1956 Belgian Grand Prix

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1956 Belgian Grand Prix
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Spa-Francorchamps layout
Race details
DateJune 3, 1956
Official name XVIII Grote Prijs Van Belgie
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 14.120 km (8.774 miles)
Distance 36 laps, 508.320 km (315.855 miles)
Weather Wet and overcast, later drying
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 4:09.8
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Maserati
Time 4:14.7
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Maserati
Lap leaders
  • 1956 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1956 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 3 June 1956 at Spa-Francorchamps. It was race 4 of 8 in the 1956 World Championship of Drivers.

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After the first day of practice on Thursday, Fangio was on pole with a time almost 5 sec faster than second place Moss. These times would not be touched with wet conditions on Friday and windy conditions on Saturday.

It was raining when the race began and Fangio made a poor start and settled in fifth with Moss well in the lead. But by lap 3 Fangio would be in second having passed Behra, Collins, and then Castellotti. By the fifth lap he was in the lead and had opened up an 8-second lead on Moss by lap 10 with Collins third on a drying track. Collins took second when Moss lost a back wheel on the climb after the Eau Rouge bridge. He was able to safely stop and sprint back to the pits and take over Perdisa's car. He resumed in sixth but a lap down to the leaders. Collins took the lead for good when Fangio lost his transmission on lap 24. A tight battle for second between Behra and Frere ended when Behra's engine began to misfire. This allowed Moss to move to third as he had passed Schell earlier. Moss ended the race on a furious pace but the two leaders were too far ahead to make up the gap.

This was the first Formula One podium for a Belgian driver.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
12 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 4:09.8
230 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Maserati 4:14.7+4.9
38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins Ferrari 4:15.3+5.5
432 Flag of France.svg Jean Behra Maserati 4:16.7+6.9
54 Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 4:16.7+6.9
610 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry Schell Vanwall 4:19.0+9.2
712 Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant Vanwall 4:22.8+13.0
86 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paul Frère Ferrari 4:23.8+14.0
934 Flag of Italy.svg Cesare Perdisa Maserati 4:35.7+25.9
1024 Flag of France.svg Louis Rosier Maserati 4:35.9+26.1
1122 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4:37.7+27.9
1228 Flag of Italy.svg Piero Scotti Connaught-Alta 4:41.9+32.1
1338 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hawthorn Maserati 4:48.9+39.1
1436 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Paco Godia Maserati 4:49.8+40.0
1526 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Horace Gould Maserati 4:50.4+40.6
1620 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg André Pilette Ferrari 4:51.9+42.1
Source: [1]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins Ferrari 362:40:00.338
26 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Paul Frère Ferrari 36+1:51.386
334 Flag of Italy.svg Cesare Perdisa
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss
Maserati 36+3:16.692
3 1
410 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Harry Schell Vanwall 35+1 Lap63
522 Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Villoresi Maserati 34+2 Laps112
620 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg André Pilette Ferrari 33+3 Laps15
732 Flag of France.svg Jean Behra Maserati 33+3 Laps4
824 Flag of France.svg Louis Rosier Maserati 33+3 Laps10
Ret2 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 23Transmission1
Ret12 Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant Vanwall 11Fuel system7
Ret30 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Maserati 10Wheel2
Ret4 Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 10Transmission5
Ret28 Flag of Italy.svg Piero Scotti Connaught-Alta 10Engine12
Ret26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Horace Gould Maserati 2Gearbox14
Ret36 Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Paco Godia Maserati 0Accident13
DNS38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Hawthorn Maserati 0
Source: [2]
Notes

Shared drive

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1uparrow green.svg 81 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Collins 11
1uparrow green.svg 12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss 11
1downarrow red.svg 23 Flag of France.svg Jean Behra 10
1downarrow red.svg 24 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Fangio 9
1downarrow red.svg 15 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Pat Flaherty 8
Source: [3]

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References

  1. "1956 Belgian GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  2. "1956 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. "Belgium 1956 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
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