1956 Italian Grand Prix

The 1956 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 2 September 1956 at Monza.

Classification

Notes

* Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio - 2:42.6
* Fastest L
Stirling Moss - 2:45.5
* Lap Leaders: Eugenio Castellotti 4 laps (1-4); Stirling Moss 43 laps (5-10, 12-45, 48-50); Harry Schell 1 lap (11); Luigi Musso 2 laps (46-47).
* Shared Drives:
** Car #26: Peter Collins (35 laps) and Juan Manuel Fangio (15 laps). They shared the 6 points for second place.
** Car #22: Juan Manuel Fangio (30 laps) and Eugenio Castellotti (16 laps).
** Car #46: Umberto Maglioli (31 laps) and Jean Behra (11 laps).
** Car #34: Luigi Villoresi (4 laps) and Jo Bonnier (3 laps).
* Grand Prix debut for: Jo Bonnier, Les Leston, & Wolfgang von Trips.
* Last Grand Prix appearance for: Hernando da Silva Ramos, Toulo de Graffenried, Robert Manzon, Piero Taruffi, & Luigi Villoresi.
* Career Firsts: Ron Flockhart (points & podium); Luigi Musso (race led).
* Collins and Fangio came into this race with a chance of winning championship (Collins's 22pts to Fangio's 30)
** Fangio needed either
*** 2nd
*** Collins 2nd or lower
** Collins needed
*** 1st with Fangio 3rd or lower

F1 race report
Name_of_race = Italian Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1956
Previous_race_in_season = 1956 German Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 1957 Argentine Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 1955 Italian Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 1957 Italian Grand Prix