The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 6

British Grand Prix

1956  ·  Silverstone Circuit  ·  14 July 1956  ·  101 laps

  1. 1st Juan Fangio Ferrari · 02:59:47
  2. 2nd Peter Collins Ferrari
  3. 3rd Alfonso de Portago Ferrari
  4. Jean Behra Maserati

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Stirling Moss

Maserati  —  Pole position

02 Lap 24

Mike Hawthorn

Retirement BRM  —  Transmission

03 Lap 64

Peter Collins

Retirement Ferrari  —  Oil pressure

04 Lap 74

Desmond Titterington

Retirement Connaught  —  Engine

05 Lap 74

Maurice Trintignant

Retirement Vanwall  —  Fuel system

06 Lap 87

Harry Schell

Retirement Vanwall  —  Fuel system

07 Lap 94

Stirling Moss

Retirement Maserati  —  Axle

08 On the Charge

Jack Fairman

Connaught  —  P21 → P4

09 Victory

Juan Fangio

Ferrari  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Juan Fangio Ferrari 2 101 02:59:47 8
2 Peter Collins Ferrari 12 100 +1 Lap 3
2 Alfonso de Portago Ferrari 12 100 +1 Lap 3
3 Jean Behra Maserati 13 99 +2 Laps 4
4 Jack Fairman Connaught 21 98 +3 Laps 3
5 Horace Gould Maserati 14 97 +4 Laps 2
6 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 19 96 +5 Laps
7 Cesare Perdisa Maserati 15 95 +6 Laps
8 Paco Godia Maserati 25 94 +7 Laps
9 Robert Manzon Gordini 18 94 +7 Laps
10 Alfonso de Portago Ferrari 8 92 +9 Laps
10 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 8 92 +9 Laps
11 Bob Gerard Cooper 22 88 +13 Laps
12 Stirling Moss Maserati 1 94 Axle 1
13 Harry Schell Vanwall 5 87 Fuel system
14 Desmond Titterington Connaught 11 74 Engine
15 Maurice Trintignant Vanwall 16 74 Fuel system
16 Hernando da Silva Ramos Gordini 26 71 Axle
17 Peter Collins Ferrari 4 64 Oil pressure
18 Roy Salvadori Maserati 7 59 Fuel system
19 Tony Brooks BRM 9 39 Accident
20 Mike Hawthorn BRM 3 24 Transmission
21 Louis Rosier Maserati 27 23 Electrical
22 Bruce Halford Maserati 20 22 Engine
23 Umberto Maglioli Maserati 24 21 Gearbox
24 Archie Scott Brown Connaught 10 16 Transmission
25 Paul Emery Emeryson 23 12 Ignition
26 Jack Brabham Maserati 28 3 Engine
27 Ron Flockhart BRM 17 2 Engine
28 José Froilán González Vanwall 6 0 Transmission

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