1956 Alternate Formula One season

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
Template:GBR Team Lotus	Lotus-BCMA	Lotus 10	BCMA A/AS Griffin	B. Bira	1-2, 4-6
				Dries van der Lof	1-2
				Template:FRA Maurice Trintignant	1-2, 4-6
				Template:GBR Colin Chapman	5-6
Irish Racing Cars	Lancia	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50	Template:GBR Desmond Titterington	1-6
				Template:GBR Duncan Hamilton	1-2, 6
				Template:GBR Stuart Lewis-Evans	3
				Hans Herrmann	4
				Joe Flynn	6
	Lancia-Climax		Coventry Climax FPF IV	Template:GBR Stuart Lewis-Evans	2
Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili	OSCA	OSCA. F156A	OSCA 1500S-56	Template:FRA Robert Manzon	1-2
				Template:GBR Stirling Moss	1-6
				José Froilán González	1-6
				Template:GBR Peter Whitehead	1-5
				Template:SUI Ottorino Volonterio	3-6
				Tony Bettenhausen	6
Scuderia Adriatica	Ferrari	Ferrari R560	Ferrari RS560	Gerino Gerini	1-5
				Dorino Serafini	1-5
Template:FRA Alexander Racing Team-Gordini	Gordini	Gordini Type 56	Gordini G258/A	Consalvo Sanesi	1-6
				Template:AUS Jack Brabham	1-6
				Eugenio Castellotti	1-6
				Template:FRA André Simon	5
				Redmond Gallagher	6
		Gordini G-593	Gordini ART-004	Jo Bonnier	5-6
				Template:BEL André Milhoux	5
Template:GBR Coventry Climax	Lancia-Climax	Lancia D50	Coventry Climax FPF IV	Template:GBR Stuart Lewis-Evans	1
Template:GBR 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
Template:GBR Vandervell Products Ltd.	Vanwall	Vanwall VW56	Vanwall 254	Template:GBR Cliff Allison	1-3
				Template:GBR Jack Fairman	4
				Template:GBR Les Leston	6
Officine Alfieri Maserati	Cooper-Maserati	Cooper T41	Maserati 56A	Template:BEL 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		Template:FRA 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
				Template:AUS Tony Gaze	3-4, 6
Template:GBR British Commonwealth Motorsport Association	BCMA	BCMA C-01	BCMA A/AS Griffin	Template:GBR Peter Collins	1-4, 6
				Template:GBR Tony Brooks	1-4, 6
				Template:GBR Mike Hawthorn	1-4, 6
	BCMA-Bentley	BCMA C-01.EX	Bentley 84-1	Template:GBR Paul Wade Arbuthnott	5
				Template:GBR John Laurence Berwick	5
				Template:GBR 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	Template:BEL 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
Template:GBR Hampshire Racing Alliance	Vanwall	Vanwall VW56	Vanwall 254	Template:GBR David Hampshire	1-3, 5-6
	Vanwall-OSCA		OSCA 1500S-56	Template:GBR Roy Salvadori	2-3, 5-6
Template:GBR British Racing Motors	BRM	BRM P25	BRM P25	Template:GBR Ron Flockhart	1-2, 4-6
				Template:BEL Paul Frère	3-5
	AAC	AAC 555	AAC 555		1-2
				Template:GBR Ron Flockhart	3
				Template:FRA 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
Template:FRA Ecurie Rosier	Gordini	Gordini G-953	Gordini ART-004	Template:FRA Louis Rosier	2
Template:FRA Ecurie Voeckler	Gordini	Gordini Type 56	Gordini G258/A	Template:FRA 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
Template:GBR Halford Auto Racing Team	Vanwall	Vanwall VW56	Vanwall 254	Template:GBR Bruce Halford	3-5
				Bill Lacy	6
		Vanwall VW55		Template:BEL André Milhoux	3
				Wolfgang Seidel	4
				Manfred von Brauchitsch	5
				Template:GBR Bruce Halford	6
Template:GBR Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T41	Coventry Climax FPF I	Template:BEL Olivier Gendebien	3-4
			Coventry Climax FPF IV	Template:GBR Reg Parnell	6
	Cooper-Maserati		Maserati 56A		4
				Harry Schell	4, 6
Template:FRA Automobiles Deustch et Bonnet	DB	DB 01	DB 84-1	Template:BEL 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
Template:GBR Brown Racing Enterprises	Aston Martin-Jaguar	Aston Martin AM-04	Jaguar JFE-2	Template:GBR "Michael Naysmith"	5
				Template:GBR "Martin Drummond"	5
				Template:FRA Maurice Trintignant	5
Template:GBR Ecurie Ecosse	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T41	Coventry Climax FPF IV	Template:GBR David Murray	6
Cecil Vard	OSCA	OSCA F156A	OSCA 1500S-56	Cecil Vard	6
Template:GBR Owen Racing Organisation	OSCA-BRM	OSCA F156A	BRM P25	Template:GBR Jack Fairman	6
Template:GBR Connaught Engineering	Connaught-Climax	Connaught Type B	Coventry Climax FPF IV	Template:GBR Stuart Lewis-Evans	6
				Template:GBR Bob Gerard	6

