Season 1956 · Round 6

British Grand Prix

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1956-07-14 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 101Lap · 475.766km
22 Juan Fangio
Ferrari 2:59
Team win 8pt P1 · P10 · P10 · P17
32 Jean Behra
Maserati
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
17
Stirling Moss L94 Harry Schell L87 Desmond Titterington L74 Maurice Trintignant L74 Hernando da Silva Ramos L71 Peter Collins L64 Roy Salvadori L59 Tony Brooks L39 Mike Hawthorn L24 Louis Rosier L23 +7
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
101Lap 475.766km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P17 Juan Fangio 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P9 Jack Brabham 15 starts · → Jenson Button -2
P18 Jo Bonnier 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P32 Roy Salvadori 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 90 L101 Fangio · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Fangio FAN 1 Fangio FAN Behra · P13 → P3 · +10 13 Behra BEH 3 Behra BEH Fairman · P21 → P4 · +17 21 Fairman FAI 4 Fairman FAI Gould · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Gould GOU 5 Gould GOU Villoresi · P19 → P6 · +13 19 Villoresi VIL 6 Villoresi VIL Perdisa · P15 → P7 · +8 15 Perdisa PER 7 Perdisa PER Godia · P25 → P8 · +17 25 Godia GOD 8 Godia GOD Manzon · P18 → P9 · +9 18 Manzon MAN 9 Manzon MAN de Portago · P8 → P10 · -2 8 de Portago DE 10 de Portago DE Castellotti · P8 → P10 · -2 8 Castellotti CAS 10 Castellotti CAS Gerard · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Gerard GER 11 Gerard GER Moss · P1 → retired L94 Moss · retired L94 1 Moss MOS R Moss MOS Schell · P5 → retired L87 Schell · retired L87 5 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Titterington · P11 → retired L74 Titterington · retired L74 11 Titterington TIT R Titterington TIT Trintignant · P16 → retired L74 Trintignant · retired L74 16 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI da Silva Ramos · P26 → retired L71 da Silva Ramos · retired L71 26 da Silva Ramos DA R da Silva Ramos DA Collins · P4 → retired L64 Collins · retired L64 4 Collins COL R Collins COL Salvadori · P7 → retired L59 Salvadori · retired L59 7 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL Brooks · P9 → retired L39 Brooks · retired L39 9 Brooks BRO R Brooks BRO Hawthorn · P3 → retired L24 Hawthorn · retired L24 3 Hawthorn HAW R Hawthorn HAW Rosier · P27 → retired L23 Rosier · retired L23 27 Rosier ROS R Rosier ROS Halford · P20 → retired L22 Halford · retired L22 20 Halford HAL R Halford HAL Maglioli · P24 → retired L21 Maglioli · retired L21 24 Maglioli MAG R Maglioli MAG Scott Brown · P10 → retired L16 Scott Brown · retired L16 10 Scott Brown SCO R Scott Brown SCO Emery · P23 → retired L12 Emery · retired L12 23 Emery EME R Emery EME Brabham · P28 → retired L3 Brabham · retired L3 28 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Flockhart · P17 → retired L2 Flockhart · retired L2 17 Flockhart FLO R Flockhart FLO González · P6 → retired L0 González · retired L0 6 González GON R González GON
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 22 Juan Fangio Ferrari 2 101 2:59 8
3 32 Jean Behra Maserati 13 99 +2 Laps 4
4 6 Jack Fairman Connaught 21 98 +3 Laps 3
5 19 Horace Gould Maserati 14 97 +4 Laps 2
6 34 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 19 96 +5 Laps
7 8 Cesare Perdisa Maserati 15 95 +6 Laps
8 38 Paco Godia Maserati 25 94 +7 Laps
9 10 Robert Manzon Gordini 18 94 +7 Laps
10 30 Alfonso de Portago Ferrari 8 92 +9 Laps
10 24 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 8 92 +9 Laps
11 26 Bob Gerard Cooper 22 88 +13 Laps
R 36 Stirling Moss Maserati 1 94 Axle 1
R 18 Harry Schell Vanwall 5 87 Fuel system
R 20 Desmond Titterington Connaught 11 74 Engine
R 20 Maurice Trintignant Vanwall 16 74 Fuel system
R 8 Hernando da Silva Ramos Gordini 26 71 Axle
R 26 Peter Collins Ferrari 4 64 Oil pressure
R 44 Roy Salvadori Maserati 7 59 Fuel system
R 24 Tony Brooks BRM 9 39 Accident
R 23 Mike Hawthorn BRM 3 24 Transmission
R 15 Louis Rosier Maserati 27 23 Electrical
R 48 Bruce Halford Maserati 20 22 Engine
R 46 Umberto Maglioli Maserati 24 21 Gearbox
R 19 Archie Scott Brown Connaught 10 16 Transmission
R 32 Paul Emery Emeryson 23 12 Ignition
R 30 Jack Brabham Maserati 28 3 Engine
R 4 Ron Flockhart BRM 17 2 Engine
R 18 José Froilán González Vanwall 6 0 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
36 Stirling Moss
2
22 Juan Fangio
3
23 Mike Hawthorn
4
26 Peter Collins
5
18 Harry Schell
6
18 José Froilán González
7
44 Roy Salvadori
8
30 Alfonso de Portago
8
24 Eugenio Castellotti
9
24 Tony Brooks
10
19 Archie Scott Brown
11
20 Desmond Titterington
13
32 Jean Behra
14
19 Horace Gould
15
8 Cesare Perdisa
16
20 Maurice Trintignant
17
4 Ron Flockhart
18
10 Robert Manzon
19
34 Luigi Villoresi
20
48 Bruce Halford
21
6 Jack Fairman
22
26 Bob Gerard
23
32 Paul Emery
24
46 Umberto Maglioli
25
38 Paco Godia
26
8 Hernando da Silva Ramos
27
15 Louis Rosier
28
30 Jack Brabham
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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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