1956 Season
8 rounds · 1956-01-22 – 1956-09-02
Before the season
Driver changes
Triple World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio moves to Scuderia Ferrari after Mercedes-Benz withdrew from motorsport. Ferrari has absorbed the assets of Lancia — cars, equipment, and engineering — and Fangio will campaign the Lancia D50. He is joined by retained driver Eugenio Castellotti and new signings Luigi Musso and Peter Collins, both recruited from Maserati.
Stirling Moss, 1955 runner-up and last season’s Mercedes teammate to Fangio, joins Maserati to lead their championship campaign.
Maurice Trintignant leaves Ferrari for Vanwall, replacing Ken Wharton.
Team changes
Mercedes-Benz withdraws from all motorsport following the 1955 Le Mans disaster, dissolving the team that won both championships in 1955. Scuderia Ferrari acquires the Lancia assets and will race the Lancia D50 under the Ferrari banner.
Calendar
The Swiss Grand Prix is removed from the calendar after the Swiss government banned motor racing in response to the 1955 Le Mans disaster. The French Grand Prix and the German Grand Prix, both absent in 1955, return to the schedule. The British Grand Prix moves from Aintree to Silverstone, in keeping with the two circuits’ alternating arrangement.
Adapted by AI summarisation from “1956 Formula One season” on Wikipedia . This adapted text is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0 . Modifications: summarised and spoiler-trimmed.
Race Calendar
| # | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 Jan | 🇦🇷 Argentine Grand Prix | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 2 | 13 May | 🇲🇨 Monaco Grand Prix | Circuit de Monaco | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| 3 | 30 May | 🇺🇸 Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Indianapolis, USA |
| 4 | 3 Jun | 🇧🇪 Belgian Grand Prix | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa, Belgium |
| 5 | 1 Jul | 🇫🇷 French Grand Prix | Reims-Gueux | Reims, France |
| 6 | 14 Jul | 🇬🇧 British Grand Prix | Silverstone Circuit | Silverstone, UK |
| 7 | 5 Aug | 🇩🇪 German Grand Prix | Nürburgring | Nürburg, Germany |
| 8 | 2 Sept | 🇮🇹 Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | Monza, Italy |
Grid & Statistics Going into the Season
| No. | Driver | Team | Age | Seasons | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Points | Best | Champs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Ferrari | 44 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 24 | 190.6 | 1st | 3 | |
| 32 | Ferrari | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3rd | 0 | |
| 34 | Ferrari | 31 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9th | 0 | |
| 36 | Ferrari | 24 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 38 | Ferrari | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 12 | Maserati | 33 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 15 | 76.6 | 2nd | 0 | |
| 14 | Maserati | 26 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 61.6 | 3rd | 0 | |
| 2 | Maserati | 26 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 27.1 | 2nd | 0 | |
| 4 | Maserati | 34 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 12.1 | 9th | 0 | |
| 6 | Maserati | 41 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19th | 0 | |
| 8 | Maserati | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 10 | Maserati | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 10 | Maserati | 48 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 16 | Maserati | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| 16 | Maserati | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |