1956 German Grand Prix

Template:Infobox Grand Prix race report The 1956 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 5 August 1956 at Nürburgring. It was race 7 of 8 in the 1956 World Championship of Drivers.

Winner

Forty-five-year-old Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio won the race for Ferrari, and broke Hermann Lang's 17-year-old lap record, set in a Mercedes.

Attendees

Present at the event was 18-year old Juan Carlos, later King of Spain, in support of his relative Alfonso de Portago.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	1	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	9:51.2	—
2	5	Template:Flagicon Peter Collins	Ferrari	9:51.5	+0.3
3	4	Template:Flagicon Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	9:54.4	+3.2
4	7	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	Maserati	10:03.4	+12.2
5	4	Template:Flagicon Luigi Musso	Ferrari	10:20.3	+29.1
6	8	Template:Flagicon Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	10:21.0	+29.8
7	8	Template:Flagicon Umberto Maglioli	Maserati	10:26.7	+35.5
8	6	Template:Flagicon Jean Behra	Maserati	10:31.6	+40.4
9	16	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Maserati	10:32.4	+41.2
10	5	Template:Flagicon Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	10:37.1	+45.9
11	21	Template:Flagicon Bruce Halford	Maserati	11:04.1	+1:12.9
12	12	Template:Flagicon Harry Schell	Maserati	11:16.5	+1:25.3
13	19	Template:Flagicon Horace Gould	Maserati	11:32.2	+1:41.0
14	15	Template:Flagicon Louis Rosier	Maserati	11:39.0	+1:47.8
15	10	Template:Flagicon Robert Manzon	Gordini	11:55.8	+2:04.6
16	20	Template:Flagicon Paco Godia	Maserati	11:57.6	+2:06.4
17	14	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari	13:05.2	+3:14.0
18	11	Template:Flagicon André Pilette	Gordini	13:31.0	+3:39.8
19	18	Template:Flagicon Luigi Piotti	Maserati	13:50.1	+3:58.9
20	22	Template:Flagicon Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati	14:17.1	+4:25.9
21	18	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi	Maserati
22	11	Template:Flagicon André Milhoux	Gordini
Source:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	22	3:38:43.7	1	9Template:Ref
2	7	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	Maserati	22	+46.4	4	6
3	6	Template:Flagicon Jean Behra	Maserati	22	+7:38.3	8	4
4	20	Template:Flagicon Paco Godia	Maserati	20	+2 Laps	16	3
5	15	Template:Flagicon Louis Rosier	Maserati	19	+3 Laps	14	2
DSQ	21	Template:Flagicon Bruce Halford	Maserati	20	Push start	11
NC	22	Template:Flagicon Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati	16	+6 Laps	19
Ret	11	Template:Flagicon André Milhoux	Gordini	15	Engine	21
Ret	5	Template:Flagicon Alfonso de Portago Template:Flagicon Peter Collins	Ferrari	14	Accident	10
Ret	18	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	13	Engine	20
Ret	12	Template:Flagicon Harry Schell	Maserati	13	Overheating	12
Ret	4	Template:Flagicon Luigi Musso Template:Flagicon Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	11	Accident	5
Ret	2	Template:Flagicon Peter Collins	Ferrari	8	Fuel Leak	2
Ret	3	Template:Flagicon Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	5	Electrical	3
Ret	8	Template:Flagicon Umberto Maglioli	Maserati	3	Steering	7
Ret	19	Template:Flagicon Horace Gould	Maserati	3	Oil Pressure	13
Ret	16	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Maserati	2	Suspension	9
Ret	10	Template:Flagicon Robert Manzon	Gordini	0	Suspension	15
Ret	14	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari	0	Engine	17
DNS	8	Template:Flagicon Cesare Perdisa	Maserati		Practice Accident	6
DNS	11	Template:Flagicon André Pilette	Gordini		Practice Accident	18
DNS	18	Template:Flagicon Luigi Piotti	Maserati		Villoresi Drove Car
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Notes

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Shared drives

• Car #5: Alfonso de Portago (10 laps) and Peter Collins (4 laps).
• Car #4: Luigi Musso (8 laps) and Eugenio Castellotti (3 laps).

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	1	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	30
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	2	Template:Flagicon Peter Collins	22
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	3	Template:Flagicon Jean Behra	22
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	4	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	19
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	5	Template:Flagicon Pat Flaherty	8
Source: <ref name="Championship standings">Template:Cite web</ref>

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