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 |  Juan Manuel Fangio
|
 Lancia-Ferrari
|
9:51.2 | — | 138.897 km/h |
| 2 | 2 |  Peter Collins
|
Lancia-Ferrari
|
9:51.5 | +0.3s | 138.827 km/h |
| 3 | 3 | Eugenio Castellotti
|
Lancia-Ferrari
|
9:54.4 | +3.2s | 138.149 km/h |
| 4 | 7 | Stirling Moss
|
Maserati
|
10:03.4 | +12.2s | 136.089 km/h |
| 5 | 4 | Luigi Musso
|
Lancia-Ferrari
|
10:20.3 | +29.1s | 132.381 km/h |
| 6* | 8 | Cesare Perdisa
|
Maserati
|
10:23.5 | +32.3s | 131.702 km/h |
| 7 | 8 | Umberto Maglioli
|
Maserati
|
10:27.6 | +36.4s | 130.841 km/h |
| 8 | 6 |  Jean Behra
|
Maserati
|
10:31.6 | +40.4s | 130.013 km/h |
| 9 | 16 | Roy Salvadori
|
Maserati
|
10:32.4 | +41.2s | 129.848 km/h |
| 10 | 5 |  Alfonso de Portago
|
Lancia-Ferrari
|
10:37.7 | +46.5s | 128.769 km/h |
| 11 | 21 | Bruce Halford
|
Maserati
|
11:04.1 | +1:12.9 | 123.650 km/h |
| 12 | 12 |  Harry Schell
|
Maserati
|
11:16.5 | +1:25.3 | 121.384 km/h |
| 13 | 19 | Horace Gould
|
Maserati
|
11:32.2 | +1:41.0 | 118.630 km/h |
| 14 | 15 | Louis Rosier
|
Maserati
|
11:39.0 | +1:47.8 | 117.476 km/h |
| 15 | 10 | Robert Manzon
|
Gordini
|
11:55.8 | +2:04.6 | 114.719 km/h |
| 16 | 20 | Francisco Godia-Sales
|
Maserati
|
11:57.6 | +2:06.4 | 114.431 km/h |
| 17* | 11 |  André Pilette
|
Gordini
|
12:07.6 | +2:16.4 | 112.859 km/h |
| 18 | 14 | Giorgio Scarlatti
|
Ferrari
|
13:05.2 | +3:14.0 | 104.580 km/h |
| 19* | 18 | Luigi Piotti
|
Maserati
|
13:50.1 | +3:58.9 | 98.923 km/h |
| 20 | 22 |  Ottorino Volonterio
|
Maserati
|
14:17.1 | +4:25.9 | 95.807 km/h |
| NC† | 18 | Luigi Villoresi
|
Maserati
|
— | ||
| NC† | 11 | André Milhoux
|
Gordini
|
— | ||
| 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 |
| ||||||
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 | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
Lancia-Ferrari
|
22 | 3:38:43.7 | 1 | 9FL |
| 2 | 7 | Stirling Moss
|
Maserati
|
22 | +46.4s | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 | Jean Behra
|
Maserati
|
22 | +7:38.3 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 20 | Francisco Godia-Sales
|
Maserati
|
20 | +2 laps | 16 | 3 |
| 5 | 15 | Louis Rosier
|
Maserati
|
19 | +3 laps | 14 | 2 |
| DSQ* | 21 | Bruce Halford
|
Maserati
|
20 | Disqualified | 11 | |
| NC† | 22 | Ottorino Volonterio
|
Maserati
|
16 | +6 laps | 19 | |
| Ret | 11 | André Milhoux
|
Gordini
|
15 | Engine | 21 | |
| Ret | 5 | Alfonso de Portago
|
Lancia-Ferrari
|
10 | Accident | 10 | |
| Peter Collins
|
4 | ||||||
| Ret | 18 | Luigi Villoresi
|
Maserati
|
13 | Engine | 20 | |
| Ret | 12 | Harry Schell
|
Maserati
|
13 | Water pump | 12 | |
| Ret | 4 | Luigi Musso
|
Lancia-Ferrari
|
8 | Accident | 5 | |
| Eugenio Castellotti
|
3 | ||||||
| Ret | 2 | Peter Collins
|
Lancia-Ferrari
|
8 | Fuel line | 2 | |
| Ret | 3 | Eugenio Castellotti
|
Lancia-Ferrari
|
5 | Magneto | 3 | |
| Ret | 8 | Umberto Maglioli
|
Maserati
|
3 | Steering | 7 | |
| Ret | 19 | Horace Gould
|
Maserati
|
3 | Oil pressure | 13 | |
| Ret | 16 | Roy Salvadori
|
Maserati
|
2 | Engine | 9 | |
| Ret | 10 | Robert Manzon
|
Gordini
|
0 | Suspension | 15 | |
| Ret | 14 | Giorgio Scarlatti
|
Ferrari
|
0 | Gearbox | 18 | |
| DNS‡ | 8 | Cesare Perdisa
|
Maserati
|
||||
| DNS‡ | 11 | André Pilette
|
Gordini
| ||||
| DNS‡ | 18 | Luigi Piotti
|
Maserati
| ||||
| 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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