Season 1956 · Round 1

Argentine Grand Prix

1956 Season R2 →
1956-01-22 · Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Argentina · Argentine Grand Prix · 98Lap · 383.376km
28 Luigi Musso
Ferrari 3:00:03.700
32 Jean Behra
Maserati +24.400
Team win 13pt P2 · P3 · P4 · P4 · P6 · P6 · P7 · P9 · P10 · P12 2-3
23 Mike Hawthorn
Maserati
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
7
Stirling Moss L81 Peter Collins L58 Luigi Piotti L57 Carlos Menditeguy L42 Eugenio Castellotti L40 José Froilán González L24 Juan Fangio L22
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 7/20 35%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina
98Lap 383.376km 20 races held (1953–) Lap record 1:27.981 · Gerhard Berger (1997)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Juan Fangio 3 wins · GP #1
P4 Stirling Moss 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P4 Luigi Musso 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P4 Carlos Menditeguy 7 starts · → Clay Regazzoni -1
P8 Juan Fangio 6 starts · → John Watson -1
P8 José Froilán González 6 starts · → John Watson -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 90 L98 Musso · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Musso MUS 1 Musso MUS Behra · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Behra BEH 2 Behra BEH Hawthorn · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Hawthorn HAW 3 Hawthorn HAW Landi · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Landi LAN 4 Landi LAN Gerini · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Gerini GER 4 Gerini GER Gendebien · P10 → P5 · +5 10 Gendebien GEN 5 Gendebien GEN González · P13 → P6 · +7 13 González GON 6 González GON Uria · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Uria URI 6 Uria URI Moss · P7 → retired L81 Moss · retired L81 7 Moss MOS R Moss MOS Collins · P9 → retired L58 Collins · retired L58 9 Collins COL R Collins COL Piotti · P12 → retired L57 Piotti · retired L57 12 Piotti PIO R Piotti PIO Menditeguy · P6 → retired L42 Menditeguy · retired L42 6 Menditeguy MEN R Menditeguy MEN Castellotti · P2 → retired L40 Castellotti · retired L40 2 Castellotti CAS R Castellotti CAS González · P5 → retired L24 González · retired L24 5 González GON R González GON Fangio · P1 → retired L22 Fangio · retired L22 1 Fangio FAN R Fangio FAN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 28 Luigi Musso Ferrari 3 98 3:00:03.700 4
2 32 Jean Behra Maserati 4 98 +24.400 6
3 23 Mike Hawthorn Maserati 8 96 +2 Laps 4
4 10 Chico Landi Maserati 11 92 +6 Laps 1.5
4 42 Gerino Gerini Maserati 11 92 +6 Laps 1.5
5 44 Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 10 91 +7 Laps 2
6 16 Óscar González Maserati 13 88 +10 Laps
6 16 Alberto Uria Maserati 13 88 +10 Laps
R 36 Stirling Moss Maserati 7 81 Engine
R 26 Peter Collins Ferrari 9 58 Accident
R 40 Luigi Piotti Maserati 12 57 Accident
R 6 Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 6 42 Halfshaft
R 24 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 2 40 Gearbox
R 18 José Froilán González Maserati 5 24 Engine
R 22 Juan Fangio Ferrari 1 22 Fuel pump
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
22 Juan Fangio
2
24 Eugenio Castellotti
3
28 Luigi Musso
4
32 Jean Behra
5
18 José Froilán González
6
6 Carlos Menditeguy
7
36 Stirling Moss
8
23 Mike Hawthorn
9
26 Peter Collins
10
44 Olivier Gendebien
11
10 Chico Landi
11
42 Gerino Gerini
12
40 Luigi Piotti
13
16 Óscar González
13
16 Alberto Uria
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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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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 14:15