The 1956 Formula One season was the seventh in the history of Formula One that saw Jack Brabham take his second World Driver's Championship. The season was one of the most tragic in history, being marred by the deaths of Dries van der Lof and 8 spectators at the French Grand Prix, as well as that of André Milhoux at the East German Grand Prix, and those of Tony Brooks and Paco Godia at the Scottish Grand Prix. The calendar was increased to 10 events, culminating in the first Thai Grand Prix.
Teams and Drivers
Entrant
|
Constructor
|
Chassis
|
Engine
|
Driver
|
Rounds
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Team Lotus
|
Lotus-B.C.M.A.
|
10
|
B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin 2.5 L6
|
B. Bira
|
1-2, 4-10
|
Dries van der Lof
|
1-2
|
Maurice Trintignant
|
1-2, 4-7
|
Colin Chapman
|
5-7
|
Masten Gregory
|
8-10
|
Lex Davison
|
8-10
|
Irish Racing Cars
|
Lancia
|
D50
|
Lancia DS50 2.5 V8
|
Desmond Titterington
|
1-9
|
Duncan Hamilton
|
1-2, 6-9
|
Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
3
|
Hans Herrmann
|
4
|
Joe Flynn
|
6-7
|
Bill Lacy
|
8
|
Lancia-Climax
|
Coventry Climax FPF IV 2.0 L4
|
Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
2
|
Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili
|
O.S.C.A.
|
F156A
|
O.S.C.A. 1500S-56 1.5 L4S
|
Robert Manzon
|
1-2, 9-10
|
Stirling Moss
|
All
|
José Froilán González
|
All
|
Peter Whitehead
|
1-5
|
Ottorino Volonterio
|
3-10
|
Tony Bettenhausen
|
6
|
Troy Ruttman
|
7-9
|
Scuderia Adriatica
|
Ferrari
|
R560
|
Ferrari RS560 2.5 L4
|
Gerino Gerini
|
1-9
|
Dorino Serafini
|
1-9
|
Alfa Romeo SpA
|
Alfa Romeo
|
AR161
|
Alfa Romeo AR2V8 1.5 V8
|
Giuseppe Farina
|
1
|
Tony Gaze
|
1
|
Porfirio Rubirosa
|
1
|
Alexander Racing Team-Gordini
|
Gordini
|
Type 56
|
Gordini G258/A 2.5 L8
|
Consalvo Sanesi
|
All
|
Jack Brabham
|
All
|
Eugenio Castellotti
|
1-9
|
André Simon
|
5
|
Redmond Gallagher
|
6-7
|
Jo Bonnier
|
8-9
|
G-593
|
Gordini ART-004 3.0 V6
|
5-7
|
André Milhoux
|
5
|
Redmond Gallagher
|
8
|
Coventry Climax
|
Lancia-Climax
|
D50
|
Coventry Climax FPF IV 2.0 L4
|
Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
1
|
Brits Under No European Legislation
|
O.S.C.A.-Porsche
|
F154
|
Porsche 755 1.5 L4
|
Maria Teresa de Filippis
|
1-2, 4, 7, 10
|
O.S.C.A.-Jaguar
|
Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12
|
6, 8
|
Cooper-Maserati
|
T41
|
Maserati 56A 2.5 V8
|
3
|
Cooper-Climax
|
Climax FPF IV 2.0 L4
|
9
|
Vandervell Products Ltd.
|
Vanwall
|
VW56
|
Vanwall 254 2.5 L4
|
Cliff Allison
|
1-3
|
Jack Fairman
|
4
|
Les Leston
|
6
|
Jim Russell
|
7-9
|
Officine Alfieri Maserati
|
Cooper-Maserati
|
T41
|
Maserati 56A 2.5 V8
|
Lucien Bianchi
|
1-5, 9
|
Ecurie Maghreb
|
AAC
|
555
|
AAC 555 2.5 L4
|
Louis Chiron
|
1-3
|
AAC-O.S.C.A.
|
AAC 555 2.5 L4
|
O.S.C.A. 156s
|
4
|
O.S.C.A.
|
F156A
|
André Guelfi
|
5, 7-9
|
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
R560
|
Ferrari RS560 2.5 L4
|
Juan Manuel Fangio
|
1-4, 6-8
|
Hermano da Silva Ramos
|
1-4
|
Paco Godia
|
1-4, 6-7
|
Tony Bettenhausen
|
1-2, 4
|
Phil Hill
|
1, 3
|
Umberto Maglioli
|
2, 6-10
|
Tony Gaze
|
3-4, 6-9
|
Giulio Cabianca
|
9
|
British Commonwealth Motorsport Association
|
B.C.M.A.