Grands Prix

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Constructor	Entrant
1	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	13 May	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:GBR Desmond Titterington	Lancia	Irish Racing Cars
2	Template:FRA French Grand Prix	Rouen-les-Essarts	3 June	Template:GBR Peter Collins	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:FRA Gordini	Template:FRA Alexander Racing Team-Gordini
3	Template:BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	17 June	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Template:FRA Gordini	Template:FRA Alexander Racing Team-Gordini
4	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	8 July	Template:GBR Peter Collins	B. Bira	Consalvo Sanesi	Template:FRA Gordini	Template:FRA Alexander Racing Team-Gordini
5	East German Grand Prix	Rostocker Osthafenkurs	5 August	Template:GBR Desmond Titterington	Template:GBR Desmond Titterington	Template:GBR Desmond Titterington	Lancia	Irish Racing Cars
6	Irish Grand Prix	Wicklow Circuit	23 September	Template:GBR Peter Collins	Template:GBR Peter Collins	Template:GBR Tony Brooks	Template:GBR B.C.M.A.	Template:GBR British Commonwealth Motorsport Association
7	Scottish Grand Prix	Holyroodhouse	30 September
8	Template:GBR 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	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret					18
=	Template:AUS Jack Brabham	Ret	1	1	Ret	Ret	Ret					18
3	Consalvo Sanesi	Ret	3	Ret	1	DNQ	Ret					13
4	Template:GBR Tony Brooks	Ret	Ret	Ret	4		1					12
5	Template:GBR Stirling Moss	Ret	9	3	Ret	Ret	2					10
6	B. Bira	Ret	5		2	Ret	Ret					8
7	José Froilán González	6	6	Ret	3	Ret	5					8
8	Eugenio Castellotti	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	6					7
9	Template:SUI Ottorino Volonterio			2	6	Ret	Ret					7
10	Template:GBR Peter Collins	2	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret					6
11	Heinz Melkus					2						6
12	Template:AUS Tony Gaze			5	Ret		3					6
13	Juan Manuel Fangio	3	12	6	Ret		Ret					5
14	Template:FRA Maurice Trintignant	Ret	Ret		5	Ret	4					5
15	Template:BEL Paul Frère	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNQ	3						4
16	Template:GBR Peter Whitehead	Ret	4	7	Ret	DNQ						3
17	Paco Godia	Ret	Ret	4	Ret		Ret					3
18	Template:FRA Robert Manzon	4	Ret									3
19	Vasiliy Kuznetsov					4						3
20	Template:GBR Duncan Hamilton	5	Ret			DNP	Ret					2
-	Template:GBR Mike Hawthorn	Ret	7	Ret	Ret		Ret					0
-	Masten Gregory				7	Ret						0
-	Template:GBR Reg Parnell				Ret		7					0
