Difference between revisions of "1956 Alternate Formula One season"

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The 1956 Formula One season was the seventh in the history of Formula One. It was notable for the deaths of Dries van der Lof and 7 spectators at the French Grand Prix, as well as that of André Milhoux at the East German Grand Prix.

Teams and Drivers

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Driver	Rounds
Team Lotus	Lotus-BCMA	Lotus 10	BCMA A/AS Griffin	B. Bira	1-2, 4-6
				Dries van der Lof	1-2
				Maurice Trintignant	1-2, 4-6
				Colin Chapman	5-6
Irish Racing Cars	Lancia	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50	Desmond Titterington	1-6
				Duncan Hamilton	1-2, 6
				Stuart Lewis-Evans	3
				Hans Herrmann	4
				Joe Flynn	6
	Lancia-Climax		Coventry Climax FPF IV	Stuart Lewis-Evans	2
Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili	OSCA	OSCA. F156A	OSCA 1500S-56	Robert Manzon	1-2
				Stirling Moss	1-5
				José Froilán González	1-5
				Peter Whitehead	1-5
				Ottorino Volonterio	3-5
Scuderia Adriatica	Ferrari	Ferrari R560	Ferrari RS560	Gerino Gerini	1-5
				Dorino Serafini	1-5
Alexander Racing Team-Gordini	Gordini	Gordini Type 56	Gordini G258/A	Consalvo Sanesi	1-6
				Jack Brabham	1-6
				Eugenio Castellotti	1-6
				André Simon	5
				Redmond Gallagher	6
		Gordini G-593	Gordini ART-004	Jo Bonnier	5-6
				André Milhoux	5
Coventry Climax	Lancia-Climax	Lancia D50	Coventry Climax FPF IV	Stuart Lewis-Evans	1
Brits Under No European Legislation	OSCA-Porsche	OSCA F154	Porsche 755	Maria Teresa de Filippis	1-2, 4
	Cooper-Maserati	Cooper T41	Maserati 56A		3
	OSCA-Jaguar	OSCA F154	Jaguar JFE-2		6
Vandervell Products Ltd.	Vanwall	Vanwall VW56	Vanwall 254	Cliff Allison	1-3
				Jack Fairman	4
				Les Leston	6
Officine Alfieri Maserati	Cooper-Maserati	Cooper T41	Maserati 56A	Lucien Bianchi	1-5
Ecurie Maghreb	AAC	AAC 555	AAC 555	Louis Chiron	1-3
	AAC-OSCA	AAC 555	OSCA 156s		4
	OSCA	OSCA F156A		André Guelfi	5
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari R560	Ferrari RS560	Juan Manuel Fangio	1-4, 6
				Hermano da Silva Ramos	1-4
				Paco Godia	1-4, 6
				Tony Bettenhausen	1-2, 4
				Phil Hill	1, 3
				Umberto Maglioli	2, 6
				Tony Gaze	3-4, 6
British Commonwealth Motorsport Association	BCMA	BCMA C-01	BCMA A/AS Griffin	Peter Collins	1-4, 6
				Tony Brooks	1-4, 6
				Mike Hawthorn	1-4, 6
	BCMA-Bentley	BCMA C-01.EX	Bentley 84-1	Paul Wade Arbuthnott	5
				John Laurence Berwick	5
				Thornton Arrowsmith Wellesley	5
Escuderia Hernandez	Cooper-Gordini	Cooper T41	Gordini G258/A	Carlos Menditéguy	1
