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Grand Prix de l'ACF (French Grand Prix)

Reims, 1 Jul 1956

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Peter Collins Lancia-Ferrari D50 [0008] V8
#14 Scuderia Ferrari 		61 2h 34m 23.4s
2 Eugenio Castellotti Lancia-Ferrari D50 [0009] V8
#12 Scuderia Ferrari 		61 2h 34m 23.7s
3 Jean Behra Maserati 250F [2521] 6
#4 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		61 2h 35m 53.3s
4 Juan Manuel Fangio Lancia-Ferrari D50 [0010] V8
#10 Scuderia Ferrari 		61 2h 35m 58.5s
5 Stirling Moss Maserati 250F [2507(A) as '2523'] 6
#6 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		59 Shared drive
5 Cesare Perdisa Maserati 250F [2507(A) as '2523'] 6
#6 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		59 Shared drive L20 car to Moss
6 Louis Rosier Maserati 250F [2506] 6
#36 Écurie Rosier 		58 2h 37m 03.5s
7 Francisco Godia Sales Maserati 250F [2524] 6
#40 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		57 2h 34m 53.4s
8 Hermano da Silva Ramos Gordini T32 [32-0041] - T25 8
#32 Équipe Gordini 		57 2h 35m 42.6s
9 Robert Manzon Gordini T32 [32-0042] - T25 8
#30 Équipe Gordini 		56 2h 34m 55.4s
10 Mike Hawthorn Vanwall [VW2]
#24 Vandervell Products Limited
 		56 Shared drive L10 car to Schell
10 Harry Schell Vanwall [VW2]
#24 Vandervell Products Limited
 		56 Shared drive
11 André Pilette Gordini T16 [0035-GC] - T23 6
#34 Équipe Gordini (see note 1) 		55 2h 35m 18.4s
R André Simon Maserati 250F [2505] 6
#42 A Simon 		41 Mechanical
R Piero Taruffi Maserati 250F [2522] 6
#8 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		40 Mechanical
R Olivier Gendebien Lancia-Ferrari D50 [0003] V8
#44 Scuderia Ferrari 		38 Clutch
R Luigi Villoresi Maserati 250F [2519] 6
#38 L Piotti 		23 Brakes
R Alfonso de Portago Lancia-Ferrari D50 [0007] V8
#16 Scuderia Ferrari 		20 Gearbox
R Maurice Trintignant Bugatti Type 251 [01] s8
#28 Automobiles Bugatti 		18 Throttle linkage
R Stirling Moss Maserati 250F [2501] 6
#2 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		12 Gearbox
R Harry Schell Vanwall [VW1]
#22 Vandervell Products Limited
 		5 Engine
DNS Colin Chapman Vanwall [VW3]
#26 Vandervell Products Limited
 		Did not start
(Practice crash)
T Jean Behra Maserati 250F [2512 as '2518'] 6
#4 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		(Only used in practice)
T Stirling Moss Maserati 250F [2512 as '2518'] 6
#8 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		(Only used in practice)
T Piero Taruffi Maserati 250F [2512 as '2518'] 6
#8 Officine Alfieri Maserati 		(Only used in practice)
T Juan Manuel Fangio Lancia-Ferrari D50 [0006] V8
#10 Scuderia Ferrari 		(Only used in practice)
T Peter Collins Lancia-Ferrari D50 [0006] V8
#14 Scuderia Ferrari 		(Only used in practice)
T Maurice Trintignant Bugatti Type 251 [02] s8
#28 Automobiles Bugatti 		(Only used in practice)
T Maurice Trintignant Bugatti Type 251 [01] s8
#M Automobiles Bugatti 		(Only used in practice)
T Juan Manuel Fangio Lancia-Ferrari D50 V8
#T Scuderia Ferrari 		(Only used in practice)
T Eugenio Castellotti Lancia-Ferrari D50 V8
#T Scuderia Ferrari 		(Only used in practice)
DNA Mike Hawthorn BRM Type 25 s4
#18 Owen Racing Organisation 		Did not arrive
DNA Tony Brooks BRM Type 25 s4
#20 Owen Racing Organisation 		Did not arrive
DNA Jacques Pollet Ferrari 625 4
#34 Scuderia Centro Sud 		Did not arrive
DNA Horace Gould Maserati 250F [2514] 6
#46 Goulds Garage (Bristol) 		Did not arrive
DNA Piero Scotti Connaught B [B6] - Alta 4
#48 P Scotti 		Did not arrive

All cars are 2.5-litre F1 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Juan Manuel Fangio (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Lancia-Ferrari D50 [0010] - Lancia-Ferrari V8 2' 23.3
2 Eugenio Castellotti (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Lancia-Ferrari D50 [0009] - Lancia-Ferrari V8 2' 24.6
3 Peter Collins (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Lancia-Ferrari D50 [0008] - Lancia-Ferrari V8 2' 25.6
4 Harry Schell (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Vanwall [VW1] - Vanwall 2' 26.1
5 Colin Chapman * (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Vanwall [VW3] - Vanwall 2' 26.8
6 Mike Hawthorn (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Vanwall [VW2] - Vanwall 2' 27.0
7 Jean Behra (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2521] - Maserati 6 2' 27.8
8 Stirling Moss (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2501] - Maserati 6 2' 29.9
9 Alfonso de Portago (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Lancia-Ferrari D50 [0007] - Lancia-Ferrari V8 2' 30.9
10 Luigi Villoresi (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2519] - Maserati 6 2' 33.3
11 Olivier Gendebien (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Lancia-Ferrari D50 [0003] - Lancia-Ferrari V8 2' 34.5
12 Louis Rosier (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2506] - Maserati 6 2' 35.3
13 Piero Taruffi (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2522] - Maserati 6 2' 35.6
14 Hermano da Silva Ramos (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Gordini T32 [32-0041] - Gordini T25 8 2' 35.9
15 Robert Manzon (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Gordini T32 [32-0042] - Gordini T25 8 2' 36.0
16 Cesare Perdisa (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2507(A) as '2523'] - Maserati 6 2' 36.4
17 Francisco Godia Sales (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2524] - Maserati 6 2' 40.0
18 Maurice Trintignant (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Bugatti Type 251 [01] - Bugatti s8 2' 41.9
19 André Pilette (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Gordini T16 [0035-GC] - Gordini T23 6 2' 46.8
20 André Simon (2.5 F1) 2.5-litre Maserati 250F [2505] - Maserati 6 2' 47.9
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Gordini T16 [0035-GC] (André Pilette): Raced by Wacker 1953, Behra 1954, da Silva Ramos 1955-57, Bayol and Pilette 1955-56, Manzon, Pollet and Lucas 1955, Simon 1956, Guelfi 1957. To Schlumpf Collection and still in Musée Nationale 1994.

Sources

The identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' original results.

3-litre Formula 1 World Championship events 1966-1985

These 1966 to 1985 results were initially compiled by Allen Brown, but these were in the very basic form required to track individual car histories. Since then further details, such as laps completed, qualifying times and so on, have been added from Rob Ryder's extensive database.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen at allen@oldracingcars.com if you can help with our research.