1956 Alternate Formula One season

The 1956 Formula One season was the seventh in the history of Formula One.

Teams and Drivers

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Driver	Rounds
Team Lotus	Lotus-B.C.M.A.	Lotus 10	B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin	B. Bira	1
				Dries van der Lof	1
				Maurice Trintignant	1
Irish Racing Association	Lancia	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50	Desmond Titterington	1
				Duncan Hamilton	1
Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili	O.S.C.A.	O.S.C.A. F156A	O.S.C.A. 1500S-56	Robert Manzon	1
				Stirling Moss	1
				José Froilán González	1
				Peter Whitehead	1
Scuderia Adriatica	Ferrari	Ferrari R560	Ferrari RS560	Gerino Gerini	1
				Dorino Serafini	1
Alexander Racing Team-Gordini	Gordini	Gordini Type 56	Gordini G258/A	Consalvo Sanesi	1
				Jack Brabham	1
				Eugenio Castellotti	1
Coventry Climax	Lancia-Climax	Lancia D50	Coventry Climax FPF IV	Stuart Lewis-Evans	1
BRUNEL	O.S.C.A.-Porsche	O.S.C.A. F154	Porsche 755	Maria Teresa de Filippis	1
Vandervell Products Ltd.	Vanwall	Vanwall VW56	Vanwall 254	Cliff Allison	1
Officine Alfieri Maserati	Cooper-Maserati	Cooper T41	Maserati 56A	Lucien Bianchi	1
Ecurie Maghreb	AAC	AAC 555	AAC 555	Louis Chiron	1
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari R560	Ferrari RS560	Juan Manuel Fangio	1
				Hermano da Silva Ramos	1
				Paco Godia	1
				Tony Bettenhausen	1
				Phil Hill	1
British Commonwealth Motorsport Association	B.C.M.A.	B.C.M.A. C-01	B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin	Peter Collins	1
				Tony Brooks	1
				Mike Hawthorn	1
Escuderia Hernandez	Cooper-Gordini	Cooper T41	Gordini G258/A	Carlos Menditéguy	1
Asso di Fiori	O.S.C.A.	O.S.C.A. F156A	O.S.C.A. 1500S-56	Onofre Marimón	1
Jonkheer Gijsbert van Loon	Guidobaldi-Loonmotor	Guidobaldi FG01	Loonmotor SAMC-1A	Hans Tak	1
Hampshire Racing Alliance	Vanwall	Vanwall VW56	Vanwall 254	David Hampshire	1
British Racing Motors	BRM	BRM P25	BRM P25	Ron Flockhart	1
	AAC	AAC 555	AAC 555	Paul Frère	1
				Jean Behra	1
Reatherson Racing Developments	Ferrari	Ferrari R560	Ferrari RS560	Cesare Perdisa	1

Grands Prix

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Constructor	Entrant
1	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	13 May	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	Desmond Titterington	Lancia	Irish Racing Association
2	French Grand Prix	Rouen-les-Essarts	3 June
3	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	17 June
4	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	8 July
5	East German Grand Prix	Rostocker Osthafenkurs	5 August
6	Irish Grand Prix	Wicklow Circuit	23 September
7	Scottish Grand Prix	Holyroodhouse	30 September
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	7 October
9	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	28 October
10	Thai Grand Prix	Bangkok Street Circuit	2 December

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	MON	FRA Template:FRA	BEL Template:BEL	GER	GDR	IRL	SCO	GBR Template:GBR	ITA	THA	Pts.
1	Template:GBR Desmond Titterington	1										9
2	Template:GBR Peter Collins	2										6
3	Juan Manuel Fangio	3										4
4	Template:FRA Robert Manzon	4										3
5	Template:GBR Duncan Hamilton	5										2
6	José Froilán González	6										1
-	Dries van der Lof	Ret										0
-	Template:GBR Tony Brooks	Ret										0
-	B. Bira	Ret										0
-	Tony Bettenhausen	Ret										0
-	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Ret										0
-	Phil Hill	Ret										0
-	Template:GBR Mike Hawthorn	Ret										0
-	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Ret										0
-	Template:FRA Maurice Trintignant	Ret										0
-	Paco Godia	Ret										0
-	Template:GBR Stirling Moss	Ret										0
-	Template:GBR Peter Whitehead	Ret										0
-	Eugenio Castellotti	Ret										0
-	Consalvo Sanesi	Ret										0
-	Onofre Marimón	DNQ										0
-	Template:GBR Cliff Allison	DNQ										0
-	Maria Teresa de Filippis	DNQ										0
-	Dorino Serafini	DNQ										0
-	Cesare Perdisa	DNQ										0
-	Template:GBR David Hampshire	DNQ										0
-	Carlos Menditéguy	DNQ										0
-	Template:GBR Stuart Lewis-Evans	DNQ										0
-	Template:BEL Lucien Bianchi	DNPQ										0
-	Louis Chiron	DNPQ										0
-	Gerino Gerini	DNPQ										0
-	Template:GBR Ron Flockhart	DNPQ										0
-	Template:BEL Paul Frère	DNPQ										0
-	Template:FRA Jean Behra	DNPQ										0
-	Hans Tak	DNPQ										0

Constructors' championship

Pos.	Constructor	MON	FRA Template:FRA	BEL Template:BEL	GER	GDR	IRL	SCO	GBR Template:GBR	ITA	THA	Pts.

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