F1 CHAMPIONSHIP ARCHIVE Standings 1956 From the first championship in 1950 to today’s grid. History, with the points system of its era.
POS DRIVER / TEAM WINS POINTS
1 Juan Manuel Fangio FAN 🇦🇷 Argentina Ferrari WORLD CHAMPION 3 WINS 30 PTS LEADER 2 SM Stirling Moss MOS 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Maserati
2 WINS 27 PTS −3 TO LEADER 3 PC Peter Collins COL 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Ferrari
2 WINS 25 PTS −5 TO LEADER 4 JB Jean Behra BEH 🇫🇷 France Maserati
0 WINS 22 PTS −8 TO LEADER 5 PF Pat Flaherty FLA #8 🇺🇸 United States Watson Offenhauser
1 WINS 8 PTS −22 TO LEADER 6 EC Eugenio Castellotti CAS 🇮🇹 Italy Ferrari
0 WINS 7.5 PTS −22.5 TO LEADER 7ⓘ SH Sam Hanks HAN #4 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 6 PTS −24 TO LEADER 7ⓘ PF Paul Frère FRE #6 🇧🇪 Belgium Ferrari
0 WINS 6 PTS −24 TO LEADER 9ⓘ PG Paco Godia GOD 🇪🇸 Spain Maserati
0 WINS 6 PTS −24 TO LEADER 10 JF Jack Fairman FAI 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Connaught Alta
0 WINS 5 PTS −25 TO LEADER 11ⓘ LM Luigi Musso MUS 🇮🇹 Italy Ferrari
1 WINS 4 PTS −26 TO LEADER 12ⓘ MH Mike Hawthorn HAW 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Maserati / BRM / Vanwall
0 WINS 4 PTS −26 TO LEADER 12ⓘ DF Don Freeland FRE #16 🇺🇸 United States Phillips Offenhauser
0 WINS 4 PTS −26 TO LEADER 12ⓘ RF Ron Flockhart FLO 🇬🇧 United Kingdom BRM / Connaught Alta
0 WINS 4 PTS −26 TO LEADER 15ⓘ Ad Alfonso de Portago DEP 🇪🇸 Spain Ferrari
0 WINS 3 PTS −27 TO LEADER 16ⓘ CP Cesare Perdisa PER 🇮🇹 Italy Maserati
0 WINS 3 PTS −27 TO LEADER 17ⓘ JP Johnnie Parsons PAR #98 🇺🇸 United States Kuzma Offenhauser
0 WINS 3 PTS −27 TO LEADER 17ⓘ HS Harry Schell SCH 🇺🇸 United States Vanwall / Maserati
0 WINS 3 PTS −27 TO LEADER 19ⓘ OG Olivier Gendebien GEN 🇧🇪 Belgium Ferrari
0 WINS 2 PTS −28 TO LEADER 19ⓘ Hd Hermano da Silva Ramos DAS 🇧🇷 Brazil Gordini
0 WINS 2 PTS −28 TO LEADER 19ⓘ DR Dick Rathmann RAT #73 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 2 PTS −28 TO LEADER 19ⓘ LV Luigi Villoresi VIL 🇮🇹 Italy Maserati
0 WINS 2 PTS −28 TO LEADER 19ⓘ HG Horace Gould GOU 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Maserati
0 WINS 2 PTS −28 TO LEADER 19ⓘ LR Louis Rosier ROS 🇫🇷 France Maserati
0 WINS 2 PTS −28 TO LEADER 25ⓘ CL Chico Landi LAN #10 🇧🇷 Brazil Maserati
0 WINS 1.5 PTS −28.5 TO LEADER 25ⓘ GG Gerino Gerini GER 🇮🇹 Italy Maserati
0 WINS 1.5 PTS −28.5 TO LEADER 27 PR Paul Russo RUS #29 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Novi
0 WINS 1 PTS −29 TO LEADER NC AH Al Herman HER #12 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC AK Al Keller KEL #55 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC AU Alberto Uria URI #16 🇺🇾 Uruguay Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC AM André Milhoux MIL #11 🇧🇪 Belgium Gordini
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC AP André Pilette PIL 🇧🇪 Belgium Gordini / Ferrari
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC AS André Simon SIM 🇫🇷 France Maserati / Gordini
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC AL Andy Linden LIN #5 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC AS Archie Scott Brown SCO #19 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Connaught Alta
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC BG Billy Garrett GAR #41 🇺🇸 United States Kuzma Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC BC Bob Christie CHR #57 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC BG Bob Gerard GER #26 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Bristol
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC BS Bob Sweikert SWE #1 🇺🇸 United States Kuzma Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC BV Bob Veith VEI #14 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC BH Bruce Halford HAL 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC CM Carlos Menditéguy MEN #6 🇦🇷 Argentina Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC CG Cliff Griffith GRI #27 🇺🇸 United States Stevens Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC DT Desmond Titterington TIT #20 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Connaught Alta
