Season 1956 · Round 7

German Grand Prix

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1956-08-05 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 22Lap · 501.820km
22 Juan Fangio
Ferrari 3:38:43.700
36 Stirling Moss
Maserati +46.400
Team win 15pt P2 · P3 · P4 · P5 · P6 · P7 · P10 · P11 · P15 · P16 · P17 · P20 · P22 2-3
32 Jean Behra
Maserati +7:38.300
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Ottorino Volonterio L16 André Milhoux L15 Alfonso de Portago L14 Harry Schell L13 Luigi Villoresi L13 Luigi Musso L11 Peter Collins L8 Eugenio Castellotti L5 Umberto Maglioli L3 Horace Gould L3 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
22Lap 501.820km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 Tony Brooks 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Stirling Moss 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Starts
P15 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
P25 Jo Bonnier 10 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P40 Maurice Trintignant 9 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 L22 Fangio · P1 → P1 1 Fangio FAN 1 Fangio FAN Moss · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Moss MOS 2 Moss MOS Behra · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Behra BEH 3 Behra BEH Godia · P16 → P4 · +12 16 Godia GOD 4 Godia GOD Rosier · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Rosier ROS 5 Rosier ROS Halford · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Halford HAL 6 Halford HAL Volonterio · P19 → retired L16 Volonterio · retired L16 19 Volonterio VOL R Volonterio VOL Milhoux · P21 → retired L15 Milhoux · retired L15 21 Milhoux MIL R Milhoux MIL de Portago · P10 → retired L14 de Portago · retired L14 10 de Portago DE R de Portago DE Schell · P12 → retired L13 Schell · retired L13 12 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Villoresi · P20 → retired L13 Villoresi · retired L13 20 Villoresi VIL R Villoresi VIL Musso · P5 → retired L11 Musso · retired L11 5 Musso MUS R Musso MUS Collins · P2 → retired L8 Collins · retired L8 2 Collins COL R Collins COL Castellotti · P3 → retired L5 Castellotti · retired L5 3 Castellotti CAS R Castellotti CAS Maglioli · P7 → retired L3 Maglioli · retired L3 7 Maglioli MAG R Maglioli MAG Gould · P13 → retired L3 Gould · retired L3 13 Gould GOU R Gould GOU Salvadori · P9 → retired L2 Salvadori · retired L2 9 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL Manzon · P15 → retired L0 Manzon · retired L0 15 Manzon MAN R Manzon MAN Scarlatti · P17 → retired L0 Scarlatti · retired L0 17 Scarlatti SCA R Scarlatti SCA Perdisa · pit lane → P20 · +3 — Perdisa PER 20 Perdisa PER Pilette · pit lane → P21 · +3 — Pilette PIL 21 Pilette PIL Piotti · pit lane → P22 · +3 — Piotti PIO 22 Piotti PIO
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 22 Juan Fangio Ferrari 1 22 3:38:43.700 9
2 36 Stirling Moss Maserati 4 22 +46.400 6
3 32 Jean Behra Maserati 8 22 +7:38.300 4
4 38 Paco Godia Maserati 16 20 +2 Laps 3
5 15 Louis Rosier Maserati 14 19 +3 Laps 2
D 48 Bruce Halford Maserati 11 20 Disqualified
R 22 Ottorino Volonterio Maserati 19 16 +6 Laps
R 11 André Milhoux Gordini 21 15 Engine
R 30 Alfonso de Portago Ferrari 10 14 Accident
R 18 Harry Schell Maserati 12 13 Overheating
R 34 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 20 13 Engine
R 28 Luigi Musso Ferrari 5 11 Accident
R 26 Peter Collins Ferrari 2 8 Fuel leak
R 24 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 3 5 Electrical
R 46 Umberto Maglioli Maserati 7 3 Steering
R 19 Horace Gould Maserati 13 3 Oil pressure
R 44 Roy Salvadori Maserati 9 2 Suspension
R 10 Robert Manzon Gordini 15 0 Suspension
R 14 Giorgio Scarlatti Ferrari 17 0 Engine
W 8 Cesare Perdisa Maserati 0 0 Withdrew
W 11 André Pilette Gordini 0 0 Withdrew
W 40 Luigi Piotti Maserati 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
22 Juan Fangio
2
26 Peter Collins
3
24 Eugenio Castellotti
4
36 Stirling Moss
5
28 Luigi Musso
7
46 Umberto Maglioli
8
32 Jean Behra
9
44 Roy Salvadori
10
30 Alfonso de Portago
11
48 Bruce Halford
12
18 Harry Schell
13
19 Horace Gould
14
15 Louis Rosier
15
10 Robert Manzon
16
38 Paco Godia
17
14 Giorgio Scarlatti
19
22 Ottorino Volonterio
20
34 Luigi Villoresi
21
11 André Milhoux
PIT
8 Cesare Perdisa pit lane start
PIT
11 André Pilette pit lane start
PIT
40 Luigi Piotti 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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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