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1956 season/Round 2

Monaco Grand Prix 1956

  • Monaco
  • Monte Carlo
  • 13 May 1956
  • 100 laps
  • 314.5 km
  • 3.145 km a lap
  1. P1Stirling MossMaserati3:00:32.900
  2. P2Peter CollinsFerrari+6.100
  3. P3Jean BehraMaserati+1 lap

Result

PosDriverNo.Team · engineGridLapsTime / reasonPoints
1Stirling Moss28Maserati21003:00:32.9008
2Peter Collins26Ferrari9100+6.1003
2Juan Manuel Fangiosharedfastest lap26Ferrari–4
3Jean Behra30Maserati499+1 lap4
4Juan Manuel Fangio20Ferrari194+6 laps
4Eugenio Castellottishared20Ferrari–1.5
5Hermano da Silva Ramos6Gordini1493+7 laps2
6Élie Bayol4Gordini1188+12 laps
6André Piletteshared4Gordini–
7Cesare Perdisa32Maserati786+14 laps
8Horace Gould18Maserati1685+15 laps
DNFRobert Manzon2Gordini1290Accident
DNFLouis Rosier8Maserati1572Engine
DNFEugenio Castellotti22Ferrari314Clutch
DNFMaurice Trintignant14Vanwall613Overheating
DNFHarry Schell16Vanwall52Accident
DNFLuigi Musso24Ferrari82Accident
DNSMike Hawthorn10BRM–Engine valve
DNSTony Brooks12BRM–Engine valve
DNSLouis Chiron34Maserati–Engine
DNQGiorgio Scarlatti36Ferrari–

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

PosDriverTeamTimeGap
1Juan Manuel FangioFerrari1:44.000
2Stirling MossMaserati1:44.600+0.600
3Eugenio CastellottiFerrari1:44.900+0.900
4Jean BehraMaserati1:45.300+1.300
5Harry SchellVanwall1:45.600+1.600
6Maurice TrintignantVanwall1:45.600+1.600
7Cesare PerdisaMaserati1:46.000+2.000
8Luigi MussoFerrari1:46.800+2.800
9Peter CollinsFerrari1:47.000+3.000
10Mike HawthornBRM1:49.300+5.300
11Élie BayolGordini1:50.000+6.000
12Robert ManzonGordini1:50.300+6.300
13Tony BrooksBRM1:50.400+6.400
14Hermano da Silva RamosGordini1:50.600+6.600
15Louis RosierMaserati1:51.600+7.600
16Horace GouldMaserati1:51.700+7.700
17Giorgio ScarlattiFerrari2:09.100+25.100

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

PosDriverLapTimeGap
1Juan Manuel Fangio1001:44.400

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 2. Arrows show the change against the round before.

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