1956 Monaco Grand Prix

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Monaco Circuit layout for 1956

Race details

Date

May 13, 1956

Official Name

XIV Grand Prix de Monaco

Location

Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo, Monaco

Course

Temporary street circuit
3.145km (1.955mi)

Distance

100 laps, 314.5km (195.463 miles)

Pole Position

Driver

Juan Manuel Fangio

Lancia-Ferrari

Time

1:44.0

Fastest Lap

Driver

Juan Manuel Fangio

Lancia-Ferrari

Time

1:44.4 on lap 100

Podium

Lap Leaders

The 1956 Monaco Grand Prix was held on May 13. The race was won by Stirling Moss in a Maserati, who led from flag to flag. Juan Manuel Fangio had problems with his original Lancia-Ferrari, but after letting Eugenio Castellotti drive his car, he took over the sister car of Peter Collins. Moss was just cruising at the end, and despite a furious comeback by Fangio, Moss was still over six seconds ahead at the flag. Jean Behra took advantage of atrition to take third in his Maserati.

Background[edit | edit source]

Entry list[edit | edit source]

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

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T32	Gordini	25 L8 2.5	E
4	Élie Bayol	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T32	Gordini	25 L8 2.5	E
6	André Pilette	Equipe Gordini	Gordini	T16	Gordini	23 L6 2.5	E
8	Louis Rosier	Louis Rosier	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
10	Mike Hawthorn	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
12	Tony Brooks	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
14	Maurice Trintignant	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 2	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
16	Harry Schell	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 2	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	P
18	Horace Gould	Gould's Garage	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D
20	Juan Manuel Fangio	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	D50	Lancia	DS50 V8 2.5	E
22	Eugenio Castellotti	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	D50	Lancia	DS50 V8 2.5	E
24	Luigi Musso	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	D50	Lancia	DS50 V8 2.5	E
26	Peter Collins	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari	D50	Lancia	DS50 V8 2.5	E
28	Stirling Moss	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
30	Jean Behra	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
32	Cesare Perdisa	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
34	Louis Chiron	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
36	Giorgio Scarlatti	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari	500	Ferrari	500 L4 2.0	P

Practice Overview[edit | edit source]

Qualifying Results[edit | edit source]

The full qualifying results for the 1956 Monaco Grand Prix are outline below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time			Gap
Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	P1	P2	P3	Gap
1	20	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	1:44.2	—	1:44.0	—
2	28	Stirling Moss	Maserati	1:45.2	—	1:44.6	+0.6s
3	22	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	1:57.4	—	1:44.9	+0.9s
4	30	Jean Behra	Maserati	1:46.8	—	1:45.3	+1.3s
5	16	Harry Schell	Vanwall	1:45.6	—	1:45.6	+1.6s
6	14	Maurice Trintignant	Vanwall	1:50.0	1:47.2	1:45.6	+1.6s
7	32	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	1:49.2	—	1:46.0	+2.0s
8	24	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	—	—	1:46.8	+2.8s
9	26	Peter Collins	Ferrari	1:51.3	1:47.0	1:47.7	+3.0s
10	10	Mike Hawthorn	BRM	1:50.3	1:51.1	1:49.3	+5.3s
11	4	Élie Bayol	Gordini	—	1:52.3	1:50.0	+6.0s
12	2	Robert Manzon	Gordini	1:50.9	1:51.7	1:50.3	+6.3s
13	12	Tony Brooks	BRM	1:50.4	1:52.0	—	+6.4s
14	6	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	—	1:50.6	1:52.7	+6.6s
15	8	Louis Rosier	Maserati	1:57.6	1:51.6	—	+7.6s
16	18	Horace Gould	Maserati	1:57.6	1:51.7	—	+7.7s
DNQ	34	Louis Chiron	Maserati	—	1:55.9	1:54.6	+10.6s
DNQ	36	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari	No Time	No Time	2:09.1	+25.1s

Grid[edit | edit source]

Race[edit | edit source]

Results[edit | edit source]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	28	Stirling Moss	Maserati	100	3:00:32.9	2	8
2	26	Peter Collins Juan Manuel Fangio	Lancia-Ferrari	100	+ 6.1	9	3 4*
3	30	Jean Behra	Maserati	99	+ 1 Lap	4	4
4	20	Juan Manuel Fangio Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia-Ferrari	94	+ 6 Laps	1	0** 1.5
5	6	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	93	+ 7 Laps	14	2
6	4	Élie Bayol André Pilette	Gordini	88	+ 12 Laps	11
7	32	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	86	+ 14 Laps	7
8	18	Horace Gould	Maserati	85	+ 15 Laps	16
Ret	2	Robert Manzon	Gordini	90	Accident	12
Ret	8	Louis Rosier	Maserati	72	Engine	15
Ret	22	Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia-Ferrari	14	Clutch	3
Ret	14	Maurice Trintignant	Vanwall	13	Overheating	6
Ret	16	Harry Schell	Vanwall	2	Accident	5
Ret	24	Luigi Musso	Lancia-Ferrari	2	Accident	8
DNQ	36	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari
WD	10	Mike Hawthorn	BRM		Engine
WD	12	Tony Brooks	BRM		Engine
WD	34	Louis Chiron	Maserati		Engine
Source:^[1]

Notes

* – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
** – Fangio scored no points for fourth place as he had already scored points for finishing second

Milestones[edit | edit source]

First podium for Peter Collins.
First points for Collins and Hermano da Silva Ramos.
First race for Tony Brooks and Giorgio Scarlatti.
First time for two English drivers on the podium.
Final race for Élie Bayol.

Standings after race[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

↑ "1956 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1956/races/143/monaco.html. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

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V T E	1956 Formula One Season
Constructors	BRM • Bugatti • Connaught • Cooper • Emeryson • Ferrari • Gordini • Maserati • Vanwall
Engines	Alta • Bristol • BRM • Bugatti • Ferrari • Gordini • Maserati • Vanwall
Drivers	Bayol • Behra • Bonnier • Brabham • Brooks • Castellotti • Chapman • Collins • Emery • Fairman • Fangio • Flockhart • Frère • Gendebien • Gerard • Gerini • Godia-Sales • J. F. González • O. González • Gould • de Graffenried • Halford • Hawthorn • Landi • Leston • Maglioli • Manzon • Menditeguy • Milhoux • S. Moss • Musso • Perdisa • Pilette • Piotti • Portago • Rosier • Salvadori • Scarlatti • Schell • Scott Brown • Scotti • Silva Ramos • Simon • Taruffi • Titterington • Trintignant • von Trips • Uria • Villoresi • Volonterio
Cars	BRM P25 • Bugatti T251 • Connaught B • Cooper T23 • Emeryson 56 • Ferrari 555 • Ferrari D50 • Gordini T16 • Gordini T32 • Maserati 250F • Maserati A6GCM • Vanwall VW2
Tyres	Avon • Dunlop • Englebert • Pirelli
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See also	1955 Formula One Season • 1957 Formula One Season • Category

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