Italy Grand Prix 1956: results

Round 8 of the 1956 season, 2 September 1956, at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Stirling Moss won for Maserati from P6 on the grid. Juan Manuel Fangio took pole position. Fastest lap: Stirling Moss, 2:45.500 (lap 47).

Race result

PosDriverTeamTimePoints
1Stirling MossMaserati2:23:41.3009
2Peter CollinsFerrari+5.7003
2Juan Manuel FangioFerrari—3
3Ron FlockhartConnaught+1 lap4
4Paco GodiaMaserati+1 lap3
5Jack FairmanConnaught+3 laps2
6Luigi PiottiMaserati+3 laps0
7Emmanuel De GraffenriedMaserati+4 laps0
8Juan Manuel FangioFerrari+4 laps0
8Eugenio CastellottiFerrari—0
9André SimonGordini+5 laps0
10Gerino GeriniMaserati+8 laps0
11Roy SalvadoriMaserati+9 laps0
DNFLuigi MussoFerrariSteering0
DNFUmberto MaglioliMaseratiSteering0
DNFJean BehraMaserati—0
DNFHarry SchellVanwallTransmission0
DNFJean BehraMaseratiMagneto0
DNFBruce HalfordMaseratiEngine0
DNFMaurice TrintignantVanwallTransmission0
DNFPiero TaruffiVanwallOil leak0
DNFEugenio CastellottiFerrariTyre0
DNFRobert ManzonGordiniChassis0
DNFLuigi VilloresiMaseratiEngine0
DNFJo BonnierMaserati—0
DNFAlfonso De PortagoFerrariTyre0
DNFLes LestonConnaughtSuspension0
DNFHermano Da Silva RamosGordiniEngine0
DNSWolfgang Von TripsFerrari—0

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamBest time
1Juan Manuel FangioFerrari
2Eugenio CastellottiFerrari
3Luigi MussoFerrari
4Piero TaruffiVanwall
5Jean BehraMaserati
6Stirling MossMaserati
7Peter CollinsFerrari
8Luigi VilloresiMaserati
9Alfonso De PortagoFerrari
10Harry SchellVanwall
11Maurice TrintignantVanwall
12Wolfgang Von TripsFerrari
13Umberto MaglioliMaserati
14Roy SalvadoriMaserati
15Luigi PiottiMaserati
16Jack FairmanConnaught
17Gerino GeriniMaserati
18Paco GodiaMaserati
19Emmanuel De GraffenriedMaserati
20Les LestonConnaught
21Hermano Da Silva RamosGordini
22Bruce HalfordMaserati
23Robert ManzonGordini
24Ron FlockhartConnaught
25André SimonGordini

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