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25px France  1956 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 8 in the 1956 Formula One season
Reims-Gueux layout
Reims-Gueux layout
Date 1 July 1956
Official name XLII Grand Prix de l'ACF
Location Reims Circuit, Reims, France
Course Temporary road course
8.302 km (5.159 mi)
Distance 61 laps, 506.422 km (314.676 mi)
Pole position
Driver 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari
Time 2:23.3
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari
Time 2:25.8
Podium
First 25px United Kingdom Peter Collins Ferrari
Second 25px Italy Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari
Third 25px France Jean Behra Maserati

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 25px UK Peter Collins Ferrari 61 2:34:23.4 3 8
2 12 25px Italy Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 61 +0.3 2 6
3 4 25px France Jean Behra Maserati 61 +1:29.9 7 4
4 10 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 61 +1:35.1 1 4
5 6 25px Italy Cesare Perdisa
25px UK Stirling Moss
Maserati 59 +2 Laps 13 1
1
6 36 25px France Louis Rosier Maserati 58 +3 Laps 12
7 40 25px Template:Country alias Spain 1945 Paco Godia Maserati 57 +4 Laps 17
8 32 25px Brazil Hernando da Silva Ramos Gordini 57 +4 Laps 14
9 30 25px France Robert Manzon Gordini 56 +5 Laps 15
10 24 25px UK Mike Hawthorn
25px United States Harry Schell
Vanwall 56 +5 Laps 6
11 34 25px Belgium André Pilette Gordini 55 +6 Laps 19
Ret 42 25px France André Simon Maserati 41 Engine 20
Ret 8 25px Italy Piero Taruffi Maserati 40 Engine 16
Ret 44 25px Belgium Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 38 Clutch 11
Ret 38 25px Italy Luigi Villoresi Maserati 23 Brakes 10
Ret 16 25px Template:Country alias Spain 1945 Alfonso de Portago Ferrari 20 Gearbox 9
Ret 28 25px France Maurice Trintignant Bugatti 18 Throttle 18
Ret 2 25px UK Stirling Moss Maserati 12 Gearbox 8
Ret 22 25px United States Harry Schell Vanwall 5 Engine 4
DNS 26 25px UK Colin Chapman Vanwall Accident/driver injured 5

Notes[]

Drivers' Championship standings after the race[]

Pos Driver Points
1 25px UK Peter Collins 19
2 25px France Jean Behra 14
3 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 13
4 25px UK Stirling Moss 12
5 25px USA Pat Flaherty 8
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.


Previous race:
1956 Belgian Grand Prix
FIA Formula One World Championship
1956 season
Next race:
1956 British Grand Prix
Previous race:
1954 French Grand Prix
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