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1956 Indianapolis 500
1955 Belgian GP

1956 Belgian GP

1956 Aintree 100
1956 ACF GP
1958 Belgian GP
 XVIII  Grand Prix de Belgique

Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateSunday 3 June 1956
Start time14:00
Event Belgian GP
Circuit Spa-Francorchamps
Event FormatRace of 36 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#4 of 8 in 1956
#52 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps36
Circuit Perimeter14120 m
Race Distance14120 × 36 = 508.320 km
Grid Format3-2-3-2
Pole PositionLeft
First CornerRight
Track DirectionClockwise
Weather
WeatherOvercast, Wet
Participants
Entries17
Qualifiers16
Finishers9
DebutantsPiero Scotti (Entrant)
MilestonesCar 2 – 50th Race Entry (Car Number)
Car 8 – 50th Race Entry (Car Number)
Englebert – 50th Race Entry (Tyre Manufacturer)
 Peter Collins – 1st Win (Driver)
Records Broken 1. Most 6th Place Finishes Ferrari (15)
Records Extended 1. Most Podium Finishes Ferrari (79),
2. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (109),
3. Most Retirements Maserati (130),
4. Most Retirements Maurice Trintignant (21),
5. Most Race Wins Ferrari (23),
6. Most 2nd Place Finishes Ferrari (33),
7. Most 5th Place Finishes Maserati (16),
8. Most 7th Place Finishes Maserati (16),
9. Most 8th Place Finishes Louis Rosier (6),
10. Highest 2nd Place Finish Ratio Ferrari (14.67%),
11. Most Races Led Ferrari (42),
12. Most Races Led Juan Manuel Fangio (30),
13. Most Laps Led Ferrari (1381),
14. Most Laps Led Juan Manuel Fangio (970),
15. Most Race Entries Maserati (241),
16. Most Race Entries Juan Manuel Fangio (38),
17. Most Poles Ferrari (22),
18. Most Poles Juan Manuel Fangio (21),
19. Most 3rd Place Qualifications Ferrari (22),
20. Most 5th Place Qualifications Ferrari (19),
21. Most 9th Place Qualifications Maserati (12),
22. Most 10th Place Qualifications Maserati (12),
23. Most 11th Place Qualifications Maserati (14),
24. Most 13th Place Qualifications Maserati (14),
25. Most 16th Place Qualifications Maserati (16)

World Championship standings
1  Peter Collins 11 up
2  Stirling Moss 11 up
3  Jean Behra 10 up
4  Juan Manuel Fangio 9 up
5  Pat Flaherty 8 up
6  Sam Hanks 6 up
  Paul Frère 6 
8  Luigi Musso 4 up
9  Mike Hawthorn 4 up
  Don Freeland 4 up
11  Johnnie Parsons 3 up
  Harry Schell 3 
13  Cesare Perdisa 2 
14  Dick Rathmann 2 up
  Hermano da Silva Ramos 2 up
  Luigi Villoresi 2 
  Olivier Gendebien 2 up
18  Gerino Gerini 1.5 up
  Chico Landi 1.5 up
  Eugenio Castellotti 1.5 up
21  Paul Russo 1 up
1  Ferrari / Ferrari 22 
2  Maserati / Maserati 18 up
3  Vanwall / Vanwall 3 
4  Gordini / Gordini 2 up

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 8Car 2Car 34
EntrantScuderia FerrariScuderia FerrariOfficine Alfieri Maserati
Driver Peter Collins Juan Manuel Fangio Stirling Moss
Car Ferrari D50 Ferrari D50 Maserati 250F
EngineFerrari 2.5 V8Ferrari 2.5 V8Maserati 2.5 L6
Time2:40'00.34'09.84'14.7
Speed190.614 km/h203.491 km/h199.576 km/h