1956 Italian Grand Prix

Template:Infobox Grand Prix race report The 1956 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 2 September 1956 at Monza. It was the eighth and final race of the 1956 World Championship of Drivers. Coming into the race, Juan Manuel Fangio had an eight-point lead over Ferrari teammate Peter Collins and Jean Behra, driving for Maserati.

Fangio retired with a broken steering arm, while Behra also had to pull out. Luigi Musso, also driving for Ferrari, was told to hand his car over to Fangio to ensure the Argentine's third consecutive title but he refused. Brit Collins, with the opportunity for his first world championship, sportingly handed his car over to Fangio during a routine pit-stop. Fangio finished second, behind Stirling Moss, giving himself and Collins a share of the points for second place and ensuring his fourth title.

The race saw the World Championship debuts of Jo Bonnier (the first Swede to do so), Les Leston, and Wolfgang von Trips, and the final World Championship appearances for Hermano da Silva Ramos, Toulo de Graffenried, Robert Manzon, Piero Taruffi, and Luigi Villoresi. Ron Flockhart scored his first World Championship points and podium finish, and it was the first World Championship race led by Musso. With Collins having a share of second place, this was the first World Championship Grand Prix in which British drivers finished one-two-three.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	22	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	2:42.6	—
2	24	Template:Flagicon Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	2:43.4	+0.8
3	28	Template:Flagicon Luigi Musso	Ferrari	2:43.7	+1.1
4	16	Template:Flagicon Piero Taruffi	Vanwall	2:45.4	+2.8
5	32	Template:Flagicon Jean Behra	Maserati	2:45.6	+3.0
6	36	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	Maserati	2:45.9	+3.3
7	26	Template:Flagicon Peter Collins	Ferrari	2:46.0	+3.4
8	34	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	2:47.7	+5.1
9	30	Template:Flagicon Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	2:47.8	+5.2
10	18	Template:Flagicon Harry Schell	Vanwall	2:50.1	+7.5
11	20	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Vanwall	2:51.6	+9.0
12	46	Template:Flagicon Umberto Maglioli	Maserati	2:52.7	+10.1
13	44	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Maserati	2:54.6	+12.0
14	40	Template:Flagicon Luigi Piotti	Maserati	2:58.6	+16.0
15	6	Template:Flagicon Jack Fairman	Connaught-Alta	2:59.2	+16.6
16	42	Template:Flagicon Gerino Gerini	Maserati	3:02.6	+20.0
17	38	Template:Flagicon Paco Godia	Maserati	3:02.9	+20.3
18	14	Template:Flagicon Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	3:03.3	+20.7
19	2	Template:Flagicon Les Leston	Connaught-Alta	3:04.3	+21.7
20	8	Template:Flagicon Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	3:04.8	+22.2
21	48	Template:Flagicon Bruce Halford	Maserati	3:05.0	+22.4
22	10	Template:Flagicon Robert Manzon	Gordini	3:06.6	+24.0
23	4	Template:Flagicon Ron Flockhart	Connaught-Alta	3:08.1	+25.5
24	12	Template:Flagicon André Simon	Gordini	3:13.3	+30.7
DNS	50	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari
Source:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation						CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	36	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	Maserati	50	2:23:41.3	6	9Template:Ref
2	26	Template:Flagicon Peter Collins Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	50	+5.7 secs	7	3 3
3	4	Template:Flagicon Ron Flockhart	Connaught-Alta	49	+1 Lap	23	4
4	38	Template:Flagicon Paco Godia	Maserati	49	+1 Lap	17	3
5	6	Template:Flagicon Jack Fairman	Connaught-Alta	47	+3 Laps	15	2
6	40	Template:Flagicon Luigi Piotti	Maserati	47	+3 Laps	14
7	14	Template:Flagicon Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	46	+4 Laps	18
8	22	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio Template:Flagicon Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	46	+4 Laps	1
9	12	Template:Flagicon André Simon	Gordini	45	+5 Laps	24
10	42	Template:Flagicon Gerino Gerini	Maserati	42	+8 Laps	16
11	44	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Maserati	41	+9 Laps	13
Ret	28	Template:Flagicon Luigi Musso	Ferrari	47	Steering	3
Ret	46	Template:Flagicon Umberto Maglioli Template:Flagicon Jean Behra	Maserati	42	Steering	12
Ret	18	Template:Flagicon Harry Schell	Vanwall	32	Transmission	10
Ret	32	Template:Flagicon Jean Behra	Maserati	23	Magneto	5
Ret	48	Template:Flagicon Bruce Halford	Maserati	16	Engine	21
Ret	20	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Vanwall	13	Transmission	11
Ret	16	Template:Flagicon Piero Taruffi	Vanwall	12	Oil Leak	4
Ret	24	Template:Flagicon Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	9	Tyre	2
Ret	34	Template:Flagicon Luigi Villoresi Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	Maserati	7	Engine	8
Ret	10	Template:Flagicon Robert Manzon	Gordini	7	Chassis	22
Ret	30	Template:Flagicon Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	6	Tyre	9
Ret	2	Template:Flagicon Les Leston	Connaught-Alta	6	Suspension	19
Ret	8	Template:Flagicon Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	3	Engine	20
DNS	50	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari		Practice Accident
Source:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation								CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}

Notes

• Template:Note – Includes 1 point for fastest lap

Shared drives and championship permutations

• Shared Drives:
  • Car #26: Peter Collins (35 laps) and Juan Manuel Fangio (15 laps). They shared the 6 points for second place.
  • Car #22: Juan Manuel Fangio (30 laps) and Eugenio Castellotti (16 laps).
  • Car #46: Umberto Maglioli (31 laps) and Jean Behra (11 laps).
  • Car #34: Luigi Villoresi (4 laps) and Jo Bonnier (3 laps).
• Three drivers were fighting for the championship going into the race: Fangio on 30 points, Collins and Behra on 22 points.
  • Fangio would finish ahead of Collins and Behra in the Championship if:
    • Collins or Behra doesn't win the race or
    • Collins or Behra wins the race without fast lap and Fangio finished at least 3rd with fastest lap or
    • Fangio finished at least 2nd
  • Collins or Behra would finish ahead of Fangio in the Championship if:
    • Collins or Behra wins the race with fastest lap and Fangio finished 3rd or lower or
    • Collins wins the race without fastest lap and Fangio finished 3rd or lower without fastest lap as well

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio	30 (33)
2	2	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	27 (28)
1	3	Template:Flagicon Peter Collins	25
1	4	Template:Flagicon Jean Behra	22
	5	Template:Flagicon Pat Flaherty	8
Source: <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation				CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Template:Small

References

Template:S-start |- style="text-align:center" |width="35%"|Previous race:
1956 German Grand Prix |width="30%"|Template:Nowrap
Template:Ifnumber |width="35%"|Next race:
1957 Argentine Grand Prix |- style="text-align:center" |width="35%"|Previous race:
1955 Italian Grand Prix |width="30%"|Italian Grand Prix |width="35%"|Next race:
1957 Italian Grand Prix |- style="text-align:center" {{#if: | Template:Succession box }} |- style="text-align:center" {{#if: 1955 Monaco Grand Prix | Template:Designated European Grand Prix }} |- style="text-align:center" {{#if: | Template:S-ach }} |- style="text-align:center" {{#if: | Template:F1 Promotional Trophy }} |- style="text-align:center" {{#if: | | {{ #if: | Template:S-ach }} }} |- style="text-align:center" {{#if: | Template:Succession box }} Template:S-end Template:F1GP 50-59