Season 1956 · Round 8

Italian Grand Prix

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1956-09-02 · Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Italy · Italian Grand Prix · 50Lap · 500.023km
36 Stirling Moss
Maserati 2:23:41.300
Team win 12pt P1 · P4 · P6 · P7 · P10 · P11 · P13 · P15 · P16 · P20 · P20
26 Peter Collins
Ferrari +5.700
4 Ron Flockhart
Connaught
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
14
Luigi Musso L47 Umberto Maglioli L42 Harry Schell L32 Jean Behra L23 Bruce Halford L16 Maurice Trintignant L13 Piero Taruffi L12 Eugenio Castellotti L9 Jo Bonnier L7 Luigi Villoresi L7 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Nelson Piquet 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 26/75 34.7%
Most DNFs · all-time P2
Closest finish · all-time P1
Circuit Info
50Lap 500.023km 76 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:20.901 · Lando Norris (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
P4 Stirling Moss 3 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
P22 Tony Brooks 1 wins · → Juan Pablo Montoya -1
Starts
P16 Maurice Trintignant 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P16 Jo Bonnier 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P34 Jack Brabham 10 starts · → Nico Rosberg -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L50 Moss · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Moss MOS 1 Moss MOS Collins · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Collins COL 2 Collins COL Flockhart · P26 → P3 · +23 26 Flockhart FLO 3 Flockhart FLO Godia · P18 → P4 · +14 18 Godia GOD 4 Godia GOD Fairman · P16 → P5 · +11 16 Fairman FAI 5 Fairman FAI Piotti · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Piotti PIO 6 Piotti PIO de Graffenried · P19 → P7 · +12 19 de Graffenried DE 7 de Graffenried DE Fangio · P1 → P8 · -7 1 Fangio FAN 8 Fangio FAN Simon · P25 → P9 · +16 25 Simon SIM 9 Simon SIM Gerini · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Gerini GER 10 Gerini GER Salvadori · P14 → P11 · +3 14 Salvadori SAL 11 Salvadori SAL Musso · P3 → retired L47 Musso · retired L47 3 Musso MUS R Musso MUS Maglioli · P13 → retired L42 Maglioli · retired L42 13 Maglioli MAG R Maglioli MAG Schell · P10 → retired L32 Schell · retired L32 10 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Behra · P5 → retired L23 Behra · retired L23 5 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Halford · P22 → retired L16 Halford · retired L16 22 Halford HAL R Halford HAL Trintignant · P11 → retired L13 Trintignant · retired L13 11 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Taruffi · P4 → retired L12 Taruffi · retired L12 4 Taruffi TAR R Taruffi TAR Castellotti · P2 → retired L9 Castellotti · retired L9 2 Castellotti CAS R Castellotti CAS Bonnier · P8 → retired L7 Bonnier · retired L7 8 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Villoresi · P8 → retired L7 Villoresi · retired L7 8 Villoresi VIL R Villoresi VIL Manzon · P23 → retired L7 Manzon · retired L7 23 Manzon MAN R Manzon MAN de Portago · P9 → retired L6 de Portago · retired L6 9 de Portago DE R de Portago DE Leston · P20 → retired L6 Leston · retired L6 20 Leston LES R Leston LES da Silva Ramos · P21 → retired L3 da Silva Ramos · retired L3 21 da Silva Ramos DA R da Silva Ramos DA von Trips · pit lane → P25 · +2 — von Trips VON 25 von Trips VON
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 36 Stirling Moss Maserati 6 50 2:23:41.300 9
2 26 Peter Collins Ferrari 7 50 +5.700 3
3 4 Ron Flockhart Connaught 26 49 +1 Lap 4
4 38 Paco Godia Maserati 18 49 +1 Lap 3
5 6 Jack Fairman Connaught 16 47 +3 Laps 2
6 40 Luigi Piotti Maserati 15 47 +3 Laps
7 14 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 19 46 +4 Laps
8 22 Juan Fangio Ferrari 1 46 +4 Laps
9 12 André Simon Gordini 25 45 +5 Laps
10 42 Gerino Gerini Maserati 17 42 +8 Laps
11 44 Roy Salvadori Maserati 14 41 +9 Laps
R 28 Luigi Musso Ferrari 3 47 Steering
R 46 Umberto Maglioli Maserati 13 42 Steering
R 18 Harry Schell Vanwall 10 32 Transmission
R 32 Jean Behra Maserati 5 23 Magneto
R 48 Bruce Halford Maserati 22 16 Engine
R 20 Maurice Trintignant Vanwall 11 13 Transmission
R 16 Piero Taruffi Vanwall 4 12 Oil leak
R 24 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 2 9 Tyre
R 34 Jo Bonnier Maserati 8 7 Engine
R 34 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 8 7 Engine
R 10 Robert Manzon Gordini 23 7 Chassis
R 30 Alfonso de Portago Ferrari 9 6 Tyre
R 2 Les Leston Connaught 20 6 Suspension
R 8 Hernando da Silva Ramos Gordini 21 3 Engine
W 50 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 0 0 Withdrew
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
16 Piero Taruffi
5
32 Jean Behra
6
36 Stirling Moss
7
26 Peter Collins
8
34 Jo Bonnier
8
34 Luigi Villoresi
9
30 Alfonso de Portago
10
18 Harry Schell
11
20 Maurice Trintignant
13
46 Umberto Maglioli
14
44 Roy Salvadori
15
40 Luigi Piotti
16
6 Jack Fairman
17
42 Gerino Gerini
18
38 Paco Godia
19
14 Toulo de Graffenried
20
2 Les Leston
21
8 Hernando da Silva Ramos
22
48 Bruce Halford
23
10 Robert Manzon
25
12 André Simon
26
4 Ron Flockhart
PIT
50 Wolfgang von Trips 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