	Hernandez	Hernandez Tipo 56	Hernandez H258/A	Umberto Maglioli	3-4
				Heinz Melkus	5
	Lancia	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50	Edgar Barth	5
	OSCA-Hernandez	OSCA F156A	Hernandez H258/A	Gilberte Thirion	6
Asso di Fiori	OSCA	OSCA F156A	OSCA 1500S-56	Onofre Marimón	1-3
Jonkheer Gijsbert van Loon	Guidobaldi-Loonmotor	Guidobaldi FG01	Loonmotor SAMC-1A	Hans Tak	1
Hampshire Racing Alliance	Vanwall	Vanwall VW56	Vanwall 254	David Hampshire	1-3, 5
	Vanwall-OSCA		OSCA 1500S-56	Roy Salvadori	2-3, 5
British Racing Motors	BRM	BRM P25	BRM P25	Ron Flockhart	1-2, 4-5
				Paul Frère	3-5
	AAC	AAC 555	AAC 555		1-2, 6
				Ron Flockhart	3, 6
				Paul Emery	6
				Jean Behra	1-2
	AAC-BRM	AAC 555	BRM P25		3
Reatherson Racing Developments	Ferrari	Ferrari R560	Ferrari RS560	Cesare Perdisa	1, 4
				Giulio Cabianca	2-3, 6
MSG Köthen	OSCA	OSCA F156A	OSCA 1500S-56	Theo Fitzau	2-5
Equipo Castelldefels	Guidobaldi-Loonmotor	Guidobaldi FG01	Loonmotor SAMC-1A	Alfonso de Portago	2
				Luigi Musso	2
Ecurie Rosier	Gordini	Gordini G-953	Gordini ART-004	Louis Rosier	2
Ecurie Voeckler	Gordini	Gordini Type 56	Gordini G258/A	André Simon	2-3
Scuderia Centro Sud	OSCA	OSCA F156A	OSCA 1500S-56	Luigi Villoresi	3
				Masten Gregory	4-5
				Alfonso de Portago	5
	Lancia	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50		3
	AAC	AAC 555	AAC 555	Giorgio Scarlatti	4
Halford Auto Racing Team	Vanwall	Vanwall VW56	Vanwall 254	Bruce Halford	3-5
				Bill Lacy	6
		Vanwall VW55		André Milhoux	3
				Wolfgang Seidel	4
				Manfred von Brauchitsch	5
				Bruce Halford	6
Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T41	Coventry Climax FPF I	Olivier Gendebien	3-4
			Coventry Climax FPF IV	Reg Parnell	6
	Cooper-Maserati		Maserati 56A		4
				Harry Schell	4, 6
Automobiles Deustch et Bonnet	DB	DB 01	DB 84-1	Gilberte Thirion	4
				Günter Lenssen	5
Julius Kubinsky	JK Mono-Tatra	JK Mono 3000	Tatra F1 V8	Jaroslav Vlcek	5
	JK Mono-Wartburg	JK Mono IV	Wartburg 310	Willy Lehmann	5
Claus-Simmon Schlusser	Cooper-Bentley	Cooper T40	Bentley 163-1	Spider Webb	5
State Committee for Sports and Body Culture of USSR	JK Mono-Tatra	JK Mono 3000	Tatra F1 V8	Mikhail Metelev	5
	Kharkov	Kharkov F1	Kharkov F1	Pavel Baranov	5
	GAZ	GAZ M550	GAZ M550	Vasiliy Kuznetzov	5
Brown Racing Enterprises	Aston Martin-Jaguar	Aston Martin AM-04	Jaguar JFE-2	"Michael Naysmith"	5
				"Martin Drummond"	5
				Maurice Trintignant	5
Ecurie Ecosse	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T41	Coventry Climax FPF IV	David Murray	6
Cecil Vard	OSCA	OSCA F156A	OSCA 1500S-56	Cecil Vard	6
Owen Racing Organisation	OSCA-BRM	OSCA F156A	BRM P25	Jack Fairman	6