-	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Ret	8	Ret	Ret							0
-	Template:BEL Lucien Bianchi	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	8	Ret						0
-	Giulio Cabianca		Ret	8			Ret					0
-	Redmond Gallagher						8					0
-	Template:GBR Cliff Allison	DNQ	10	9								0
-	Gerino Gerini	DNPQ	Ret	13	9	DNQ						0
-	Harry Schell				Ret		9					0
-	Onofre Marimón	DNQ	13	10								0
-	Template:BEL Gilberte Thirion				DNQ		10					0
-	Giorgio Scarlatti				10							0
-	Tony Bettenhausen	Ret	11		Ret		Ret					0
-	Template:BEL Olivier Gendebien			11	Ret							0
-	Jo Bonnier					Ret	11					0
-	Template:GBR Stuart Lewis-Evans	DNQ	Ret	12			Ret					0
-	Cecil Vard						12					0
-	Template:GBR Bob Gerard						13					0
-	Template:GBR Bruce Halford			14	Ret	DNQ	DNQ					0
-	Umberto Maglioli		Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret					0
-	Template:GBR David Hampshire	DNQ	DNQ	Ret		Ret	Ret					0
-	Theo Fitzau		DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret						0
-	Template:FRA André Simon		Ret	Ret		Ret						0
-	Dorino Serafini	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ						0
-	Maria Teresa de Filippis	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret		DNQ					0
-	Template:GBR Roy Salvadori		DNQ	Ret		DNQ	Ret					0
-	Alfonso de Portago		DNQ	Ret		Ret						0
-	Dries van der Lof	Ret	Ret									0
-	Phil Hill	Ret		Ret								0
-	Template:GBR Jack Fairman				Ret		Ret					0
-	Template:GBR Colin Chapman					DNS	Ret					0
-	Template:GBR Ron Flockhart	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ					0
-	Cesare Perdisa	DNQ			Ret							0
-	Template:BEL André Milhoux			DNQ		Ret						0
-	Template:FRA Jean Behra	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret								0
-	Hans Herrmann				Ret							0
-	Wolfgang Seidel				Ret							0
-	Manfred von Brauchitsch					Ret						0
-	Jaroslav Vlcek					Ret						0
-	Joe Flynn						Ret					0
-	Template:GBR Les Leston						Ret					0
-	Bill Lacy						Ret					0
-	Template:GBR "Michael Naysmith"					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
-	Mikhail Metelev					DNQ						0
-	Template:GBR Paul Wade Arbuthnott					DNQ						0
-	Günter Lenssen					DNQ						0
-	Template:GBR John Laurence Berwick					DNQ						0
-	Willy Lehmann					DNQ						0
-	Edgar Barth					DNQ						0
-	Pavel Baranov					DNQ						0
-	Template:FRA André Guelfi					DNQ						0
-	Template:GBR Thornton Arrowsmith Wellesley					DNQ						0
-	Template:GBR "Martin Drummond"					DNQ						0
-	Template:GBR David Murray						DNQ					0
-	Hans Tak	DNPQ										0
-	Template:FRA Louis Rosier		DNPQ									0

