1956 French Grand Prix

  1956 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 8 in the 1956 Formula One season
Reims-Gueux layout
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 mi)
Distance	61 laps, 506.422 km (314.676 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
Time	2:23.3
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
Time	2:25.8
Podium
First	Peter Collins	Ferrari
Second	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari
Third	Jean Behra	Maserati
Lap leaders

The 1956 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 1 July 1956 at Reims. It was the fifth round of the 1956 World Drivers' Championship.

Bugatti made a one-off appearance in this race with their Type 251 driven by Maurice Trintignant. The car proved to be uncompetitive and eventually retired after 18 laps.

Classification

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

Notes

• Shared Drives:
  • Car #6: Cesare Perdisa (20 laps) and Stirling Moss (39 laps). They shared the 2 points for fifth place.
  • Car #24: Mike Hawthorn (10 laps) and Harry Schell (46 laps).
• Grand Prix debut for: Alfonso de Portago. Only Grand Prix appearance for Colin Chapman. Chapman crashed his Vanwall at the Thillois hairpin before the pits and he did not take part in the race.
• Career Firsts: Eugenio Castellotti (laps led).

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Peter Collins	19
1	2	Jean Behra	14
1	3	Juan Manuel Fangio	13
2	4	Stirling Moss	12
	5	Pat Flaherty	8

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

1. "1956 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.