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 Cars
2	French Grand Prix	Rouen-les-Essarts	3 June	Peter Collins	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	Gordini	Alexander Racing Team-Gordini
3	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	17 June	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	Gordini	Alexander Racing Team-Gordini
4	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	8 July	Peter Collins	B. Bira	Consalvo Sanesi	Gordini	Alexander Racing Team-Gordini
5	East German Grand Prix	Rostocker Osthafenkurs	5 August	Desmond Titterington	Desmond Titterington	Desmond Titterington	Lancia	Irish Racing Cars
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	BEL	GER	GDR	IRL	SCO	GBR	ITA	THA	Pts.
1	Jack Brabham	Ret	1	1	Ret	Ret						18
=	Desmond Titterington	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	1						18
3	Consalvo Sanesi	Ret	3	Ret	1	DNQ						13
4	B. Bira	Ret	5		2	Ret						8
5	Ottorino Volonterio			2	6	Ret						7
6	Eugenio Castellotti	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret						6
7	Peter Collins	2	Ret	Ret	Ret							6
8	Heinz Melkus					2						6
9	José Froilán González	6	6	Ret	3	Ret						6
10	Juan Manuel Fangio	3	12	6	Ret							5
11	Stirling Moss	Ret	9	3	Ret	Ret						4
12	Paul Frère	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNQ	3						4
13	Peter Whitehead	Ret	4	7	Ret	DNQ						3
14	Paco Godia	Ret	Ret	4	Ret							3
=	Tony Brooks	Ret	Ret	Ret	4							3
16	Robert Manzon	4	Ret									3
17	Vasiliy Kuznetsov					4						3
18	Maurice Trintignant	Ret	Ret		5	Ret						2
19	Duncan Hamilton	5	Ret			DNP						2
=	Tony Gaze			5	Ret							2
-	Mike Hawthorn	Ret	7	Ret	Ret							0
-	Masten Gregory				7	Ret						0
-	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Ret	8	Ret	Ret							0
-	Lucien Bianchi	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	8	Ret						0
-	Giulio Cabianca		Ret	8								0
-	Cliff Allison	DNQ	10	9								0
-	Gerino Gerini	DNPQ	Ret	13	9	DNQ						0
-	Onofre Marimón	DNQ	13	10								0
-	Giorgio Scarlatti				10							0
-	Tony Bettenhausen	Ret	11		Ret							0
-	Olivier Gendebien			11	Ret							0
-	Stuart Lewis-Evans	DNQ	Ret	12								0
-	Bruce Halford			14	Ret	DNQ						0
-	Theo Fitzau		DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret						0
-	Umberto Maglioli		Ret	Ret	Ret							0
-	André Simon		Ret	Ret		Ret						0
-	Dorino Serafini	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ						0
-	Maria Teresa de Filippis	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret							0
-	David Hampshire	DNQ	DNQ	Ret		Ret						0
-	Alfonso de Portago		DNQ	Ret		Ret						0
-	Dries van der Lof	Ret	Ret									0
-	Phil Hill	Ret		Ret								0
-	Ron Flockhart	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret						0
-	Roy Salvadori		DNQ	Ret		DNQ						0
-	Cesare Perdisa	DNQ			Ret							0
-	André Milhoux			DNQ		Ret						0
-	Jean Behra	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret								0
-	Hans Herrmann				Ret							0
-	Jack Fairman				Ret							0
-	Reg Parnell				Ret							0
-	Wolfgang Seidel				Ret							0
-	Harry Schell				Ret							0
-	Manfred von Brauchitsch					Ret						0
-	Jo Bonnier					Ret						0
-	Jaroslav Vlcek					Ret						0
-	"Michael Naysmith"					DNS						0
-	Colin Chapman					DNS						0
-	Spider Webb					DNS						0
-	Louis Chiron	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ							0
-	Carlos Menditéguy	DNQ										0
-	Luigi Musso		DNQ									0
-	Luigi Villoresi			DNQ								0
-	Gilberte Thirion				DNQ							0
-	Mikhail Metelev					DNQ						0
-	Paul Wade Arbuthnott					DNQ						0
-	Günter Lenssen					DNQ						0
-	John Laurence Berwick					DNQ						0
-	Willy Lehmann					DNQ						0
-	Edgar Barth					DNQ						0
-	Pavel Baranov					DNQ						0
-	André Guelfi					DNQ						0
-	Thornton Arrowsmith Wellesley					DNQ						0
-	"Martin Drummond"					DNQ						0
-	Hans Tak	DNPQ										0
-	Louis Rosier		DNPQ									0

