1956 Monaco Grand Prix

XIV GRAND PRIX DE MONACO
Date	13 May 1956
Location	Monaco
Course	3.145km
Distance	100 laps, 314.500km
Weather	Warm, dry, sunny
Pole	Juan Manuel Fangio, 1:44.0
Fastest Lap	Juan Manuel Fangio, 1:44.4
Winner	Stirling Moss, 3:00:32.9
2nd Place	Collins / Fangio
3rd Place	Jean Behra

The 1956 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 13 May 1956 at Monaco.

The Owen’s B.R.M. made their first appearance but after qualifying both cars were withdrawn due to engine valve problems. The other two non-starters were also teammates: the too slow Scarlatti and Chiron due to his engine blowing up in practice.

Moss, starting from the middle of the front row, took the lead at Gasworks on the first lap and led every lap. Fangio was not having a good day. He hit the straw bails on lap 2, causing Schell and Musso to retire when trying to avoid him, and on lap 32 he hit the harbour wall, bending a rear wheel. He turned the car over to Castellotti after the pit stop to fix the wheel. On lap 54 while second, Collins came in the pit and turned his car over to Fangio. He resumed in third and passed Behra for second on lap 70 but he was 47 seconds behind Moss. On lap 86 Perdisa’s brakes locked when being lapped by Moss, the resulting contact caused Moss’ bonnet to lift allowing Fangio to close the gap by two seconds each lap but Moss won with a 6 second cushion.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	28	Stirling Moss	Maserati	100	3:00:32.9	2	8
2	26	Peter Collins	Ferrari	100	+6.1 sec	9	3
Shr	26	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari				4
3	30	Jean Behra	Maserati	99	+1 Lap	4	4
4	20	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	99	+1 Lap	1
Shr	20	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari				1.5
5	6	Hernando da Silva Ramos	Gordini	93	+7 Laps	14	2
6	4	Élie Bayol	Gordini	88	+12 Laps	11
Shr	4	André Pilette	Gordini
7	32	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati	86	+14 Laps	7
8	18	Horace Gould	Maserati	85	+15 Laps	16
Ret	2	Robert Manzon	Gordini	90	Accident	12
Ret	8	Louis Rosier	Maserati	72	Engine	15
Ret	20	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	14	Clutch	3
Ret	14	Maurice Trintignant	Vanwall	13	Overheating	6
Ret	16	-48 Harry Schell	Vanwall	2	Accident	5
Ret	24	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	2	Accident	8
DNQ	36	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari
WD	10	Mike Hawthorn	BRM		Engine Valve
WD	12	Tony Brooks	BRM		Engine Valve
WD	34	Louis Chiron	Maserati		Blown Engine

Notes

• Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio - 1:44.0
• Fastest Lap: Juan Manuel Fangio - 1:44.4
• Lap Leaders: Stirling Moss 100 laps (1-100)
• Shared Drives:
  • Car #26: Peter Collins (54 laps) and Juan Manuel Fangio (46 laps). They shared the 6 points for second place.
  • Car #20: Juan Manuel Fangio (40 laps) and Eugenio Castellotti (54 laps). Since Fangio received points for second, only Castellotti received the 1.5 points for the shared fourth.
  • Car #4: Élie Bayol (44 laps) and André Pilette (44 laps).
• Grand Prix debut for: Tony Brooks and Giorgio Scarlatti.
• Last Grand Prix appearance for: Élie Bayol
• Career Firsts: Peter Collins and Hernando da Silva Ramos (points); Peter Collins (podium).

Monaco Grand Prix
Year of race	1956
Previous race in season	1956 Argentine Grand Prix
Next race in season	1956 Indianapolis 500
Previous year's race	1955 Monaco Grand Prix
Next year's race	1957 Monaco Grand Prix