1956 French Grand Prix
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| 1956 French Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Reims-Gueux layout | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 1 July 1956 | ||
| Official name | XLII Grand Prix de l'ACF | ||
| Location | Reims Circuit, Reims, France | ||
| Course | Temporary road course | ||
| Course length | 8.302 km (5.159 miles) | ||
| Distance | 61 laps, 506.422 km (314.676 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 2:23.3 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Juan Manuel Fangio | Ferrari | |
| Time | 2:25.8 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Maserati | ||
|
Lap leaders | |||
The 1956 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 1 July 1956 at Reims. It was race 5 of 8 in the 1956 World Championship of Drivers.
Bugatti made a one-off appearance in this race with their Type 251 driven by Maurice Trintignant. The car proved to be uncompetitive and he retired after 18 laps.
Classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |  Peter Collins
|
Ferrari | 61 | 2:34:23.4 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 12 |  Eugenio Castellotti
|
Ferrari | 61 | +0.3 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 |  Jean Behra
|
Maserati | 61 | +1:29.9 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | 10 | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
Ferrari | 61 | +1:35.1 | 1 | 41 |
| 5 | 6 | Cesare Perdisa Stirling Moss
|
Maserati | 59 | +2 Laps | 13 | 1 1 |
| 6 | 36 | Louis Rosier
|
Maserati | 58 | +3 Laps | 12 | |
| 7 | 40 |  Paco Godia
|
Maserati | 57 | +4 Laps | 17 | |
| 8 | 32 |  Hermano da Silva Ramos
|
Gordini | 57 | +4 Laps | 14 | |
| 9 | 30 | Robert Manzon
|
Gordini | 56 | +5 Laps | 15 | |
| 10 | 24 | Mike Hawthorn Harry Schell
|
Vanwall | 56 | +5 Laps | 6 | |
| 11 | 34 |  André Pilette
|
Gordini | 55 | +6 Laps | 19 | |
| Ret | 42 | André Simon
|
Maserati | 41 | Engine | 20 | |
| Ret | 8 | Piero Taruffi
|
Maserati | 40 | Engine | 16 | |
| Ret | 44 | Olivier Gendebien
|
Ferrari | 38 | Clutch | 11 | |
| Ret | 38 | Luigi Villoresi
|
Maserati | 23 | Brakes | 10 | |
| Ret | 16 | Alfonso de Portago
|
Ferrari | 20 | Gearbox | 9 | |
| Ret | 28 | Maurice Trintignant
|
Bugatti | 18 | Throttle | 18 | |
| Ret | 2 | Stirling Moss
|
Maserati | 12 | Gearbox | 8 | |
| Ret | 22 | Harry Schell
|
Vanwall | 5 | Engine | 4 | |
| DNS | 26 | Colin Chapman
|
Vanwall | Accident/driver injured | 5 | ||
Source:[1]
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- Notes
- ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
Notes
- Shared drives:
- Car #6: Cesare Perdisa (20 laps) and Stirling Moss (39 laps). They shared the 2 points for fifth place.
- Car #24: Mike Hawthorn (10 laps) and Harry Schell (46 laps).
- Grand Prix debut for: Alfonso de Portago. Only Grand Prix appearance for Colin Chapman. Chapman crashed his Vanwall at the Thillois hairpin before the pits and he did not take part in the race.
- Career firsts: Eugenio Castellotti (laps led).
Championship standings after the race
- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 | Peter Collins
|
19 |
 1
|
2 | Jean Behra
|
14 |
| 1
|
3 | Juan Manuel Fangio
|
13 |
 2
|
4 | Stirling Moss
|
12 |
|
|
5 |  Pat Flaherty
|
8 |
| Source: [2] | |||
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
- ^ "1956 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "France 1956 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.