The 1956 German Grand Prix, or the XVIII Grosser Preis von Deutschland, was held on August 5th. It was the seventh race of the 1956 Formula One Season. Juan Manuel Fangio dominated the weekend in his Lancia-Ferrari, leading the entire race from pole, and setting the fastest lap. Maserati driver Stirling Moss was second, 46.4 seconds behind, and Jean Behra was the only other driver on the lead lap, but more than seven minutes behind.
Background[]
None of the British teams made the trek to Germany, meaning that the entire field was nothing but Ferraris, Maseratis and a pair of French Gordinis.
Entry list[]
The full entry list for the 1956 German Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice Overview[]
Qualifying[]
Qualifying Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 1956 German Grand Prix is outlined below:
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | Speed Ave. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 9:51.2 | — | 138.897 km/h | ||
2 | 2 | 9:51.5 | +0.3s | 138.827 km/h | ||
3 | 3 | 9:54.4 | +3.2s | 138.149 km/h | ||
4 | 7 | 10:03.4 | +12.2s | 136.089 km/h | ||
5 | 4 | 10:20.3 | +29.1s | 132.381 km/h | ||
6* | 8 | 10:23.5 | +32.3s | 131.702 km/h | ||
7 | 8 | 10:27.6 | +36.4s | 130.841 km/h | ||
8 | 6 | 10:31.6 | +40.4s | 130.013 km/h | ||
9 | 16 | 10:32.4 | +41.2s | 129.848 km/h | ||
10 | 5 | 10:37.7 | +46.5s | 128.769 km/h | ||
11 | 21 | 11:04.1 | +1:12.9 | 123.650 km/h | ||
12 | 12 | 11:16.5 | +1:25.3 | 121.384 km/h | ||
13 | 19 | 11:32.2 | +1:41.0 | 118.630 km/h | ||
14 | 15 | 11:39.0 | +1:47.8 | 117.476 km/h | ||
15 | 10 | 11:55.8 | +2:04.6 | 114.719 km/h | ||
16 | 20 | 11:57.6 | +2:06.4 | 114.431 km/h | ||
17* | 11 | 12:07.6 | +2:16.4 | 112.859 km/h | ||
18 | 14 | 13:05.2 | +3:14.0 | 104.580 km/h | ||
19* | 18 | 13:50.1 | +3:58.9 | 98.923 km/h | ||
20 | 22 | 14:17.1 | +4:25.9 | 95.807 km/h | ||
NC† | 18 | — | ||||
NC† | 11 | — | ||||
Source:[2] |
- * Perdisa, Pilette, and Piotti could not take the start of the race as their cars were driven by other drivers.
- † Milhoux and Villoresi were allowed to start at the back of the grid as they had failed to set their time in practice.
Grid[]
Pos | Pos | Pos | Pos | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Driver | Driver | Driver | Driver | ||||
______________ | |||||||
______________ | 1 | ||||||
______________ | 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | |||||
______________ | 3 | Peter Collins | |||||
4 | Eugenio Castellotti | ||||||
Stirling Moss | |||||||
______________ | |||||||
______________ | 5 | ||||||
______________ | 6 | Luigi Musso | |||||
7 | |||||||
Umberto Maglioli | |||||||
______________ | |||||||
______________ | 8 | ||||||
______________ | 9 | Jean Behra | |||||
______________ | 10 | Roy Salvadori | |||||
11 | Alfonso de Portago | ||||||
Bruce Halford | |||||||
______________ | |||||||
______________ | 12 | ||||||
______________ | 13 | Harry Schell | |||||
14 | Horace Gould | ||||||
Louis Rosier | |||||||
______________ | |||||||
______________ | 15 | ||||||
______________ | 16 | Robert Manzon | |||||
______________ | 17 | Francisco Godia-Sales | |||||
18 | |||||||
Giorgio Scarlatti | |||||||
______________ | |||||||
______________ | 19 | ||||||
______________ | 20 | Ottorino Volonterio | |||||
21 | Luigi Villoresi | ||||||
André Milhoux |
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Race[]
Results[]
The full results for the 1956 German Grand Prix is outlined below:
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 22 | 3:38:43.7 | 1 | 9FL | ||
2 | 7 | 22 | +46.4s | 4 | 6 | ||
3 | 6 | 22 | +7:38.3 | 8 | 4 | ||
4 | 20 | 20 | +2 laps | 16 | 3 | ||
5 | 15 | 19 | +3 laps | 14 | 2 | ||
DSQ* | 21 | 20 | Disqualified | 11 | |||
NC† | 22 | 16 | +6 laps | 19 | |||
Ret | 11 | 15 | Engine | 21 | |||
Ret | 5 | 10 | Accident | 10 | |||
4 | |||||||
Ret | 18 | 13 | Engine | 20 | |||
Ret | 12 | 13 | Water pump | 12 | |||
Ret | 4 | 8 | Accident | 5 | |||
3 | |||||||
Ret | 2 | 8 | Fuel line | 2 | |||
Ret | 3 | 5 | Magneto | 3 | |||
Ret | 8 | 3 | Steering | 7 | |||
Ret | 19 | 3 | Oil pressure | 13 | |||
Ret | 16 | 2 | Engine | 9 | |||
Ret | 10 | 0 | Suspension | 15 | |||
Ret | 14 | 0 | Gearbox | 18 | |||
DNS‡ | 8 | ||||||
DNS‡ | 11 | ||||||
DNS‡ | 18 | ||||||
Source:[3][4] |
- FL Indicates a driver scored one point for fastest lap.
- * Halford was disqualified for outside assistance as the black flag waved.
- † Volonterio could not be classified as he had failed to complete enough of the race distance.
- ‡ Perdisa, Pilette, and Piotti could not take the start of the race as their cars were driven by other drivers.
Milestones[]
Standings after race[]
References[]
Images and Videos:
References:
- ↑ 'Germany 1956: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1956/allemagne/engages.aspx, (Accessed 20/07/2020)
- ↑ 'Germany 1956: Qualifications', statsf1.com, (Stats F1), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1956/allemagne/qualification.aspx, (Accessed 20/07/2020)
- ↑ "1956 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1956/races/148/germany.html. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ 'Germany 1956: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1956/allemagne/classement.aspx, (Accessed 21/07/2020)
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