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Formula 1 season

1956

8 championship rounds

World Drivers' Championship

Driver standings

85 classified
1 Juan Fangio Ferrari 30 points · 3 wins
2 Stirling Moss Maserati 27 points · 2 wins
3 Peter Collins Ferrari 25 points · 2 wins
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4 Jean Behra Maserati 22 points · 0 wins
5 Pat Flaherty Watson 8 points · 1 wins
6 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 7.5 points · 0 wins
7 Sam Hanks Kurtis Kraft 6 points · 0 wins
8 Paul Frère Ferrari 6 points · 0 wins
9 Paco Godia Maserati 6 points · 0 wins
10 Jack Fairman Connaught 5 points · 0 wins
11 Luigi Musso Ferrari 4 points · 1 wins
12 Mike Hawthorn Vanwall 4 points · 0 wins
13 Ron Flockhart Connaught 4 points · 0 wins
14 Don Freeland Phillips 4 points · 0 wins
15 Alfonso de Portago Ferrari 3 points · 0 wins
16 Cesare Perdisa Maserati 3 points · 0 wins
17 Harry Schell Maserati 3 points · 0 wins
18 Johnnie Parsons Kurtis Kraft 3 points · 0 wins
19 Louis Rosier Maserati 2 points · 0 wins
20 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 2 points · 0 wins
21 Horace Gould Maserati 2 points · 0 wins
22 Hernando da Silva Ramos Maserati 2 points · 0 wins
23 Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 2 points · 0 wins
24 Dick Rathmann Kurtis Kraft 2 points · 0 wins
25 Gerino Gerini Maserati 1.5 points · 0 wins
26 Chico Landi Maserati 1.5 points · 0 wins
27 Paul Russo Kurtis Kraft 1 points · 0 wins
- André Pilette Ferrari 0 points · 0 wins
- Luigi Piotti Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Óscar González Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Alberto Uria Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Élie Bayol Gordini 0 points · 0 wins
- Bob Sweikert Kuzma 0 points · 0 wins
- Bob Veith Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Rodger Ward Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Robert Manzon Gordini 0 points · 0 wins
- André Simon Gordini 0 points · 0 wins
- Jimmy Reece Lesovsky 0 points · 0 wins
- Cliff Griffith Stevens 0 points · 0 wins
- Roy Salvadori Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Gene Hartley Kuzma 0 points · 0 wins
- Bob Gerard Cooper 0 points · 0 wins
- Fred Agabashian Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Bob Christie Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Al Keller Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Eddie Johnson Kuzma 0 points · 0 wins
- Billy Garrett Kuzma 0 points · 0 wins
- Duke Dinsmore Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Pat O'Connor Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Jimmy Bryan Kuzma 0 points · 0 wins
- Bruce Halford Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Ottorino Volonterio Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- André Milhoux Gordini 0 points · 0 wins
- Maurice Trintignant Bugatti 0 points · 0 wins
- Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- José Froilán González Vanwall 0 points · 0 wins
- Umberto Maglioli Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Piero Scotti Connaught 0 points · 0 wins
- Desmond Titterington Connaught 0 points · 0 wins
- Tony Brooks BRM 0 points · 0 wins
- Louis Chiron Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Piero Taruffi Vanwall 0 points · 0 wins
- Giorgio Scarlatti Ferrari 0 points · 0 wins
- Jim Rathmann Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Colin Chapman Vanwall 0 points · 0 wins
- Jo Bonnier Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Johnnie Tolan Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Tony Bettenhausen Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Ed Elisian Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Eddie Russo Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Les Leston Connaught 0 points · 0 wins
- Jimmy Daywalt Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Archie Scott Brown Connaught 0 points · 0 wins
- Jack Turner Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Paul Emery Emeryson 0 points · 0 wins
- Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 0 points · 0 wins
- Keith Andrews Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Jack Brabham Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Andy Linden Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Al Herman Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Ray Crawford Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Johnny Boyd Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Troy Ruttman Kurtis Kraft 0 points · 0 wins
- Johnny Thomson Kuzma 0 points · 0 wins

World Constructors' Championship

Team standings

0 classified
Constructor standings were not awarded in this season.

Season story

Championship progression

Position after each round

Follow how the Drivers' Championship order changed throughout 1956. First place is shown at the top.

Line graph showing each selected driver's championship position after every race in the 1956 season.

Championship calendar

Race results

8 rounds