1956 Italian Grand Prix

1956 Italian Grand Prix
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Monza Circuit (including an oval track) in 1955.
Race Details
Date	September 2, 1956
Official Name	27° Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 10.00 km (6.214 mi)
Distance	50 laps, 500 km (310.686 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio Lancia-Ferrari
Time	2:42.6
Fastest Lap
Driver	Stirling Moss Maserati
Time	2:45.5 on lap 47
Podium
First	Stirling Moss
Second	Peter Collins Juan Manuel Fangio
Third	Ron Flockhart
Lap Leaders

The 1956 Italian Grand Prix was held on September 2. It was the final race of the 1956 Formula One Season. The race was held for the second time on the combined oval and road course of Monza.

The race was won by Stirling Moss in a Maserati, but in an incredible display of sportsmanship, Peter Collins turned his Lancia-Ferrari over to Juan Manuel Fangio, allowing Fangio to share second place with Collins, and clinching Fangio's fourth World Championship. Third place went to Ron Flockhart in a Connaught, the only podium finish ever for that marque.

Entry list

The full entry list for the 1956 Italian Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Les Leston	Connaught Engineering	Connaught	B	Alta	GP L4 2.5	A
4	Ron Flockhart	Connaught Engineering	Connaught	B	Alta	GP L4 2.5	A
6	Jack Fairman	Connaught Engineering	Connaught	B	Alta	GP L4 2.5	A
8	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T32	Gordini	25 L8 2.5	E
10	Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T32	Gordini	25 L8 2.5	E
12	André Simon	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T32	Gordini	25 L8 2.5	E
14	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
16	Piero Taruffi	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 2	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
18	Harry Schell	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 2	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
20	Maurice Trintignant	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 2	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
22	Juan Manuel Fangio	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	D50	Ferrari	DS50 V8 2.5	E
24	Eugenio Castellotti	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	D50	Ferrari	DS50 V8 2.5	E
26	Peter Collins	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	D50	Ferrari	DS50 V8 2.5	E
28	Luigi Musso	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	D50	Ferrari	DS50 V8 2.5	E
30	Alfonso de Portago	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	D50	Ferrari	DS50 V8 2.5	E
32	Jean Behra	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
34	Luigi Villoresi	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
36	Stirling Moss	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
38	Paco Godia	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
40	Luigi Piotti	Luigi Piotti	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
42	Gerino Gerini	Scuderia Guastalla	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
44	Roy Salvadori	Gilby Engineering	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D
46	Umberto Maglioli	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
48	Bruce Halford	Bruce Halford	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D
50	Wolfgang von Trips	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	D50	Ferrari	DS50 V8 2.5	E

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 1956 Italian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	22	Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	2:42.6	—
2	24	Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia-Ferrari	2:43.4	+ 0.8
3	28	Luigi Musso	Lancia-Ferrari	2:43.7	+ 1.1
4	16	Piero Taruffi	Vanwall	2:45.4	+ 2.8
5	32	Jean Behra	Maserati	2:45.6	+ 3.0
6	36	Stirling Moss	Maserati	2:45.9	+ 3.3
7	26	Peter Collins	Lancia-Ferrari	2:46.0	+ 3.4
8	34	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	2:47.7	+ 5.1
9	30	Alfonso de Portago	Lancia-Ferrari	2:47.8	+ 5.2
10	18	Harry Schell	Vanwall	2:50.1	+ 7.5
11	20	Maurice Trintignant	Vanwall	2:51.6	+ 9.0
12	46	Umberto Maglioli	Maserati	2:52.7	+ 10.1
13	44	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	2:54.6	+ 12.0
14	40	Luigi Piotti	Maserati	2:58.6	+ 16.0
15	6	Jack Fairman	Connaught-Alta	2:59.2	+ 16.6
16	42	Gerino Gerini	Maserati	3:02.6	+ 20.0
17	38	Paco Godia	Maserati	3:02.9	+ 20.3
18	14	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	3:03.3	+ 20.7
19	2	Les Leston	Connaught-Alta	3:04.3	+ 21.7

Race

Results

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	36	Stirling Moss	Maserati	50	2:23:41.3	6	9
2	26	Peter Collins Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	50	+ 5.7	7	3 3
3	4	Ron Flockhart	Connaught-Alta	49	+ 1 Lap	26	4
4	38	Paco Godia	Maserati	49	+ 1 Lap	18	3
5	6	Jack Fairman	Connaught-Alta	47	+ 3 Laps	16	2
6	40	Luigi Piotti	Maserati	47	+ 3 Laps	15
Ret	28	Luigi Musso	Lancia-Ferrari	46	Steering	3
7	14	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	46	+ 4 Laps	19
8	22	Juan Manuel Fangio Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia-Ferrari	46	+ 4 Laps	1
9	12	André Simon	Gordini	45	+ 5 Laps	25
10	42	Gerino Gerini	Maserati	42	+ 8 Laps	17
Ret	46	Umberto Maglioli Jean Behra	Maserati	41	Steering	13
11	44	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	41	+ 9 Laps	14
Ret	18	Harry Schell	Vanwall	32	Transmission	10
Ret	32	Jean Behra	Maserati	23	Magneto	5
Ret	48	Bruce Halford	Maserati	16	Engine	22
Ret	20	Maurice Trintignant	Vanwall	13	Transmission	11
Ret	16	Piero Taruffi	Vanwall	12	Oil leak	4
Ret	24	Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia-Ferrari	9	Tire	2
Ret	34	Luigi Villoresi Jo Bonnier	Maserati	7	Engine	8
Ret	10	Robert Manzon	Gordini	7	Chassis	23
Ret	30	Alfonso de Portago	Lancia-Ferrari	6	Tire	9
Ret	2	Les Leston	Connaught-Alta	6	Suspension	20
Ret	8	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	3	Engine	21
DNS	50	Wolfgang von Trips	Lancia-Ferrari		Practice accident
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Milestones

• Juan Manuel Fangio clinched his fourth World Championship.
• Only podium for Connaught.
• First races for Wolfgang von Trips, Jo Bonnier and Les Leston.

Notes

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