02 Sep 1956 Italian Grand Prix
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The 1956 Italian Grand Prix was Round 8 of the 1956 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Monza circuit in Italy on Sunday, 2 September 1956. Juan Manuel Fangio started on pole position for Ferrari and Stirling Moss was the race winner for Maserati. The result of this Grand Prix sealed the outcome of the 1956 Drivers’ Championship and Fangio won the title for the fourth time.
1956 Italian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36 | Stirling Moss | Great Britain | Maserati | Pirelli | 50 | 2:23:41.300 | 2:23:41.300 | - | - | 2:45.500 | 47 | 9 |
| 2 | 26 | Peter Collins | Great Britain | Ferrari | Englebert | 35 | +5.700 | 2:23:47.000 | +5.700 | +5.700 | 3 | ||
| Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | 15 | 20 laps | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Ron Flockhart | Great Britain | Connaught Alta | 49 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 4 | |||||
| 4 | 38 | Paco Godia | Spain | Maserati | Pirelli | 49 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | Jack Fairman | Great Britain | Connaught Alta | 47 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 2 laps | 2 | ||||
| 6 | 40 | Luigi Piotti | Italy | Maserati | Pirelli | 47 | +3 laps | 3 laps | |||||
| 7 | 14 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Switzerland | Maserati | Pirelli | 46 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1 lap | ||||
| 8 | 22 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | Ferrari | Englebert | 30 | +4 laps | 20 laps | 16 laps | ||||
| Eugenio Castellotti | Italy | 16 | 34 laps | 14 laps | |||||||||
| 9 | 12 | Andre Simon | France | Gordini | 45 | +5 laps | 5 laps | ||||||
| 10 | 42 | Gerino Gerini | Italy | Maserati | Pirelli | 42 | +8 laps | 8 laps | 3 laps | ||||
| 11 | 44 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Maserati | Pirelli | 41 | +9 laps | 9 laps | 1 lap | ||||
| DNF | 28 | Luigi Musso | Italy | Ferrari | Englebert | 47 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 46 | Umberto Maglioli | Italy | Maserati | Pirelli | 42 | DNF | ||||||
| Jean Behra | France | ||||||||||||
| DNF | 18 | Harry Schell | United States | Maserati | 32 | DNF | |||||||
| DNF | 32 | Jean Behra | France | Vanwall | Pirelli | 23 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 48 | Bruce Halford | Great Britain | Vanwall | Pirelli | 16 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 20 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Ferrari | 13 | DNF | |||||||
| DNF | 16 | Piero Taruffi | Italy | Vanwall | 12 | DNF | |||||||
| DNF | 24 | Eugenio Castellotti | Italy | Ferrari | Englebert | 9 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 34 | Luigi Villoresi | Italy | Maserati | Pirelli | 7 | DNF | ||||||
| Jo Bonnier | Sweden | ||||||||||||
| DNF | 10 | Robert Manzon | France | Gordini | 7 | DNF | |||||||
| DNF | 30 | Alfonso de Portago | Spain | Ferrari | Englebert | 6 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 2 | Les Leston | Great Britain | Connaught Alta | 6 | DNF | |||||||
| DNF | 8 | Nano da Silva Ramos | Brazil | Gordini | 3 | DNF | |||||||
| DNS | 50 | Wolfgang von Trips | Germany | Ferrari | Englebert | DNS |