1956 Italian Grand Prix

The 1956 Italian Grand Prix, officialy known as the 16° Gran Premio d'Europa, was held on September 2. It was the final race of the 1956 Formula One Season. The race was held for the second time on the combined oval and road course of Monza.The race was won by Stirling Moss in a , but in an incredible display of sportsmanship, Peter Collins turned his over to Juan Manuel Fangio, allowing Fangio to share second place with Collins, and clinching Fangio's fourth World Championship. Third place went to Ron Flockhart in a , the only podium finish ever for that marque.
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==Background==
===Entry List===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
2 	Les Leston 	Connaught Engineering 	 	B 	 	GP 2.5 L4 	
4 	Ron Flockhart 	Connaught Engineering 	 	B 	 	GP 2.5 L4 	
6 	Jack Fairman 	Connaught Engineering 	 	B 	 	GP 2.5 L4 	
8 	Hermano da Silva Ramos 	Equipe Gordini 	 	T32 	 	25 2.5 L8 	
10 	Robert Manzon 	Equipe Gordini 	 	T32 	 	25 2.5 L8 	
12 	André Simon 	Equipe Gordini 	 	T16 	 	23 2.5 L6 	
14 	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Scuderia Centro Sud 	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
16 	Piero Taruffi 	Vandervell Products 	 	VW 2 	 	254 2.5 L4 	
18 	Harry Schell 	Vandervell Products 	 	VW 2 	 	254 2.5 L4 	
20 	Maurice Trintignant 	Vandervell Products 	 	VW 2 	 	254 2.5 L4 	
22 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D50 	 	DS50 2.5 V8 	
24 	Eugenio Castellotti 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D50 	 	DS50 2.5 V8 	
26 	Peter Collins 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D50 	 	DS50 2.5 V8 	
28 	Luigi Musso 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D50 	 	DS50 2.5 V8 	
30 	Alfonso de Portago 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D50 	 	DS50 2.5 V8 	
32 	Jean Behra 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
34 	Luigi Villoresi 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
34 	Jo Bonnier 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
36 	Stirling Moss 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
38 	Francisco Godia-Sales 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
40 	Luigi Piotti 	Privateer 	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
42 	Gerino Gerini 	Scuderia Guastalla 	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
44 	Roy Salvadori 	Gilby Engineering 	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
46 	Umberto Maglioli 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
48 	Bruce Halford 	Privateer 	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
50 	Wolfgang von Trips 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D50 	 	DS50 2.5 V8 	
52 	Louis Rosier 	Ecurie Rosier 	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
54 	Horace Gould 	Gould's Garage 	 	250F 	 	250F1 2.5 L6	
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Gap
1 	22 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	2:42.6	
2 	24 	Eugenio Castellotti 	 	2:43.4	+ 0.8
3 	28 	Luigi Musso 	 	2:43.7	+ 1.1
4 	16 	Piero Taruffi 	Vanwall 	2:45.4	+ 2.8
5 	32 	Jean Behra 	 	2:45.6	+ 3.0
6 	36 	Stirling Moss 	 	2:45.9	+ 3.3
7 	26 	Peter Collins 	 	2:46.0	+ 3.4
8 	34 	Luigi Villoresi 	 	2:47.7	+ 5.1
9 	30 	Alfonso de Portago 	 	2:47.8	+ 5.2
10 	18 	Harry Schell 	Vanwall 	2:50.1	+ 7.5
11 	20 	Maurice Trintignant 	Vanwall 	2:51.6	+ 9.0
12 	46 	Umberto Maglioli 	 	2:52.7	+ 10.1
13 	44 	Roy Salvadori 	 	2:54.6	+ 12.0
14 	40 	Luigi Piotti 	 	2:58.6	+ 16.0
15 	6 	Jack Fairman 	 	2:59.2	+ 16.6
16 	42 	Gerino Gerini 	 	3:02.6	+ 20.0
17 	38 	Paco Godia 	 	3:02.9	+ 20.3
18 	14 	Toulo de Graffenried	 	3:03.3	+ 20.7
19 	2 	Les Leston 	 	3:04.3	+ 21.7
===Grid===
==Race==
===Results===
Pos 	No 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	36 	Stirling Moss 	 	50 	2:23:41.3 	6 	9
2 	26 	Peter Collins Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	50 	+ 5.7 	7 	33
3 	4 	Ron Flockhart 	 	49 	+ 1 Lap 	26 	4
4 	38 	Paco Godia 	 	49 	+ 1 Lap 	18 	3
5 	6 	Jack Fairman 	 	47 	+ 3 Laps 	16 	2
6 	40 	Luigi Piotti 	 	47 	+ 3 Laps 	15 	
Ret 	28 	Luigi Musso 	 	46 	Steering 	3 	
7 	14 	Toulo de Graffenried 	 	46 	+ 4 Laps 	19 	
8 	22 	Juan Manuel Fangio Eugenio Castellotti	 	46 	+ 4 Laps 	1 	
9 	12 	André Simon 	 	45 	+ 5 Laps 	25 	
10 	42 	Gerino Gerini 	 	42 	+ 8 Laps 	17 	
Ret 	46 	Umberto Maglioli Jean Behra 	 	41 	Steering 	13 	
11 	44 	Roy Salvadori 	 	41 	+ 9 Laps 	14 	
Ret 	18 	Harry Schell 	Vanwall 	32 	Transmission 	10 	
Ret 	32 	Jean Behra 	 	23 	Magneto 	5 	
Ret 	48 	Bruce Halford 	 	16 	Engine 	22 	
Ret 	20 	Maurice Trintignant 	Vanwall 	13 	Transmission 	11 	
Ret 	16 	Piero Taruffi 	Vanwall 	12 	Oil leak 	4 	
Ret 	24 	Eugenio Castellotti 	 	9 	Tire 	2 	
Ret 	34 	Luigi Villoresi Jo Bonnier 	 	7 	Engine 	8 	
Ret 	10 	Robert Manzon 	 	7 	Chassis 	23 	
Ret 	30 	Alfonso de Portago 	 	6 	Tire 	9 	
Ret 	2 	Les Leston 	 	6 	Suspension 	20 	
Ret 	8 	Hermano da Silva Ramos 	 	3 	Engine 	21 	
DNS 	50 	Wolfgang von Trips 	 	 	Practice accident	 	
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==Milestones==
* Juan Manuel Fangio clinched his fourth World Championship.
* Only podium for .
* First races for Wolfgang von Trips, Jo Bonnier and Les Leston.
==Standings after race==
==Notes==
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