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC DD Duke Dinsmore DIN #64 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC EE Ed Elisian ELI #10 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC EJ Eddie Johnson JOH #81 🇺🇸 United States Kuzma Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC ER Eddie Russo RUS #10 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC Ed Emmanuel de Graffenried DEG #14 🇨🇭 Switzerland Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC FA Fred Agabashian AGA #42 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC GH Gene Hartley HAR #82 🇺🇸 United States Kuzma Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC GS Giorgio Scarlatti SCA 🇮🇹 Italy Ferrari
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC JB Jack Brabham BRA #30 🇦🇺 Australia Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC JT Jack Turner TUR #54 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC JR Jim Rathmann RAT #24 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC JB Jimmy Bryan BRY #2 🇺🇸 United States Kuzma Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC JD Jimmy Daywalt DAY #48 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC JR Jimmy Reece REE #26 🇺🇸 United States Lesovsky Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC JB Jo Bonnier BON #34 🇸🇪 Sweden Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC JT Johnnie Tolan TOL #34 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC JB Johnny Boyd BOY #15 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC JT Johnny Thomson THO #88 🇺🇸 United States Kuzma Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC JF José Froilán González GON 🇦🇷 Argentina Maserati / Vanwall
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC KA Keith Andrews AND #89 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC LL Les Leston LES #2 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Connaught Alta
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC LP Luigi Piotti PIO 🇮🇹 Italy Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC MT Maurice Trintignant TRI 🇫🇷 France Vanwall / Bugatti
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC OV Ottorino Volonterio VOL #22 🇨🇭 Switzerland Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC PO Pat O'Connor O'C #7 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC PE Paul Emery EME #32 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Emeryson Alta
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC PS Piero Scotti SCO #28 🇮🇹 Italy Connaught Alta
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC PT Piero Taruffi TAR 🇮🇹 Italy Maserati / Vanwall
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC RC Ray Crawford CRA #49 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC RM Robert Manzon MAN 🇫🇷 France Gordini
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC RW Rodger Ward WAR #19 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC RS Roy Salvadori SAL 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC TB Tony Bettenhausen BET #99 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC TB Tony Brooks BRO 🇬🇧 United Kingdom BRM
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC TR Troy Ruttman RUT #53 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC UM Umberto Maglioli MAG 🇮🇹 Italy Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC ÉB Élie Bayol BAY #4 🇫🇷 France Gordini
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER NC ÓG Óscar González GON #16 🇺🇾 Uruguay Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −30 TO LEADER About these data Data: F1DB · Marcel Overdijk and contributors , CC BY 4.0 . Adapted for season-based display; source points are preserved.
Points are retained from the source standings. We do not recalculate historical seasons using the modern scoring system. Drivers who changed teams may have multiple constructors.
The Constructors’ Championship began in 1958; there are no constructors’ standings for this season.
Points are taken from the final F1DB standings; historical dropped-score rules are preserved. We do not sum race points.
NC rows document participants with at least one start, no points and no position in the final F1DB standings. NC is the display label for a missing position, not a placing assigned by us. Entries without any starts are excluded.
Team names use the constructor and engine from this season. A driver’s number is shown only when the same number is verified across all of their results that season.
Data source ↗ · Verified 7 Oct 2026
Photos are shown only where an identified portrait and a verified licence are available. Portraits may come from a different year than the selected season. Initials provide a neutral avatar. Photo credits are available in Driver Quick View.
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