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.
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 |