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1956 Argentine Grand Prix
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Race details
Date 22 January 1956
Official name IV Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Location Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.912 km (2.431 miles)
Distance 98 laps, 383.376 km (238.219 miles)
Weather Overcast but dry
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:42.5
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari
Time 1:45.3
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Maserati
Third Maserati
Lap leaders

The 1956 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 22 January 1956 at Buenos Aires. It was race 1 of 8 in the 1956 World Championship of Drivers. With the withdrawal of Mercedes from Formula One, Fangio and Moss would begin the season with new teams. Fangio would join Ferrari while Moss would lead the Maserati team. The grid in Argentina was composed entirely of Italian cars. Ferrari and Maserati showed up with five cars each. The other three cars were also Maseratis: two private entries and Hawthorn for the B.R.M. team.

Ferrari dominated practice and occupied the first three grid positions, with Fangio's pole time 2.2 sec faster than second. Maserati dominated the early race with Menditeguy and Moss leading the field. Fangio was a non-factor with a faulty fuel pump. He took over Musso's car after 30 laps and re-entered without losing Musso's fifth place in the race.[1] Meanwhile, Musso took over Fangio's ailing car but did not manage to finish in it even a single lap.[2] Fangio quickly passed Behra but lost his position after spinning. On laps 40–43, disaster struck the leaders. While third, Castellotti's gearbox broke, Menditeguy left the lead with a broken driveshaft, and new leader Moss's engine began to smoke. Fangio, who had overtaken Behra, passed the ailing Moss on lap 67,[1] and finished unchallenged after Behra spun late in the race. The race was not without controversy when the Maserati team manager lodged a protest that Fangio was push-started after the earlier spin. The protest was ultimately rejected by both the stewards and the FIA.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 30 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 1:42.5
2 32 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 1:44.7 +2.2
3 34 Italy Luigi Musso Ferrari 1:44.7 +2.2
4 4 France Jean Behra Maserati 1:45.1 +2.6
5 12 Argentina José Froilán González Maserati 1:45.2 +2.7
6 6 Argentina Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 1:45.6 +3.1
7 2 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Maserati 1:45.9 +3.4
8 14 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Maserati 1:47.4 +4.9
9 36 United Kingdom Peter Collins Ferrari 1:47.7 +5.2
10 38 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 1:50.4 +7.9
11 10 Brazil Chico Landi
Italy Gerino Gerini
Maserati 1:52.1 +9.6
12 8 Italy Luigi Piotti Maserati 1:57.9 +15.4
13 16 Uruguay Alberto Uría Maserati
Source:[3]

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 34 Italy Luigi Musso
Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
Ferrari 98 3:00:03.7 3 4
51
2 4 France Jean Behra Maserati 98 +24.4 4 6
3 14 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Maserati 96 +2 laps 8 4
4 10 Brazil Chico Landi
Italy Gerino Gerini
Maserati 92 +6 laps 11 1.5
1.5
5 38 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 91 +7 laps 10 2
6 16 Uruguay Alberto Uría
Uruguay Óscar González
Maserati 88 +10 laps 13
Ret 2 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Maserati 81 Engine 7
Ret 36 United Kingdom Peter Collins Ferrari 58 Accident 9
Ret 8 Italy Luigi Piotti Maserati 57 Accident 12
Ret 6 Argentina Carlos Menditeguy Maserati 42 Halfshaft 6
Ret 32 Italy Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 40 Gearbox 2
Ret 12 Argentina José Froilán González Maserati 24 Engine 5
Ret 30 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
Italy Luigi Musso
Ferrari 22 Fuel pump 1
Source:[4]
Notes
  • ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap

Shared drives

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Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 France Jean Behra 6
2 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 5
3 Italy Luigi Musso 4
4 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn 4
5 Belgium Olivier Gendebien 2
Source:[5]
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Argentina 1956 – Lap by lap". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. ^ "1956: Argentine Grand Prix – Classification". wildsoft.motorsport.com. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  3. ^ "1956 Argentine GP Qualification". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. ^ "1956 Argentine Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Argentina 1956 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.


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