1956 Drivers Championship Final Standings
Championship points were awarded at each round on an 8–6–4–3–2 basis to the first five finishers with an additional point awarded to the driver setting the fastest lap of the race. Only the best five round results were counted.
| Pos. |
Driver |
ARG
|
MON
|
500
|
BEL
|
FRA
|
GBR
|
GER
|
ITA
|
Pts. |
| 1 |
Juan Manuel Fangio |
1† / Ret |
2† / 4† |
|
Ret |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2† / 8† |
30 (33) |
| 2 |
Stirling Moss |
Ret |
1 |
|
3† / Ret |
5† / Ret |
Ret |
2 |
1 |
27 (28) |
| 3 |
Peter Collins |
Ret |
2† |
|
1 |
1 |
2† / Ret |
Ret† / Ret |
2† |
25 |
| 4 |
Jean Behra |
2 |
3 |
|
7 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Ret† / Ret |
22 |
| 5 |
Pat Flaherty |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
| 6 |
Eugenio Castellotti |
Ret |
4† / Ret |
|
Ret |
2 |
10† |
Ret† / Ret |
8† / Ret |
7.5 |
| 7 |
Sam Hanks |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
| 8 |
Paul Frère |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
| 9 |
Paco Godia |
|
|
|
Ret |
7 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
| 10 |
Jack Fairman |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
5 |
5 |
| 11 |
Luigi Musso |
1† |
Ret |
|
|
|
|
Ret† |
Ret |
4 |
| 12 |
Mike Hawthorn |
3 |
|
|
|
10† |
Ret |
|
|
4 |
| 13 |
Ron Flockhart |
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
3 |
4 |
| 14 |
Don Freeland |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
| 15 |
Alfonso de Portago |
|
|
|
|
Ret |
2† / 10† |
Ret† |
Ret |
3 |
| 16 |
Cesare Perdisa |
|
7 |
|
3† |
5† |
7 |
Ret |
|
3 |
| 17 |
Harry Schell |
|
Ret |
|
4 |
10† / Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
3 |
| 18 |
Johnnie Parsons |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
| 19 |
Louis Rosier |
|
Ret |
|
8 |
6 |
Ret |
5 |
|
2 |
| 20 |
Luigi Villoresi |
|
|
|
5 |
Ret |
6 |
Ret |
Ret† |
2 |
| 21 |
Hernando da Silva Ramos |
|
5 |
|
|
8 |
Ret |
|
Ret |
2 |
| 22 |
Horace Gould |
|
8 |
|
Ret |
|
5 |
Ret |
|
2 |
| 23 |
Olivier Gendebien |
5 |
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
2 |
| 24 |
Dick Rathmann |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| 25 |
Gerino Gerini |
4† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
1.5 |
| 26 |
Chico Landi |
4† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.5 |
| 27 |
Paul Russo |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| — |
André Pilette |
|
6† |
|
6 |
11 |
|
Ret |
|
0 |
| — |
Luigi Piotti |
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
0 |
| — |
Bob Sweikert |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Oscar Gonzalez |
6† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Alberto Uria |
6† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Élie Bayol |
|
6† |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Bob Veith |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Toulo de Graffenried |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
0 |
| — |
Rodger Ward |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Robert Manzon |
|
Ret |
|
|
9 |
9 |
Ret |
Ret |
0 |
| — |
André Simon |
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
9 |
0 |
| — |
Jimmy Reece |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Cliff Griffith |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Roy Salvadori |
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
Ret |
11 |
0 |
| — |
Gene Hartley |
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Bob Gerard |
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Fred Agabashian |
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Bob Christie |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Al Keller |
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Eddie Johnson |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Billy Garrett |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Duke Dinsmore |
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Pat O'Connor |
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Jimmy Bryan |
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Ottorino Volonterio |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NC |
|
0 |
| — |
Maurice Trintignant |
|
Ret |
|
Ret |
Ret |
Ret |
|
Ret |
0 |
| — |
Umberto Maglioli |
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
Ret |
Ret† |
0 |
| — |
Bruce Halford |
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
DSQ |
Ret |
0 |
| — |
José Froilán González |
Ret |
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Piero Taruffi |
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
Ret |
0 |
| — |
Giorgio Scarlatti |
|
DNQ |
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
0 |
| — |
Carlos Menditeguy |
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Jim Rathmann |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Johnnie Tolan |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Tony Bettenhausen |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Jimmy Daywalt |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Jack Turner |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Keith Andrews |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Andy Linden |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Al Herman |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Ray Crawford |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Johnny Boyd |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Troy Ruttman |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Johnny Thomson |
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Piero Scotti |
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Desmond Titterington |
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Tony Brooks |
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Archie Scott-Brown |
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Paul Emery |
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Jack Brabham |
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
|
0 |
| — |
Andre Milhoux |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
|
0 |
| — |
Les Leston |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret |
0 |
| — |
Ed Elisian |
|
|
Ret† |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Eddie Russo |
|
|
Ret† |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
| — |
Joakim Bonnier |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ret† |
0 |
| — |
Colin Chapman |
|
|
|
|
DNS |
|
|
|
0 |
| Pos. |
Driver |
ARG
|
MON
|
500
|
BEL
|
FRA
|
GBR
|
GER
|
ITA
|
Pts. |
|
Key
| Colour |
Result |
| Gold |
Winner |
| Silver |
2nd place |
| Bronze |
3rd place |
| Green |
Points finish |
| Blue |
Non-points finish |
| Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple |
Did not finish (Ret) |
| Red |
Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black |
Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White |
Did not start (DNS) |
| Race cancelled (C) |
| Light blue |
Practiced only (PO) |
Friday test driver (TD)
(from 2003 onwards) |
| Blank |
Did not practice (DNP) |
| Excluded (EX) |
| Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Withdrew entry before the event (WD) |
|
- Italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – point shared equally between drivers sharing fastest lap)
- Bold indicates pole position
- † Position shared between more drivers of the same car
- Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.