|
C-01
|
B.C.M.A. A/AS Griffin 2.5 L6
|
Peter Collins
|
1-4, 6-9
|
Tony Brooks
|
1-4, 6-7
|
Mike Hawthorn
|
1-4, 6-9
|
Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
8-9
|
B.C.M.A.-Bentley
|
C-01.EX
|
Bentley 84-1 0.5 V2
|
Paul Wade Arbuthnott
|
5
|
John Laurence Berwick
|
5
|
Thornton Arrowsmith Wellesley
|
5
|
Escuderia Hernandez
|
Cooper-Gordini
|
T41
|
Gordini G258/A 2.5 L8
|
Carlos Menditéguy
|
1
|
Hernandez
|
Tipo 56
|
Hernandez H258/A 2.5 L8
|
Umberto Maglioli
|
3-4
|
Heinz Melkus
|
5
|
Lancia
|
D50
|
Lancia DS50 2.5 V8
|
Edgar Barth
|
5
|
O.S.C.A.-Hernandez
|
F156A
|
Hernandez H258/A 2.5 L8
|
Gilberte Thirion
|
6-7, 9
|
Asso di Fiori
|
O.S.C.A.
|
F156A
|
O.S.C.A. 1500S-56 1.5 L4S
|
Onofre Marimón
|
1-3, 8-10
|
Jonkheer Gijsbert van Loon
|
Guidobaldi-Loonmotor
|
FG01
|
Loonmotor SAMC-1A 1.5 L8
|
Hans Tak
|
1
|
Guidobaldi-Mercedes
|
Mercedes-Benz UM153 4.5 V10
|
Jonkheer Gijsbert van Loon
|
1
|
Hampshire Racing Alliance
|
Vanwall
|
VW56
|
Vanwall 254 2.5 L4
|
David Hampshire
|
1-3, 5-9
|
Vanwall-O.S.C.A.
|
O.S.C.A. 1500S-56 1.5 L4S
|
Roy Salvadori
|
1-3, 5-9
|
British Racing Motors
|
BRM
|
P25
|
BRM P25 2.5 L4
|
Ron Flockhart
|
1-2, 4-9
|
Paul Frère
|
3-5, 9
|
AAC
|
555
|
AAC 555 2.5 L4
|
1-2, 6-7
|
Ron Flockhart
|
3
|
Paul Emery
|
6
|
Tony Rolt
|
8
|
Jean Behra
|
1-2
|
AAC-BRM
|
555
|
BRM P25 2.5 L4
|
3
|
BRM-AAC
|
P25
|
AAC 555 2.5 L4
|
Paul Frère
|
8
|
Reatherson Racing Developments
|
Ferrari
|
R560
|
Ferrari RS560 2.5 L4
|
Cesare Perdisa
|
1, 4
|
Giulio Cabianca
|
2-3, 6, 8, 10
|
Juan Manuel Fangio
|
9
|
Ken Wharton
|
10
|
MSG Köthen
|
O.S.C.A.
|
F156A
|
O.S.C.A. 1500S-56 1.5 L4s
|
Theo Fitzau
|
2-5
|
Equipo Castelldefels
|
Guidobaldi-Loonmotor
|
FG01
|
Loonmotor SAMC-1A 1.5 L8
|
Alfonso de Portago
|
1-2
|
Luigi Musso
|
1-2
|
Écurie Rosier
|
Gordini
|
G-953
|
Gordini ART-004 3.0 V6
|
Louis Rosier
|
2
|
Écurie Voeckler
|
Gordini
|
Type 56
|
Gordini G258/A 2.5 L8
|
André Simon
|
2-3
|
Scuderia Centro Sud
|
O.S.C.A.
