Season 1956 · Round 4

Belgian Grand Prix

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1956-06-03 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 36Lap · 508.320km
26 Peter Collins
Ferrari 2:40:00.300
Team win 14pt P1 · P2 · P6 · P9 · P12 1-2
6 Paul Frère
Ferrari +1:51.300
8 Cesare Perdisa
Maserati +3:16.600
Fastest Lap
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DNF
7
Juan Fangio L23 Maurice Trintignant L11 Stirling Moss L10 Eugenio Castellotti L10 Piero Scotti L10 Horace Gould L2 Paco Godia L0
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/59 37.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
36Lap 508.320km 59 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:44.701 · Sergio Pérez (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P6 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P14 Peter Collins 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P14 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P16 Juan Fangio 3 · → Damon Hill -1
P29 Luigi Villoresi 2 · → Nico Rosberg -1
P29 Stirling Moss 2 · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P27 Jack Brabham 11 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
P33 Jo Bonnier 10 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P68 Maurice Trintignant 7 starts · → Ralf Schumacher -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L36 Collins · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Collins COL 1 Collins COL Frère · P8 → P2 · +6 8 Frère FRÈ 2 Frère FRÈ Perdisa · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Perdisa PER 3 Perdisa PER Schell · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Schell SCH 4 Schell SCH Villoresi · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Villoresi VIL 5 Villoresi VIL Pilette · P16 → P6 · +10 16 Pilette PIL 6 Pilette PIL Behra · P4 → P7 · -3 4 Behra BEH 7 Behra BEH Rosier · P10 → P8 · +2 10 Rosier ROS 8 Rosier ROS Fangio · P1 → retired L23 Fangio · retired L23 1 Fangio FAN R Fangio FAN Trintignant · P7 → retired L11 Trintignant · retired L11 7 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Moss · P2 → retired L10 Moss · retired L10 2 Moss MOS R Moss MOS Castellotti · P5 → retired L10 Castellotti · retired L10 5 Castellotti CAS R Castellotti CAS Scotti · P12 → retired L10 Scotti · retired L10 12 Scotti SCO R Scotti SCO Gould · P15 → retired L2 Gould · retired L2 15 Gould GOU R Gould GOU Godia · P13 → retired L0 Godia · retired L0 13 Godia GOD R Godia GOD
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 26 Peter Collins Ferrari 3 36 2:40:00.300 8
2 6 Paul Frère Ferrari 8 36 +1:51.300 6
3 8 Cesare Perdisa Maserati 9 36 +3:16.600 2
4 18 Harry Schell Vanwall 6 35 +1 Lap 3
5 34 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 11 34 +2 Laps 2
6 11 André Pilette Ferrari 16 33 +3 Laps
7 32 Jean Behra Maserati 4 33 +3 Laps
8 15 Louis Rosier Maserati 10 33 +3 Laps
R 22 Juan Fangio Ferrari 1 23 Transmission
R 20 Maurice Trintignant Vanwall 7 11 Fuel system
R 36 Stirling Moss Maserati 2 10 Wheel
R 24 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 5 10 Transmission
R 28 Piero Scotti Connaught 12 10 Engine
R 19 Horace Gould Maserati 15 2 Gearbox
R 38 Paco Godia Maserati 13 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
22 Juan Fangio
2
36 Stirling Moss
3
26 Peter Collins
4
32 Jean Behra
5
24 Eugenio Castellotti
6
18 Harry Schell
7
20 Maurice Trintignant
8
6 Paul Frère
9
8 Cesare Perdisa
10
15 Louis Rosier
11
34 Luigi Villoresi
12
28 Piero Scotti
13
38 Paco Godia
15
19 Horace Gould
16
11 André Pilette
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 20:50