- 1956 Formula One season
F1 season
Previous = 1955
Current = 1956
Next = 1957The 1956 Formula One season featured the seventhFIA World Championship of Drivers [FIA Yearbook, 1974, page 119] as well as numerous non-championship races forFormula One cars. The championship series commenced onJanuary 22 ,1956 and ended onSeptember 2 after eight races.eason summary
Mercedes had withdrawn, so Fangio joined Ferrari team, which had been given the Lancia D50 cars when that team withdrew for financial reasons. The main challenge to Fangio came from Moss at Maserati, and from his team mate Collins, although the British Connaughts, Vanwalls and BRMs showed some signs of promise. Moss and Collins each won two races, but Fangio's shared victory with Musso in Argentina made all the difference.
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* Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
* † Position shared between more drivers of the same car
* Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.Non-Championship race results
Other Formula One races also held in 1956, which did not count towards the World Championship.
Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.f1-facts.com/results/season/1956 1956 World Championship race results and images] Retrieved from f1-facts.com on 4 October 2008
* [http://www.f1-photo.com/index.cgi?Input=1956&Lang=en&NamePage=search 1956 World Championship images] Retrieved from The Cahier Archive on 4 October 2008
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