|
F156A
|
O.S.C.A. 1500S-56 1.5 L4S
|
Luigi Villoresi
|
3
|
Masten Gregory
|
4-5
|
Jean Behra
|
9
|
Alfonso de Portago
|
5
|
Lancia
|
D50
|
Lancia DS50 2.5 V8
|
3
|
Luigi Musso
|
9
|
AAC
|
555
|
AAC 555 2.5 L4
|
Giorgio Scarlatti
|
4
|
Halford Auto Racing Team
|
Vanwall
|
VW56
|
Vanwall 254 2.5 L4
|
Bruce Halford
|
3-5
|
Bill Lacy
|
6
|
Paul Emery
|
8
|
Ken Kavanagh
|
10
|
VW55
|
André Milhoux
|
3
|
Wolfgang Seidel
|
4
|
Manfred von Brauchitsch
|
5
|
Bruce Halford
|
6, 10
|
Paul Emery
|
7
|
Vanwall-Bentley
|
Bentley 16VL-1 3.0 V16
|
Bruce Halford
|
8
|
VW56
|
7
|
Cooper Car Company
|
Cooper-Climax
|
T41
|
Coventry Climax FPF I 2.0 L4
|
Olivier Gendebien
|
3-4
|
Coventry Climax FPF IV 2.0 L4
|
Reg Parnell
|
6-8
|
Cooper-Maserati
|
Maserati 56A 2.5 V8
|
4
|
Harry Schell
|
4, 6-7
|
Olivier Gendebien
|
8
|
Automobiles Deutsch et Bonnet
|
DB
|
01
|
DB 84-1 0.5 V2
|
Gilberte Thirion
|
4
|
Günter Lenssen
|
5
|
René Bonnet
|
9
|
Julius Kubinsky
|
JK Mono-Tatra
|
3000
|
Tatra F1 V8 3.0 V8
|
Jaroslav Vlcek
|
5
|
JK Mono-Wartburg
|
IV
|
Wartburg 310 1.5 L6s
|
Willy Lehmann
|
5
|
Claus-Simmon Schlusser
|
Cooper-Bentley
|
T40
|
Bentley 163-1 3.0 V16
|
Spider Webb
|
5
|
State Committee for Sports and Body Culture of USSR
|
JK Mono-Tatra
|
3000
|
Tatra F1 V8 3.0 V8
|
Mikhail Metelev
|
5
|
Kharkov
|
F1
|
Kharkov F1 2.0 L6
|
Pavel Baranov
|
5
|
GAZ
|
M550
|
GAZ M550 2.0 L4
|
Vasiliy Kuznetzov
|
5
|
OK01
|
GAZ M650 2.5 L4
|
7, 10
|
Brown Racing Enterprises
|
Aston Martin-Jaguar
|
AM-04
|
Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12
|
"Michael Naysmith"
|
5
|
"Martin Drummond"
|
5
|
Maurice Trintignant
|
5
|
Ecurie Ecosse
|
Cooper-Climax
|
T41
|
Coventry Climax FPF IV 2.0 L4
|
David Murray
|
6
|
Ninian Sanderson
|
7
|
Ivor Bueb
|
8
|
Cecil Vard
|
O.S.C.A.
|
F156A
|
O.S.C.A. 1500S-56 1.5 L4s
|
Cecil Vard
|
6
|
Owen Racing Organisation
|
O.S.C.A.-BRM
|
F156A
|
BRM P25 2.5 L4
|
Jack Fairman
|
6-7
|
O.S.C.A.-Vanwall
|
Vanwall 254 2.5 L4
|
8
|
Connaught Engineering
|
Connaught-Climax
|
Type B
|
Coventry Climax FPF IV 2.0 L4
|
Stuart Lewis-Evans
|
6-7
|
Bob Gerard
|
6-8
|
Cliff Allison
|
8
|
Horace Gould
|
Hernandez-Vanwall
|
Tipo 56
|
Vanwall 254 2.5 L4
|
Horace Gould
|
7
|
Scuderia Guastalla
|
AAC
|
555
|
AAC 555 2.5 L4
|
Piero Scotti
|
9
|
Giorgio Becucci
|
9
|
Cesare Perdisa
|
AAC
|
555
|
AAC 555 2.5 L4
|
Cesare Perdisa
|
9
|
Scuderia Arzani-Volpini
|
AAC
|
555
|
AAC 555 2.5 L4
|
Luigi Piotti
|
9
|
Equipe Anglaise
|
Cooper-Climax
|
T41
|
Coventry Climax FPF IV 2.0 L4
|
Helm Glöckler
|
9
|
Elie Bayol
|
Gordini
|
G-953
|
Gordini ART-004 3.0 V6
|
Elie Bayol
|
9
|
Berardo Taraschi
|
O.S.C.A.-AAC
|
F154
|
AAC 555 2.5 L4
|
Berardo Taraschi
|
9
|
Douglas Steane
|
Gordini
|
Type 56
|
Gordini G258/A 2.5 L8
|
Doug Steane
|
10
|
Écurie Pinoy
|
Gordini
|
G-953
|
Gordini ART-004 3.0 V6
|
Arsenio Laurel
|
10
|
Theodore Yip
|
Aston Martin-Jaguar
|
AM-04
|
Jaguar JFE-2 4.5 V12
|
Eduardo de Carvalho
|
10
|
Robert Ritchie
|
10
|
Juan Gálvez
|
Hernandez
|
Tipo 56
|
Hernandez H/258A 2.5 L8
|
Juan Gálvez
|
10
|
F.A.O. Gaze
|
Ferrari
|
R560
|
Ferrari RS560 2.5 L4
|
Tony Gaze
|
10
|
Sir Jeremy Boles
|
Cooper-DB
|
T40
|
DB 84-1 0.5 V2
|
John Riseley-Prichard
|
10
|
Grands Prix
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