The 1956 Belgian Grand Prix was Round 4 of the 1956 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium on Sunday, 3 June 1956. Juan Manuel Fangio started on pole position for Ferrari and his team-mate Peter Collins was the race winner.
1956 Belgian Grand Prix Race Result
Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
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1 | 8 | Peter Collins | Great Britain | Ferrari | Englebert | 36 | 2:40:00.300 | 2:40:00.300 | - | - | 8 | ||
2 | 6 | Paul Frere | Belgium | Ferrari | Englebert | 36 | +111.300 | 2:41:51.600 | +1:51.300 | +1:51.300 | 6 | ||
3 | 34 | Cesare Perdisa | Italy | Maserati | Pirelli | 36 | +196.600 | 2:43:16.900 | +3:16.600 | +1:25.300 | 4:14.700 | 30 | 3 |
Stirling Moss | Great Britain | 2 | |||||||||||
4 | 10 | Harry Schell | United States | Vanwall | 35 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 3 | ||||
5 | 22 | Luigi Villoresi | Italy | Maserati | Pirelli | 34 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 2 | |||
6 | 20 | Andre Pilette | Belgium | Ferrari | Englebert | 33 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | ||||
7 | 32 | Jean Behra | France | Maserati | Pirelli | 33 | +3 laps | 3 laps | |||||
8 | 24 | Louis Rosier | France | Maserati | Pirelli | 33 | +3 laps | 3 laps | |||||
DNF | 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | Ferrari | Englebert | 23 | DNF | ||||||
DNF | 12 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Vanwall | 11 | DNF | |||||||
DNF | 30 | Stirling Moss | Great Britain | Maserati | Pirelli | 10 | DNF | ||||||
DNF | 4 | Eugenio Castellotti | Italy | Ferrari | Englebert | 10 | DNF | ||||||
DNF | 28 | Piero Scotti | Italy | Connaught Alta | 10 | DNF | |||||||
DNF | 26 | Horace Gould | Great Britain | Maserati | Pirelli | 2 | DNF | ||||||
DNF | 36 | Paco Godia | Spain | Maserati | Pirelli | DNF | |||||||
DNS | 38 | Mike Hawthorn | Great Britain | Maserati | Pirelli | DNS |