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Motor car race
The
1956 Belgian Grand Prix
was a
Formula One
motor race
held on 3 June 1956 at
Spa-Francorchamps
. It was race 4 of 8 in the
1956 World Championship of Drivers
.
After the first day of practice on Thursday, Fangio was on pole with a time almost 5 sec faster than second place Moss. These times would not be touched with wet conditions on Friday and windy conditions on Saturday.
It was raining when the race began and Fangio made a poor start and settled in fifth with Moss well in the lead. But by lap 3 Fangio would be in second having passed Behra, Collins, and then Castellotti. By the fifth lap he was in the lead and had opened up an 8-second lead on Moss by lap 10 with Collins third on a drying track. Collins took second when Moss lost a back wheel on the climb after the Eau Rouge bridge. He was able to safely stop and sprint back to the pits and take over Perdisa's car. He resumed in sixth but a lap down to the leaders. Collins took the lead for good when Fangio lost his transmission on lap 24. A tight battle for second between Behra and Frere ended when Behra's engine began to misfire. This allowed Moss to move to third as he had passed Schell earlier. Moss ended the race on a furious pace but the two leaders were too far ahead to make up the gap.
This was the first Formula One podium for a Belgian driver.
Classification
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Qualifying
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Race
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- Notes
- ^1
? Includes 1 point for fastest lap
Shared drive
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- Car #34: Perdisa (13 laps) and Moss (23 laps).
Championship standings after the race
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- Drivers' Championship standings
- Note
: Only the top five positions are included.
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