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1956 French Grand Prix

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1956 French Grand Prix
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Reims-Gueux layout
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 Argentina 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.

This race was also notable for being the only Formula One World Championship entry as a driver for Lotus founder Colin Chapman.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 10 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 2:23.3
2 12 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 2:24.6 +1.3
3 14 United Kingdom Peter Collins Ferrari 2:25.6 +2.3
4 22 United States Harry Schell Vanwall 2:26.1 +2.8
5 26 United Kingdom Colin Chapman Vanwall 2:26.8 +3.5
6 24 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Vanwall 2:27.0 +3.7
7 4 France Jean Behra Maserati 2:27.8 +4.5
8 2 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Maserati 2:29.9 +6.6
9 16 Spain Alfonso de Portago Ferrari 2:30.9 +7.6
10 38 Italy Luigi Villoresi Maserati 2:33.3 +10.0
11 44 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 2:34.5 +11.2
12 36 France Louis Rosier Maserati 2:35.3 +12.0
13 8 Italy Piero Taruffi Maserati 2:35.6 +12.3
14 32 Brazil Hermano da Silva Ramos Gordini 2:35.9 +12.6
15 30 France Robert Manzon Gordini 2:36.0 +12.7
16 6 Italy Cesare Perdisa Maserati 2:36.4 +13.1
17 40 Spain Paco Godia Maserati 2:40.0 +16.7
18 28 France Maurice Trintignant Bugatti 2:41.9 +18.6
19 34 Belgium André Pilette Gordini 2:46.8 +23.5
20 42 France André Simon Maserati 2:47.9 +24.6
Source:[1]

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 14 United Kingdom Peter Collins Ferrari 61 2:34:23.4 3 8
2 12 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 61 +0.3 2 6
3 4 France Jean Behra Maserati 61 +1:29.9 7 4
4 10 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 61 +1:35.1 1 41
5 6 Italy Cesare Perdisa
United Kingdom Stirling Moss
Maserati 59 +2 Laps 13 1
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6 36 France Louis Rosier Maserati 58 +3 Laps 12
7 40 Spain Paco Godia Maserati 57 +4 Laps 17
8 32 Brazil Hermano da Silva Ramos Gordini 57 +4 Laps 14
9 30 France Robert Manzon Gordini 56 +5 Laps 15
10 24 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn
United States Harry Schell
Vanwall 56 +5 Laps 6
11 34 Belgium André Pilette Gordini 55 +6 Laps 19
Ret 42 France André Simon Maserati 41 Engine 20
Ret 8 Italy Piero Taruffi Maserati 40 Engine 16
Ret 44 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 38 Clutch 11
Ret 38 Italy Luigi Villoresi Maserati 23 Brakes 10
Ret 16 Spain Alfonso de Portago Ferrari 20 Gearbox 9
Ret 28 France Maurice Trintignant Bugatti 18 Throttle 18
Ret 2 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Maserati 12 Gearbox 8
Ret 22 United States Harry Schell Vanwall 5 Engine 4
DNS 26 United Kingdom Colin Chapman Vanwall Accident/driver injured 5
Source:[2]
Notes
  • ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap

Shared drives

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Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 United Kingdom Peter Collins 19
1 2 France Jean Behra 14
1 3 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 13
2 4 United Kingdom Stirling Moss 12
5 United States Pat Flaherty 8
Source: [3]
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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  1. ^ "1956 ACF GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. ^ "1956 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. ^ "France 1956 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.


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