| 6 | 18 | Alberto Uria | Uruguay | Maserati | 88 | +10 laps | 10 laps | 3 laps | |||||
| Oscar Gonzalez | Uruguay | ||||||||||||
| DNF | 2 | Stirling Moss | Great Britain | Maserati | Pirelli | 81 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 36 | Peter Collins | Great Britain | Ferrari | Englebert | 58 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 8 | Luigi Piotti | Italy | Maserati | Pirelli | 57 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 6 | Carlos Menditeguy | Argentina | Maserati | Pirelli | 42 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 32 | Eugenio Castellotti | Italy | Ferrari | Englebert | 40 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 12 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Argentina | Maserati | Pirelli | 24 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 30 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | Ferrari | Englebert | 22 | DNF |