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.
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 MaseratiSource:
Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 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:
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 3Source:
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