1956 / FANGIO
A scrolling recap of 1956 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.
The points reel out, race after race.
Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Juan Manuel Fangio closed the year on 30 points, a 3-point gap over P2.
DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS
| DRIVER | R01 | R02 | R03 | R04 | R05 | R06 | R07 | R08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Manuel Fangio | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 30 |
| Stirling Moss | 0 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 27 |
| Peter Collins | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 25 |
| Jean Behra | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 22 |
| Pat Flaherty | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Eugenio Castellotti | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Paco Godia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Paul Frère | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Sam Hanks | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Jack Fairman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Two-car teams, one trophy.
The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings.
Constructor championship points for the 1956 Formula 1 season, ordered by standing.
DATA
| POS | CONSTRUCTOR | PTS |
|---|
Position by position, week to week.
Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.
DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND
| DRIVER | R01 | R02 | R03 | R04 | R05 | R06 | R07 | R08 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Manuel Fangio | P2 | P2 | P2 | P4 | P3 | P2 | P1 | P1 |
| Stirling Moss | — | P3 | P3 | P2 | P4 | P4 | P4 | P2 |
| Peter Collins | — | P6 | P9 | P1 | P1 | P1 | P2 | P3 |
| Jean Behra | P1 | P1 | P1 | P3 | P2 | P3 | P2 | P4 |
| Pat Flaherty | — | — | P3 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 | P5 |
| Eugenio Castellotti | — | P9 | P14 | P18 | P6 | P6 | P6 | P6 |
| Paul Frère | — | — | — | P6 | P7 | P7 | P7 | P7 |
| Sam Hanks | — | — | P5 | P6 | P7 | P7 | P7 | P7 |
| Paco Godia | — | — | — | — | — | — | P14 | P9 |
| Jack Fairman | — | — | — | — | — | P14 | P14 | P10 |
| Luigi Musso | P3 | P4 | P6 | P8 | P9 | P9 | P9 | P11 |
| Don Freeland | — | — | P7 | P9 | P10 | P10 | P10 | P12 |
| Mike Hawthorn | P4 | P5 | P7 | P9 | P10 | P10 | P10 | P12 |
| Ron Flockhart | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | P12 |
| Alfonso de Portago | — | — | — | — | — | P12 | P12 | P15 |
14 drivers stood on a podium.
5 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.
DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS
| ROUND | RACE | P1 | P2 | P3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 · Gran Premio de Argentina 1956 | Gran Premio de Argentina 1956 | MUSSO | FANGIO | BEHRA |
| R02 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1956 | Grand Prix de Monaco 1956 | MOSS | COLLINS | FANGIO |
| R03 · 1956 Indianapolis 500 | 1956 Indianapolis 500 | FLAHERTY | HANKS | FREELAND |
| R04 · 1956 Belgian Grand Prix | 1956 Belgian Grand Prix | COLLINS | FRÈRE | PERDISA |
| R05 · Grand Prix de France 1956 | Grand Prix de France 1956 | COLLINS | CASTELLOTTI | BEHRA |
| R06 · 1956 RAC British Grand Prix | 1956 RAC British Grand Prix | FANGIO | PORTAGO | COLLINS |
| R07 · Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1956 | Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1956 | FANGIO | MOSS | BEHRA |
| R08 · Gran Premio d'Italia 1956 | Gran Premio d'Italia 1956 | MOSS | COLLINS | FANGIO |