1956 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1956 Monaco Grand Prix was held on May 13. The race was won by Stirling Moss in a , who led from flag to flag. Juan Manuel Fangio had problems with his original , but after letting Eugenio Castellotti drive his car, he took over the sister car of Peter Collins. Moss was just cruising at the end, and despite a furious comeback by Fangio, Moss was still over six seconds ahead at the flag. Jean Behra took advantage of atrition to take third in his Maserati.
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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 	Robert Manzon 	Equipe Gordini 	 	T32 	 	25 L8 2.5 	
4 	Élie Bayol 	Equipe Gordini 	 	T32 	 	25 L8 2.5 	
6 	André Pilette 	Equipe Gordini 	 	T16 	 	23 L6 2.5 	
8 	Louis Rosier 	Louis Rosier 	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
10 	Mike Hawthorn 	Owen Racing Organisation 	 	P25 	 	P25 L4 2.5 	
12 	Tony Brooks 	Owen Racing Organisation 	 	P25 	 	P25 L4 2.5 	
14 	Maurice Trintignant	Vandervell Products 	 	VW 2 	 	254 L4 2.5 	
16 	Harry Schell 	Vandervell Products 	 	VW 2 	 	254 L4 2.5 	
18 	Horace Gould 	Gould's Garage 	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
20 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D50 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
22 	Eugenio Castellotti	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D50 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
24 	Luigi Musso 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D50 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
26 	Peter Collins 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D50 	 	DS50 V8 2.5 	
28 	Stirling Moss 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
30 	Jean Behra 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
32 	Cesare Perdisa 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
34 	Louis Chiron 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	250F 	 	250F1 L6 2.5	
36 	Giorgio Scarlatti 	Giorgio Scarlatti 	 	500 	 	500 L4 2.0 	
==Practice Overview==
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outline below:
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Time 	Time 	Gap
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	P1 	P2 	P3 	Gap
1 	20 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	1:44.2 	— 	1:44.0	—
2 	28 	Stirling Moss 	 	1:45.2 	— 	1:44.6	+0.6s
3 	22 	Eugenio Castellotti 	 	1:57.4 	— 	1:44.9	+0.9s
4 	30 	Jean Behra 	 	1:46.8 	— 	1:45.3	+1.3s
5 	16 	Harry Schell 	 	1:45.6 	— 	1:45.6	+1.6s
6 	14 	Maurice Trintignant 	 	1:50.0 	1:47.2 	1:45.6	+1.6s
7 	32 	Cesare Perdisa 	 	1:49.2 	— 	1:46.0	+2.0s
8 	24 	Luigi Musso 	 	— 	— 	1:46.8	+2.8s
9 	26 	Peter Collins 	 	1:51.3 	1:47.0 	1:47.7	+3.0s
10 	10 	Mike Hawthorn 	 	1:50.3 	1:51.1 	1:49.3	+5.3s
11 	4 	Élie Bayol 	 	— 	1:52.3 	1:50.0	+6.0s
12 	2 	Robert Manzon 	 	1:50.9 	1:51.7 	1:50.3	+6.3s
13 	12 	Tony Brooks 	 	1:50.4 	1:52.0 	— 	+6.4s
14 	6 	Hermano da Silva Ramos	 	— 	1:50.6 	1:52.7	+6.6s
15 	8 	Louis Rosier 	 	1:57.6 	1:51.6 	— 	+7.6s
16 	18 	Horace Gould 	 	1:57.6 	1:51.7 	— 	+7.7s
DNQ 	34 	Louis Chiron 	 	— 	1:55.9 	1:54.6	+10.6s
DNQ 	36 	Giorgio Scarlatti 	 	No Time	No Time	2:09.1	+25.1s
===Grid===
==Race==
===Results===
Pos 	No 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired	Grid 	Points
1 	28 	Stirling Moss 	 	100 	3:00:32.9 	2 	8
2 	26 	Peter Collins Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	100 	+ 6.1 	9 	34*
3 	30 	Jean Behra 	 	99 	+ 1 Lap 	4 	4
4 	20 	Juan Manuel Fangio Eugenio Castellotti	 	94 	+ 6 Laps 	1 	0**1.5
5 	6 	Hermano da Silva Ramos 	 	93 	+ 7 Laps 	14 	2
6 	4 	Élie Bayol André Pilette 	 	88 	+ 12 Laps 	11 	
7 	32 	Cesare Perdisa 	 	86 	+ 14 Laps 	7 	
8 	18 	Horace Gould 	 	85 	+ 15 Laps 	16 	
Ret 	2 	Robert Manzon 	 	90 	Accident 	12 	
Ret 	8 	Louis Rosier 	 	72 	Engine 	15 	
Ret 	22 	Eugenio Castellotti 	 	14 	Clutch 	3 	
Ret 	14 	Maurice Trintignant 	 	13 	Overheating 	6 	
Ret 	16 	Harry Schell 	 	2 	Accident 	5 	
Ret 	24 	Luigi Musso 	 	2 	Accident 	8 	
DNQ 	36 	Giorgio Scarlatti 	 	 	 	 	
WD 	10 	Mike Hawthorn 	 	 	Engine 	 	
WD 	12 	Tony Brooks 	 	 	Engine 	 	
WD 	34 	Louis Chiron 	 	 	Engine 	 	
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;Notes
* * – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
* ** – Fangio scored no points for fourth place as he had already scored points for finishing second
==Milestones==
*First podium for Peter Collins.
*First points for Collins and Hermano da Silva Ramos.
*First race for Tony Brooks and Giorgio Scarlatti.
*First time for two English drivers on the podium.
*Final race for Élie Bayol.
==Standings after race==
==External links==
Category:Grand Prix articles
Category:1956 Grands Prix
Category:Monaco Grand Prix