1956 - Grand Prix of Italy

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1956 - Grand Prix of Italy

Race Name - Grand Prix of Italy
Date - 9/2/1956
Race Track - Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Number of Starting Cars - 24
Laps Run - 50
Pole Winner Juan Manuel Fangio
Average Race Speed - 208.792 kph
Lead Changes - 5 Leader(s) with 6 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Stirling Moss
Race Number - 8

Fin	St	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine
1	6	Stirling Moss	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
2	7	Peter Collins	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia Ferrari D50	Lancia Ferrari 2.5 V
3	23	Ron Flockhart	Connaught Engineering	Connaught B	Alta 1.5
4	17	Paco Godia	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
5	15	Jack Fairman	Connaught Engineering	Connaught B	Alta 1.5
6	14	Luigi Piotti	Luigi Piotti	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
7	18	Toulo de Graffenried	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
8	1	Juan Manuel Fangio	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia Ferrari D50	Lancia Ferrari 2.5 V
9	24	Andr Simon	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16	Gordini 2.5 L6
10	16	Gerino Gerini	Scuderia Guastalla	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
11	13	Roy Salvadori	Gilby Engineering Ltd	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
12	3	Luigi Musso	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia Ferrari D50	Lancia Ferrari 2.5 V
13	12	Umberto Maglioli	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
14	10	Harry Schell	Vandervell Products Ltd	Vanwall	Vanwall 2.5 L4
15	5	Jean Behra	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
16	21	Bruce Halford	Bruce Halford	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
17	11	Maurice Trintignant	Vandervell Products Ltd	Vanwall	Vanwall 2.5 L4
18	4	Piero Taruffi	Vandervell Products Ltd	Vanwall	Vanwall 2.5 L4
19	2	Eugenio Castellotti	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia Ferrari D50	Lancia Ferrari 2.5 V
20	8	Luigi Villoresi	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6
21	22	Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T32	Gordini 2.5 L8
22	9	Alfonso de Portago	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia Ferrari D50	Lancia Ferrari 2.5 V
23	19	Les Leston	Connaught Engineering	Connaught B	Alta 1.5
24	20	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T32	Gordini 2.5 L8
25	25	Wolfgang von Trips	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia Ferrari D50	Lancia Ferrari 2.5 V