Constructors' championship

Pos.	Constructor	MON	FRA	BEL	GER	GDR	IRL	SCO	GBR	ITA	THA	Pts.
1	Gordini	Ret	1	1	1	Ret						27
		Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret
		Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret
			Ret	Ret		Ret
			DNPQ			Ret
						DNQ
2	Lancia	1	Ret	12	Ret	1						18
		5	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ
				Ret		DNP
3	OSCA	4	4	2	3	Ret						16
		6	6	3	6	Ret
		Ret	9	7	7	Ret
		Ret	13	10	Ret	Ret
		DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
			DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret
				DNQ	DNP	DNQ
4	BCMA	2	7	Ret	4							9
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
5	Lotus-BCMA	Ret	5		2	Ret						8
		Ret	Ret		5	DNS
		Ret	Ret			DNQ
6	Ferrari	3	8	4	9	DNQ						7
		Ret	11	5	Ret	DNQ
		Ret	12	6	Ret
		Ret	Ret	8	Ret
		Ret	Ret	13	Ret
		DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret
		DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret
		DNPQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret
7	Hernandez			Ret	Ret	2						6
8	BRM	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNQ	3						4
					DNQ	Ret
9	GAZ					4						3
-	Cooper-Maserati	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	8	Ret						0
				Ret	Ret
					Ret
-	Vanwall	DNQ	10	9	Ret	Ret						0
		DNQ	DNQ	14	Ret	Ret
				Ret		DNQ
				DNQ	Ret
-	AAC	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	10							0
		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ
		DNPQ	DNPQ
-	Cooper-Climax			11	Ret							0
-	OSCA-Porsche	DNQ	DNQ		Ret							0
-	Vanwall-OSCA		DNQ	Ret		DNQ						0
-	JK Mono-Tatra					Ret						0
						DNQ
-	Lancia-Climax	DNQ	Ret									0
-	Aston-Martin-Jaguar					Ret						0
						DNQ
-	AAC-BRM			Ret								0
-	Cooper-Bentley					DNS						0
-	BCMA-Bentley					DNQ						0
						DNQ
						DNQ
-	DB				DNQ	DNQ						0
-	Guidobaldi-Loonmotor	DNPQ	DNQ									0
		DNPQ	DNQ
-	Cooper-Gordini	DNQ										0
-	AAC-OSCA				DNQ							0
-	Kharkov					DNQ						0
-	JK Mono-Wartburg					DNQ						0

Entrants' championship

Pos.	Entrant	MON	FRA	BEL	GER	GDR	IRL	SCO	GBR	ITA	THA	Pts.
1	Alexander Racing Team-Gordini	Ret	1	1	1	Ret						27
		Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret
		Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret
						Ret
						Ret
						DNQ
2	Irish Racing Cars	1	Ret	12	Ret	1						18
		5	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNP
			Ret
3	Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili	4	4	2	3	Ret						16
		6	6	3	6	Ret
		Ret	9	7	Ret	Ret
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
4	British Commonwealth Motorsport Association	2	7	Ret	4	DNQ						9
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ
5	Team Lotus	Ret	5		2	Ret						8
		Ret	Ret		5	DNS
		Ret	Ret			DNQ
6	Scuderia Ferrari	3	8	4	Ret							7
		Ret	11	5	Ret
		Ret	12	6	Ret
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
7	Escuderia Hernandez	DNQ		Ret	Ret	2						6
						DNQ
8	British Racing Motors	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNQ	3						4
		DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret
		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ
9	State Committee for Sports and Body Culture of USSR					4						3
						DNQ
						DNQ
-	Scuderia Centro Sud			Ret	7	Ret						0
				DNQ	10	Ret
-	Reatherson Racing Developments	DNQ	Ret	8	Ret							0
-	Officine Alfieri Maserati	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	8	Ret						0
-	Vandervell Products Ltd.	DNQ	10	9	Ret							0
-	Scuderia Adriatica	DNQ	Ret	13	9	DNQ						0
		DNPQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ
-	Asso di Fiori	DNQ	13	10	DNP							0
-	Cooper Car Company			11	Ret							0
					Ret
					Ret
-	Halford Auto Racing Team			14	Ret	Ret						0
				DNQ	Ret	DNQ
-	Hampshire Racing Alliance	DNQ	DNQ	Ret		Ret						0
			DNQ	Ret		DNQ
-	MSG Köthen		DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret						0
-	Brits Under No European Legislation	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret							0
-	Ecurie Voeckler		Ret	Ret								0
-	Brown Racing Enterprises					Ret						0
						DNQ
-	Julius Kubinsky					Ret						0
						DNQ
-	Claus-Simmon Schlusser					DNS						0
-	Ecurie Maghreb	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ						0
-	Automobiles Deustch et Bonnet				DNQ	DNQ						0
-	Jonkheer Gijsbert van Loon	DNPQ										0
-	Ecurie Rosier		DNPQ									0