1956 Syracuse Grand Prix

The 1956 Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race, set to Formula One rules, held on 15 April 1956 at the Syracuse Circuit, Sicily. The race was won by Argentinean Juan Manuel Fangio, in his Scuderia Ferrari entered Lancia D50.

1956 Syracuse Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1956 Formula One season
Race details
Date 15 April 1956
Official name VI Gran Premio di Siracusa
Location Syracuse, Sicily
Course Temporary road circuit
Course length 5.599 km (3.479 mi)
Distance 80 laps, 447.688 km (278.167 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Time 1:58.0
Fastest lap
Driver Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari
Time 1:59.8
Podium
First
Ferrari
Second
Ferrari
Third
Ferrari

Classification

Entry List
No Driver Entrant Car Engine
2 Gerino Gerini Scuderia Guastalla Maserati 250F Maserati
4 Juan Manuel Fangio Scuderia Ferrari Lancia D50 Lancia
6 Horace Gould Gould's Garage Maserati 250F Maserati
8 Giorgio Scarlatti Giorgio Scarlatti Ferrari 500 Ferrari
10 Piero Scotti Connaught Engineering Connaught Type B Alta
12 Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 250F Maserati
14 Luigi Piotti Luigi Piotti Maserati 250F Maserati
16 Eugenio Castellotti Scuderia Ferrari Lancia D50 Lancia
18 Berardo Taraschi Berardo Taraschi Ferrari 166 Ferrari
20 Hermano da Silva Ramos Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 Gordini
22 Desmond Titterington Connaught Engineering Connaught Type B Alta
24 Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 Gordini
26 Luigi Musso Scuderia Ferrari Lancia D50 Lancia
28 Peter Collins Scuderia Ferrari Lancia D50 Lancia
30 Jean Behra Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati
Source:[1]

Qualifying
PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
1 4 Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 1:58.0  –
2 16 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 1:58.9 +0.9
3 30 Jean Behra Maserati 1:59.6 +1.6
4 26 Luigi Musso Ferrari 2:00.3 +2.3
5 12 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 2:01.5 +3.5
6 28 Peter Collins Ferrari 2:02.1 +4.1
7 24 Robert Manzon Gordini 2:05.1 +7.1
8 22 Desmond Titterington Connaught-Alta 2:06.6 +8.6
9 14 Luigi Piotti Maserati 2:07.1 +9.1
10 6 Horace Gould Maserati 2:09.1 +11.1
11 2 Gerino Gerini Maserati 2:10.5 +12.5
12 20 Hermano da Silva Ramos Gordini 2:11.8 +13.8
13 8 Giorgio Scarlatti Ferrari - -
14 18 Berardo Taraschi Ferrari - -
15 10 Piero Scotti Connaught-Alta - -
Source:[2]

Race
Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 4 Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 80 2:48'59.9 1
2 26 Luigi Musso Ferrari 80 +0.2 4
3 28 Peter Collins Ferrari 80 +0.5 6
4 12 Luigi Villoresi Maserati 77 +3 Laps 5
5 2 Gerino Gerini Maserati 77 +6 Laps 11
6 24 Robert Manzon Gordini 76 +4 Laps 7
7 24 Luigi Piotti Maserati 74 +6 Laps 9
Ret 20 Hermano da Silva Ramos Gordini 42 Mechanical 12
Ret 16 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 40 Accident 2
Ret 22 Desmond Titterington Connaught-Alta 23 Ignition 8
Ret 10 Piero Scotti Connaught-Alta 21 Gearbox 15
Ret 18 Berardo Taraschi Ferrari 20 Mechanical 14
Ret 8 Giorgio Scarlatti Ferrari 20 Mechanical 13
Ret 6 Horace Gould Maserati 2 Final Drive 10
Ret 30 Jean Behra Maserati 1 Lubrication 3
Source:[3]

References
  1. "1956 Syracuse GP Entry List". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  2. "1956 Syracuse GP Qualifying". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  3. "1956 Syracuse GP". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
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