The 1956 German Grand Prix was Round 7 of the 1956 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Nürburgring in Germany on Sunday, 5 August 1956. Juan Manuel Fangio started on pole position for Ferrari and was the race winner.
1956 German Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Entrant | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 22 | 3:38:43.700 | 3:38:43.700 | - | - | 9:41.600 | 14 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | Stirling Moss | Great Britain | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | 22 | +46.400 | 3:39:30.100 | +46.400 | +46.400 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Jean Behra | France | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | 22 | +458.300 | 3:46:22.000 | +7:38.300 | +6:51.900 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 20 | Paco Godia | Spain | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | 20 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 2 laps | 3 | |||
| 5 | 15 | Louis Rosier | France | Ecurie Rosier | Maserati | 19 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 2 | |||
| DSQ | 21 | Bruce Halford | Great Britain | B Halford | Maserati | 20 | +2 laps | ||||||
| NCL | 22 | Ottorino Volonterio | Switzerland | Ottorino Volonterio | Maserati | 16 | +6 laps | ||||||
| DNF | 11 | Andre Milhoux | Belgium | Equipe Gordini | Gordini | 15 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 5 | Alfonso de Portago | Spain | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 14 | DNF | ||||||
| Peter Collins | Great Britain | ||||||||||||
| DNF | 18 | Luigi Villoresi | Italy | L Piotti | Maserati | 13 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 12 | Harry Schell | United States | Scuderia Centro Sud | Maserati | 13 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 4 | Luigi Musso | Italy | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 11 | DNF | ||||||
| Eugenio Castellotti | Italy | ||||||||||||
| DNF | 2 | Peter Collins | Great Britain | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 8 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 3 | Eugenio Castellotti | Italy | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 5 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 8 | Umberto Maglioli | Italy | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | 3 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 19 | Horace Gould | Great Britain | H H Gould | Maserati | 3 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 16 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Gilby Engineering | Maserati | 2 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 10 | Robert Manzon | France | Equipe Gordini | Gordini | DNF | |||||||
| DNF | 14 | Giorgio Scarlatti | Italy | Scuderia Centro Sud | Ferrari | DNF | |||||||
| DNS | 8 | Cesare Perdisa | Italy | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | DNF | |||||||
| DNS | 11 | Andre Pilette | Belgium | Equipe Gordini | Gordini | DNF | |||||||
| DNS | 18 | Luigi Piotti | Italy | L Piotti | Maserati | DNF |