1956 Naples Grand Prix

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1956 Naples Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1956 Formula One season
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Race details
Date6 May 1956
Official name IX Gran Premio di Napoli
Location Posillipo Circuit, Posillipo, Naples
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.10 km (2.55 mi)
Distance 60 laps, 246.02 km (152.87 mi)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 2:07.7
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Musso Ferrari
Time 2:12.3
Podium
First Equipe Gordini
SecondGould's Garage (Bristol)
ThirdScuderia Guastalla

The 9th Naples Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 6 May 1956 at Posillipo Circuit, Naples. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by French driver Robert Manzon in a Gordini Type 16. [1] [2] [3]

Results

PosDriverEntrantConstructorTime/PositionGrid
1 Flag of France.svg Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 2:20:43.8, 104.89 km/h3
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F 2:20:54.9 (+11.1s)6
3 Flag of Italy.svg Gerino Gerini Scuderia Guastalla Maserati 250F 57 laps7
4 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Scarlatti Giorgio Scarlatti Ferrari 500 56 laps8
5 Flag of Switzerland.svg Ottorino Volonterio Ottorino Volonterio Maserati 250F 49 laps9
6 Flag of Italy.svg Berardo Taraschi Berardo Taraschi Ferrari 166 45 laps10
Ret. Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Musso Scuderia Ferrari Lancia-Ferrari D50 37 laps - engine2
Ret. Flag of Spain.svg Chico Godia Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 250F 36 laps - accident5
Ret. Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 250F 21 laps - engine4
Ret. Flag of Italy.svg Eugenio Castellotti Scuderia Ferrari Lancia-Ferrari D50 2 laps - oil pump1

Source: [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "1956 Naples Grand Prix Results". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  2. 1 2 "Non World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  3. 1 2 "Formula 1 1956 - Naples". the-fastlane.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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