Season 1956 · Round 5

French Grand Prix

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1956-07-01 · Reims-Gueux · France · French Grand Prix · 61Lap · 506.422km
26 Peter Collins
Ferrari 2:34:23.400
Team win 18pt P1 · P2 · P4 · P14 · P16 1-2
24 Eugenio Castellotti
Ferrari +0.300
32 Jean Behra
Maserati +1:29.900
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
André Simon L41 Hernando da Silva Ramos L40 Olivier Gendebien L38 Luigi Villoresi L23 Alfonso de Portago L20 Maurice Trintignant L18 Stirling Moss L12 Harry Schell L5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 6/10 60%
Closest finish · all-time P6
Circuit Info
Reims-Gueux Reims, France
61Lap 506.422km 11 races held (1950–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P4 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P7 Mike Hawthorn 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
Pole Position
P1 Juan Fangio 5 · GP #1
P14 Mike Hawthorn 1 · → Ralf Schumacher -1
P14 Jack Brabham 1 · → Ralf Schumacher -1
Starts
P6 Maurice Trintignant 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P12 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P48 Harry Schell 8 starts · → Nick Heidfeld -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L61 Collins · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Collins COL 1 Collins COL Castellotti · P2 → P2 2 Castellotti CAS 2 Castellotti CAS Behra · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Behra BEH 3 Behra BEH Fangio · P1 → P4 · -3 1 Fangio FAN 4 Fangio FAN Perdisa · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Perdisa PER 5 Perdisa PER Rosier · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Rosier ROS 6 Rosier ROS Godia · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Godia GOD 7 Godia GOD Manzon · P15 → P9 · +6 15 Manzon MAN 9 Manzon MAN Hawthorn · P6 → P10 · -4 6 Hawthorn HAW 10 Hawthorn HAW Pilette · P19 → P11 · +8 19 Pilette PIL 11 Pilette PIL Simon · P20 → retired L41 Simon · retired L41 20 Simon SIM R Simon SIM da Silva Ramos · P16 → retired L40 da Silva Ramos · retired L40 16 da Silva Ramos DA R da Silva Ramos DA Gendebien · P11 → retired L38 Gendebien · retired L38 11 Gendebien GEN R Gendebien GEN Villoresi · P10 → retired L23 Villoresi · retired L23 10 Villoresi VIL R Villoresi VIL de Portago · P9 → retired L20 de Portago · retired L20 9 de Portago DE R de Portago DE Trintignant · P18 → retired L18 Trintignant · retired L18 18 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Moss · P8 → retired L12 Moss · retired L12 8 Moss MOS R Moss MOS Schell · P4 → retired L5 Schell · retired L5 4 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Chapman · P5 → P20 · -15 5 Chapman CHA 20 Chapman CHA
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 26 Peter Collins Ferrari 3 61 2:34:23.400 8
2 24 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 2 61 +0.300 6
3 32 Jean Behra Maserati 7 61 +1:29.900 4
4 22 Juan Fangio Ferrari 1 61 +1:35.100 4
5 8 Cesare Perdisa Maserati 13 59 +2 Laps 1
6 15 Louis Rosier Maserati 12 58 +3 Laps
7 38 Paco Godia Maserati 17 57 +4 Laps
9 10 Robert Manzon Gordini 15 56 +5 Laps
10 23 Mike Hawthorn Vanwall 6 56 +5 Laps
11 11 André Pilette Gordini 19 55 +6 Laps
R 12 André Simon Maserati 20 41 Engine
R 8 Hernando da Silva Ramos Maserati 16 40 Engine
R 44 Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 11 38 Clutch
R 34 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 10 23 Brakes
R 30 Alfonso de Portago Ferrari 9 20 Gearbox
R 20 Maurice Trintignant Bugatti 18 18 Throttle
R 36 Stirling Moss Maserati 8 12 Gearbox
R 18 Harry Schell Vanwall 4 5 Engine
W 26 Colin Chapman Vanwall 5 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
22 Juan Fangio
2
24 Eugenio Castellotti
3
26 Peter Collins
4
18 Harry Schell
5
26 Colin Chapman
6
23 Mike Hawthorn
7
32 Jean Behra
8
36 Stirling Moss
9
30 Alfonso de Portago
10
34 Luigi Villoresi
11
44 Olivier Gendebien
12
15 Louis Rosier
13
8 Cesare Perdisa
15
10 Robert Manzon
16
8 Hernando da Silva Ramos
17
38 Paco Godia
18
20 Maurice Trintignant
19
11 André Pilette
20
12 André Simon
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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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