Constructors' championship

Pos.	Constructor	MON	FRA Template:FRA	BEL Template:BEL	GER	GDR	IRL	SCO	GBR Template:GBR	ITA	THA	Pts.
1	Template:FRA 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	Template:GBR BCMA	2	7	Ret	4							9
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
5	Template:GBR 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	Template:GBR BRM	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNQ	3						4
					DNQ	Ret
9	GAZ					4						3
-	Template:GBR Cooper-Maserati	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	8	Ret						0
				Ret	Ret
					Ret
-	Template:GBR 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
-	Template:GBR Cooper-Climax			11	Ret							0
-	OSCA-Porsche	DNQ	DNQ		Ret							0
-	Template:GBR Vanwall-OSCA		DNQ	Ret		DNQ						0
-	JK Mono-Tatra					Ret						0
						DNQ
-	Lancia-Climax	DNQ	Ret									0
-	Template:GBR Aston-Martin-Jaguar					Ret						0
						DNQ
-	AAC-BRM			Ret								0
-	Template:GBR Cooper-Bentley					DNS						0
-	Template:GBR BCMA-Bentley					DNQ						0
						DNQ
						DNQ
-	Template:FRA DB				DNQ	DNQ						0
-	Template:FRA Guidobaldi-Loonmotor	DNPQ	DNQ									0
		DNPQ	DNQ
-	Template:GBR Cooper-Gordini	DNQ										0
-	AAC-OSCA				DNQ							0
-	Kharkov					DNQ						0
-	JK Mono-Wartburg					DNQ						0

Entrants' championship

Pos.	Entrant	MON	FRA Template:FRA	BEL Template:BEL	GER	GDR	IRL	SCO	GBR Template:GBR	ITA	THA	Pts.
1	Template:FRA Alexander Racing Team-Gordini	Ret	1	1	1	Ret	6					28
		Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	8
		Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	11
						Ret	Ret
						Ret	Ret
						DNQ
2	Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili	4	4	2	3	Ret	2					25
		6	6	3	6	Ret	5
		Ret	9	7	Ret	Ret	Ret
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
3	Irish Racing Cars	1	Ret	12	Ret	1	Ret					18
		5	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNP	Ret
			Ret				Ret
4	Template:GBR British Commonwealth Motorsport Association	2	7	Ret	4	DNQ	1					18
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret
5	Template:GBR Team Lotus	Ret	5		2	Ret	4					11
		Ret	Ret		5	DNS	Ret
		Ret	Ret			DNQ	Ret
6	Scuderia Ferrari	3	8	4	Ret		3					11
		Ret	11	5	Ret		Ret
		Ret	12	6	Ret		Ret
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret
		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret
7	Escuderia Hernandez	DNQ		Ret	Ret	2	10					6
						DNQ
8	Template:GBR British Racing Motors	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNQ	3	DNQ					4
		DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret
		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ
9	State Committee for Sports and Body Culture of USSR					4						3
						DNQ
						DNQ
-	Template:GBR Cooper Car Company			11	Ret		7					0
					Ret		9
					Ret
-	Scuderia Centro Sud			Ret	7	Ret						0
				DNQ	10	Ret
-	Reatherson Racing Developments	DNQ	Ret	8	Ret		Ret					0
-	Officine Alfieri Maserati	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	8	Ret						0
-	Template:GBR Vandervell Products Ltd.	DNQ	10	9	Ret		Ret					0
-	Scuderia Adriatica	DNQ	Ret	13	9	DNQ						0
		DNPQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ
-	Asso di Fiori	DNQ	13	10	DNP							0
-	Cecil Vard						12					0
-	Template:GBR Connaught Engineering						13					0
							Ret
-	Template:GBR Halford Auto Racing Team			14	Ret	Ret	Ret					0
				DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ
-	Template:GBR Hampshire Racing Alliance	DNQ	DNQ	Ret		Ret	Ret					0
			DNQ	Ret		DNQ	Ret
-	MSG Köthen		DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret						0
-	Template:GBR Brits Under No European Legislation	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret		DNQ					0
-	Template:FRA Ecurie Voeckler		Ret	Ret								0
-	Template:GBR Brown Racing Enterprises					Ret						0
						DNQ
-	Julius Kubinsky					Ret						0
						DNQ
-	Template:GBR Owen Racing Organization						Ret					0
-	Claus-Simmon Schlusser					DNS						0
-	Ecurie Maghreb	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ						0
-	Template:FRA Automobiles Deustch et Bonnet				DNQ	DNQ						0
-	Template:GBR Ecurie Ecosse						DNQ					0
-	Jonkheer Gijsbert van Loon	DNPQ										0
-	Template:FRA Ecurie Rosier		DNPQ									0

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