British Grand Prix 1956

Silverstone
14 July 1956
101 laps
475.8 km
4.649 km a lap

Pole positionStirling MossMaserati · 1:41.000
Fastest lapStirling Moss1:43.200 · lap 71
Winner started fromP2on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	1	Ferrari	2	101	2:59:47.000	8
2	Alfonso de Portago	4	Ferrari	12	100	+1 lap	3
2	Peter Collinsshared	4	Ferrari	–			3
3	Jean Behra	8	Maserati	13	99	+2 laps	4
4	Jack Fairman	21	Connaught · Alta	21	98	+3 laps	3
5	Horace Gould	31	Maserati	14	97	+4 laps	2
6	Luigi Villoresi	11	Maserati	19	96	+5 laps
7	Cesare Perdisa	9	Maserati	15	95	+6 laps
8	Paco Godia	10	Maserati	25	94	+7 laps
9	Robert Manzon	15	Gordini	18	94	+7 laps
10	Eugenio Castellotti	3	Ferrari	8	92	+9 laps
10	Alfonso de Portagoshared	3	Ferrari	–
11	Bob Gerard	26	Cooper · Bristol	22	88	+13 laps
DNF	Stirling Mossfastest lap	7	Maserati	1	94	Axle	1
DNF	Harry Schell	16	Vanwall	5	86	Fuel system
DNF	Desmond Titterington	20	Connaught · Alta	11	74	Engine
DNF	Hermano da Silva Ramos	14	Gordini	26	71	Axle
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	17	Vanwall	16	70	Fuel system
DNF	Peter Collins	2	Ferrari	4	64	Oil pressure
DNF	Roy Salvadori	28	Maserati	7	59	Fuel system
DNF	Tony Brooks	24	BRM	9	39	Accident
DNF	Mike Hawthorn	23	BRM	3	24	Transmission
DNF	Louis Rosier	27	Maserati	27	23	Electrical
DNF	Bruce Halford	29	Maserati	20	22	Engine
DNF	Umberto Maglioli	12	Maserati	24	21	Gearbox
DNF	Archie Scott Brown	19	Connaught · Alta	10	16	Transmission
DNF	Paul Emery	32	Emeryson · Alta	23	12	Ignition
DNF	Jack Brabham	30	Maserati	28	3	Engine
DNF	Ron Flockhart	25	BRM	17	2	Engine
DNF	José Froilán González	18	Vanwall	6	0	Transmission

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Stirling Moss	Maserati	1:41.000
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	1:42.000	+1.000
3	Mike Hawthorn	BRM	1:43.000	+2.000
4	Peter Collins	Ferrari	1:43.000	+2.000
5	Harry Schell	Vanwall	1:44.000	+3.000
6	José Froilán González	Vanwall	1:44.000	+3.000
7	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	1:44.000	+3.000
8	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	1:44.000	+3.000
9	Tony Brooks	BRM	1:45.000	+4.000
10	Archie Scott Brown	Connaught	1:45.000	+4.000
11	Desmond Titterington	Connaught	1:46.000	+5.000
12	Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	1:47.000	+6.000
13	Jean Behra	Maserati	1:47.000	+6.000
14	Horace Gould	Maserati	1:48.000	+7.000
15	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	1:49.000	+8.000
16	Maurice Trintignant	Vanwall	1:49.000	+8.000
17	Ron Flockhart	BRM	1:49.000	+8.000
18	Robert Manzon	Gordini	1:49.000	+8.000
19	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	1:50.000	+9.000
20	Bruce Halford	Maserati	1:51.000	+10.000
21	Jack Fairman	Connaught	1:51.000	+10.000
22	Bob Gerard	Cooper	1:53.000	+12.000
23	Paul Emery	Emeryson	1:54.000	+13.000
24	Umberto Maglioli	Maserati	1:54.000	+13.000
25	Paco Godia	Maserati	1:55.000	+14.000
26	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini	1:56.000	+15.000
27	Louis Rosier	Maserati	1:59.000	+18.000
28	Jack Brabham	Maserati	2:01.000	+20.000

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Stirling Moss	71	1:43.200

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 6. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 6
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Peter Collins	22
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	21	▲1
3	Jean Behra	18	▼1
4	Stirling Moss	13
5	Pat Flaherty	8
6	Eugenio Castellotti	7.5
7	Paul Frère	6
7	Sam Hanks	6
9	Luigi Musso	4
10	Don Freeland	4