1956 German Grand Prix

  1956 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 8 in the 1956 Formula One season
Nürburgring layout
Date	5 August 1956
Official name	XVIII Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany
Course	Permanent road course
Course length	22.810 km (14.173 mi)
Distance	22 laps, 501.820 km (311.806 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
Time	9:51.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
Time	9:41.6
Podium
First	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
Second	Stirling Moss	Maserati
Third	Jean Behra	Maserati
Lap leaders

The 1956 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 5 August 1956 at Nürburgring. It was the seventh round of the 1956 World Drivers' Championship.

Forty-five-year-old Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio won the race for Ferrari, and broke Hermann Lang's 17-year-old lap record, set in a Mercedes. Present at the event was 18-year old Juan Carlos, later King of Spain, in support of his relative Alfonso de Portago.^[1]

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	22	3:38:43.7	1	9
2	7	Stirling Moss	Maserati	22	+46.4	4	6
3	6	Jean Behra	Maserati	22	+7:38.3	8	4
4	20	Paco Godia	Maserati	20	+2 Laps	16	3
5	15	Louis Rosier	Maserati	19	+3 Laps	14	2
DSQ	21	Bruce Halford	Maserati	20	Disqualified	11
NC	22	Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati	16	+6 Laps	19
Ret	11	André Milhoux	Gordini	15	Engine	21
Ret	5	Alfonso de Portago Peter Collins	Ferrari	14	Accident	10
Ret	18	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	13	Engine	20
Ret	12	Harry Schell	Maserati	13	Overheating	12
Ret	4	Luigi Musso Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	11	Accident	5
Ret	2	Peter Collins	Ferrari	8	Fuel Leak	2
Ret	3	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	5	Electrical	3
Ret	8	Umberto Maglioli	Maserati	3	Steering	7
Ret	19	Horace Gould	Maserati	3	Oil Pressure	13
Ret	16	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	2	Suspension	9
Ret	10	Robert Manzon	Gordini	0	Suspension	15
Ret	14	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari	0	Engine	17
DNS	8	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati		Practice Accident	6
DNS	11	André Pilette	Gordini		Practice Accident	18
DNS	18	Luigi Piotti	Maserati		Villoresi Drove Car
Source:[2]

Notes

• Shared Drives:
  • Car #5: Alfonso de Portago (10 laps) and Peter Collins (4 laps).
  • Car #4: Luigi Musso (8 laps) and Eugenio Castellotti (3 laps).
• Only Grand Prix appearance for: Andre Milhoux.
• Last Grand Prix appearance for: Louis Rosier.
• Career Firsts: Paco Godia (points).

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	30
1	2	Peter Collins	22
	3	Jean Behra	22
	4	Stirling Moss	19
	5	Pat Flaherty	8

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

1. Födisch, Jörg Thomas; Völker, Bernhard; Behrndt, Michael (2008). Der große Preis von Deutschland. Alle Rennen seit 1926. Königswinter: HEEL Verlag. p. 75. ISBN 9783868520439.
2. "1956 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.