Formula 1 Retrospective: 1956 Season Summary
1956 Championship
J.M. Fangio-ARG 33, S. Moss-GBR 28, P. Collins-GBR 25.
Fangio earns his fourth and third consecutive drivers’ championship.
Putative Constructors’ Championship
Scuderia Ferrari 80.5, Officine Alfieri Maserati 62, Connaught 9. Scuderia Ferrari earns its fifth constructors’ championship.
Highlights …
Fangio receives a controversial ruling in his favor at Buenos Aires after Maserati accuses him of receiving an illegal push to restart after an early spin.
British Racing Motors debuts an entry and Frenchman Jean Behra stands atop the drivers’ table at Monaco.
Briton Peter Collins picks up his first two career victories at Spa and Reims, and heads the tables until Fangio’s late rush for the championship in the final three meetings.
Fangio stands atop the tables with his twenty-fourth career P1 grid position and twentieth career Grand Prix victory.
The 1956 Lancia Ferrari D50.
