1956 Argentine Grand Prix

February 2021 F1 Argentina Argentine IV Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina 22 January 1956 1955 Italian Grand Prix 1956 Monaco Grand Prix Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez Circuito N° 2 (Histórico).svg Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Permanent racing facility 2.431 3.912 98 238.219 383.376 Overcast but dry Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 1:42.5 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 1:45.3 Argentina Luigi Musso Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari Italy Jean Behra Maserati France Mike Hawthorn Maserati United Kingdom ARG The 1956 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 22 January 1956 at Buenos Aires. It was race 1 of 8 in the 1956 World Championship of Drivers. With the withdrawal of Mercedes from Formula One, Fangio and Moss would begin the season with new teams. Fangio would join Ferrari while Moss would lead the Maserati team. The grid in Argentina was composed entirely of Italian cars. Ferrari and Maserati showed up with five cars each. The other three cars were also Maseratis: two private entries and Hawthorn for the B.R.M. team. Ferrari dominated practice and occupied the first three grid positions, with Fangio's pole time 2.2 sec faster than second. Maserati dominated the early race with Menditeguy and Moss leading the field. Fangio was a non-factor with a faulty fuel pump. He took over Musso's car after 30 laps and re-entered without losing Musso's fifth place in the race.https://www.statsf1.com/en/1956/argentine/tour-par-tour.aspx Argentina 1956 – Lap by lap StatsF1.com 2023-03-31 Meanwhile, Musso took over Fangio's ailing car but did not manage to finish in it even a single lap.https://wildsoft.motorsport.com/gp.php?gp=049 1956: Argentine Grand Prix – Classification wildsoft.motorsport.com 2023-03-31 Fangio quickly passed Behra but lost his position after spinning. On laps 40–43, disaster struck the leaders. While third, Castellotti's gearbox broke, Menditeguy left the lead with a broken driveshaft, and new leader Moss's engine began to smoke. Fangio, who had overtaken Behra, passed the ailing Moss on lap 67, and finished unchallenged after Behra spun late in the race. The race was not without controversy when the Maserati team manager lodged a protest that Fangio was push-started after the earlier spin. The protest was ultimately rejected by both the stewards and the FIA. Entries +TeamNoDriverCarEngineTyreItaly Officine Alfieri Maserati2UK Stirling MossMaserati 250FMaserati 250F1 2.5 L6Pirelli4France Jean Behra6Argentina Carlos Menditeguy8Italy Luigi Piotti10Brazil 1889 Chico LandiItaly Gerino Gerini12Argentina José Froilán GonzálezUK Owen Racing Organisation14UK Mike HawthornUruguay Alberto Uría16Uruguay Alberto UríaMaserati A6GCMUruguay Óscar GonzálezItaly Scuderia Ferrari30Argentina Juan Manuel FangioLancia D50Ferrari DS50 2.5 V8Englebert32Italy Eugenio Castellotti34Italy Luigi Musso36UK Peter CollinsFerrari 555Ferrari 555 2.5 L4Pirelli38Belgium Olivier GendebienSource:https://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1956&gp=Argentine%20GP&r=1&type=ent 1956 Argentine GP ChicaneF1 9 January 2025 Classification Qualifying PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap1 30 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 1:42.5—2 32 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 1:44.7 +2.23 34 Italy Luigi Musso Ferrari 1:44.7 +2.24 4 France Jean Behra Maserati 1:45.1 +2.65 12 Argentina José Froilán González Maserati 1:45.2 +2.76 6 Argentina Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 1:45.6 +3.17 2 UK Stirling Moss Maserati 1:45.9 +3.48 14 UK Mike Hawthorn Maserati 1:47.4 +4.99 36 UK Peter Collins Ferrari 1:47.7 +5.210 38 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 1:50.4 +7.911 10 Brazil 1889 Chico LandiItaly Gerino Gerini Maserati 1:52.1 +9.612 8 Italy Luigi Piotti Maserati 1:57.9 +15.413 16 Uruguay Alberto Uría Maserati Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1956&gp=Argentine%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1956 Argentine GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 14 July 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 34 Italy Luigi MussoArgentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 98 3:00:03.7 3 451 1 2 4 France Jean Behra Maserati 98 +24.4 4 6 3 14 UK Mike Hawthorn Maserati 96 +2 laps 8 4 4 10 Brazil 1889 Chico LandiItaly Gerino Gerini Maserati 92 +6 laps 11 1.51.5 5 38 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 91 +7 laps 10 2 6 16 Uruguay Alberto UríaUruguay Óscar González Maserati 88 +10 laps 13 Ret Retired 2 UK Stirling Moss Maserati 81 Engine 7 Ret Retired 36 UK Peter Collins Ferrari 58 Accident 9 Ret Retired 8 Italy Luigi Piotti Maserati 57 Accident 12 Ret Retired 6 Argentina Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 42 Halfshaft 6 Ret Retired 32 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 40 Gearbox 2 Ret Retired 12 Argentina José Froilán González Maserati 24 Engine 5 Ret Retired 30 Argentina Juan Manuel FangioItaly Luigi Musso Ferrari 22 Fuel pump 1Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1956/662/ 1956 Argentine Grand Prix formula1.com 9 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140319035046/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1956/662/ 19 March 2014 Notes 1 1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap Shared drives Car #34: Luigi Musso (30 laps) and Juan Manuel Fangio (68 laps). They shared the 8 points for first place. Car #10: Chico Landi (46 laps) and Gerino Gerini (46 laps). They shared the 3 points for fourth place. Car #16: Alberto Uría (44 laps) and Oscar Gonzalez (44 laps). Car #30: Juan Manuel Fangio (22 laps) and Luigi Musso (0 laps). Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 France Jean Behra 6 2 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 5 3 Italy Luigi Musso 4 4 UK Mike Hawthorn 4 5 Belgium Olivier Gendebien 2Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1956/argentine/championnat.aspx Argentina 1956 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 6 March 2019 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References Argentine Grand Prix 1956 1955 Italian Grand Prix 1956 Monaco Grand Prix 1955 Argentine Grand Prix 1957 Argentine Grand Prix Argentine Grand Prix Category:Argentine Grand Prix Argentine Grand Prix Argentine Grand Prix