Season 1956 · Round 2

Monaco Grand Prix

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1956-05-13 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix · 100Lap · 314.500km
36 Stirling Moss
Maserati 3:00:32.900
Team win 12pt P1 · P3 · P7 · P8 · P10 · P18 1-3
26 Peter Collins
Ferrari +6.100
32 Jean Behra
Maserati
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
6
Robert Manzon L90 Louis Rosier L72 Eugenio Castellotti L14 Maurice Trintignant L13 Harry Schell L2 Luigi Musso L2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 6 wins
Graham Hill 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 34/72 47.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P11
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
100Lap 314.500km 72 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:12.909 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Stirling Moss 3 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P9 Juan Fangio 2 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
P9 Maurice Trintignant 2 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P11 Jack Brabham 14 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P28 Maurice Trintignant 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P46 Jo Bonnier 9 starts · → Jacques Villeneuve -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 90 L100 Moss · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Moss MOS 1 Moss MOS Collins · P9 → P2 · +7 9 Collins COL 2 Collins COL Behra · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Behra BEH 3 Behra BEH Fangio · P1 → P4 · -3 1 Fangio FAN 4 Fangio FAN da Silva Ramos · P14 → P5 · +9 14 da Silva Ramos DA 5 da Silva Ramos DA Bayol · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Bayol BAY 6 Bayol BAY Pilette · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Pilette PIL 6 Pilette PIL Perdisa · P7 → P7 7 Perdisa PER 7 Perdisa PER Gould · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Gould GOU 8 Gould GOU Manzon · P12 → retired L90 Manzon · retired L90 12 Manzon MAN R Manzon MAN Rosier · P15 → retired L72 Rosier · retired L72 15 Rosier ROS R Rosier ROS Castellotti · P3 → retired L14 Castellotti · retired L14 3 Castellotti CAS R Castellotti CAS Trintignant · P6 → retired L13 Trintignant · retired L13 6 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Schell · P5 → retired L2 Schell · retired L2 5 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Musso · P8 → retired L2 Musso · retired L2 8 Musso MUS R Musso MUS Hawthorn · pit lane → P16 · +3 — Hawthorn HAW 16 Hawthorn HAW Brooks · pit lane → P17 · +3 — Brooks BRO 17 Brooks BRO Chiron · pit lane → P18 · +3 — Chiron CHI 18 Chiron CHI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 36 Stirling Moss Maserati 2 100 3:00:32.900 8
2 26 Peter Collins Ferrari 9 100 +6.100 3
3 32 Jean Behra Maserati 4 99 +1 Lap 4
4 22 Juan Fangio Ferrari 1 99 +1 Lap 1.5
5 8 Hernando da Silva Ramos Gordini 14 93 +7 Laps 2
6 4 Élie Bayol Gordini 11 88 +12 Laps
6 11 André Pilette Gordini 11 88 +12 Laps
7 8 Cesare Perdisa Maserati 7 86 +14 Laps
8 19 Horace Gould Maserati 16 85 +15 Laps
R 10 Robert Manzon Gordini 12 90 Accident
R 15 Louis Rosier Maserati 15 72 Engine
R 24 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 3 14 Clutch
R 20 Maurice Trintignant Vanwall 6 13 Overheating
R 18 Harry Schell Vanwall 5 2 Accident
R 28 Luigi Musso Ferrari 8 2 Accident
W 23 Mike Hawthorn BRM 0 0 Engine
W 24 Tony Brooks BRM 0 0 Engine
W 34 Louis Chiron Maserati 0 0 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
22 Juan Fangio
2
36 Stirling Moss
3
24 Eugenio Castellotti
4
32 Jean Behra
5
18 Harry Schell
6
20 Maurice Trintignant
7
8 Cesare Perdisa
8
28 Luigi Musso
9
26 Peter Collins
11
4 Élie Bayol
11
11 André Pilette
12
10 Robert Manzon
14
8 Hernando da Silva Ramos
15
15 Louis Rosier
16
19 Horace Gould
PIT
23 Mike Hawthorn pit lane start
PIT
24 Tony Brooks pit lane start
PIT
34 Louis Chiron pit lane start
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.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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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