1956 German Grand Prix

1956 German Grand Prix
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Nürburgring layout
Race details
Date	5 August 1956
Official name	XVIII Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany
Course	Permanent road course
Course length	22.810 km (14.173 miles)
Distance	22 laps, 501.820 km (311.806 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
Time	9:51.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
Time	9:41.6
Podium
First	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari
Second	Stirling Moss	Maserati
Third	Jean Behra	Maserati
Lap leaders

The 1956 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 5 August 1956 at Nürburgring. It was race 7 of 8 in the 1956 World Championship of Drivers.

Winner

Forty-five-year-old Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio won the race for Ferrari, and broke Hermann Lang's 17-year-old lap record, set in a Mercedes.

Attendees

Present at the event was 18-year old Juan Carlos, later King of Spain, in support of his relative Alfonso de Portago.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	9:51.2	—
2	5	Peter Collins	Ferrari	9:51.5	+0.3
3	4	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	9:54.4	+3.2
4	7	Stirling Moss	Maserati	10:03.4	+12.2
5	4	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	10:20.3	+29.1
6	8	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	10:21.0	+29.8
7	8	Umberto Maglioli	Maserati	10:26.7	+35.5
8	6	Jean Behra	Maserati	10:31.6	+40.4
9	16	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	10:32.4	+41.2
10	5	Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari	10:37.1	+45.9
11	21	Bruce Halford	Maserati	11:04.1	+1:12.9
12	12	Harry Schell	Maserati	11:16.5	+1:25.3
13	19	Horace Gould	Maserati	11:32.2	+1:41.0
14	15	Louis Rosier	Maserati	11:39.0	+1:47.8
15	10	Robert Manzon	Gordini	11:55.8	+2:04.6
16	20	Paco Godia	Maserati	11:57.6	+2:06.4
17	14	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari	13:05.2	+3:14.0
18	11	André Pilette	Gordini	13:31.0	+3:39.8
19	18	Luigi Piotti	Maserati	13:50.1	+3:58.9
20	22	Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati	14:17.1	+4:25.9
21	18	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati
22	11	André Milhoux	Gordini
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Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	22	3:38:43.7	1	91
2	7	Stirling Moss	Maserati	22	+46.4	4	6
3	6	Jean Behra	Maserati	22	+7:38.3	8	4
4	20	Paco Godia	Maserati	20	+2 Laps	16	3
5	15	Louis Rosier	Maserati	19	+3 Laps	14	2
DSQ	21	Bruce Halford	Maserati	20	Disqualified	11
NC	22	Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati	16	+6 Laps	19
Ret	11	André Milhoux	Gordini	15	Engine	21
Ret	5	Alfonso de Portago Peter Collins	Ferrari	14	Accident	10
Ret	18	Luigi Villoresi	Maserati	13	Engine	20
Ret	12	Harry Schell	Maserati	13	Overheating	12
Ret	4	Luigi Musso Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	11	Accident	5
Ret	2	Peter Collins	Ferrari	8	Fuel Leak	2
Ret	3	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	5	Electrical	3
Ret	8	Umberto Maglioli	Maserati	3	Steering	7
Ret	19	Horace Gould	Maserati	3	Oil Pressure	13
Ret	16	Roy Salvadori	Maserati	2	Suspension	9
Ret	10	Robert Manzon	Gordini	0	Suspension	15
Ret	14	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari	0	Engine	17
DNS	8	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati		Practice Accident	6
DNS	11	André Pilette	Gordini		Practice Accident	18
DNS	18	Luigi Piotti	Maserati		Villoresi Drove Car
Source:

Notes

• ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap

Shared drives

• Car #5: Alfonso de Portago (10 laps) and Peter Collins (4 laps).
• Car #4: Luigi Musso (8 laps) and Eugenio Castellotti (3 laps).

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	30
1	2	Peter Collins	22
	3	Jean Behra	22
	4	Stirling Moss	19
	5	Pat Flaherty	8
Source:

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.