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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[]


Entry list[]

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

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

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying Results[]

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

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

Grid[]

Race[]

Results[]

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


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V T E Monaco Monaco Grand Prix
Circuits Circuit de Monaco (1929–present)
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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
Races Argentina • Monaco • Indianapolis • Belgium • France • Britain • Germany • Italy
See also 1955 Formula One Season • 1957 Formula One Season • Category
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