XLII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France
1 July 1956 - Reims: 506.42 km (8.302 km x 61 laps)


 1 14 Peter Collins             	Lancia-Ferrari D50 '0008'         	2:34:23.4, 196.802 km/h
 2 12 Eugenio Castellotti       	Lancia-Ferrari D50 '0009'         	2:34:23.7
 3  4 Jean Behra                	Maserati 250F '2521'               	2:35:53.3
 4 10 Juan Manuel Fangio        	Lancia-Ferrari D50 '0010'         	2:35:58.5
 5  6 Cesare Perdisa/Stirling Moss   	Maserati 250F '2522'               	2:35:01.5, 59 laps
 6 36 Loius Rosier              	Maserati 250F '2506'               	2:37:03.5, 58 laps
 7 40 Chico Godia-Sales         	Maserati 250F '2524'               	2:34:53.4, 57 laps
 8 32 Hermanos da Silva Ramos   	Gordini 32 '0041'                	2:35:42.6, 57 laps
 9 30 Robert Manzon             	Gordini 32 '0042'                	2:34:55.4, 56 laps
10 18 Mike Hawthorn/Harry Schell     	Vanwall 'VW2'                		2:36:46.1, 56 laps
11 34 André Pilette             	Gordini 16 '0035'                	2:35:18.4, 55 laps

Fastest Lap: Juan Manuel Fangio, Lancia-Ferrari, 2:25.8, 204.981 km/h on lap 61


Did Not Finish
   42 André Simon               	Maserati 250F '2505'               	41 laps/mechanical
    8 Piero Taruffi             	Maserati 250F '2523'               	40 laps/mechanical
   44 Olivier Gendebien         	Lancia-Ferrari D50 '0003'         	38 laps/clutch
   38 Luigi Villoresi           	Maserati 250F '2519'               	23 laps/brakes
   16 Alfonso de Portago        	Lancia-Ferrari D50 '0007'         	20 laps/gearbox  
   28 Maurice Trintignant       	Bugatti 251 '01'                	18 laps/Throttle jammed
    2 Stirling Moss             	Maserati 250F '2501'               	12 laps/Gear lever
   22 Harry Schell              	Vanwall 'VW1'                 		 5 laps/Engine

Did Not Start
   26 Colin Chapman             	Vanwall 'VW3'                           Car Damaged in Practice

Did Not Appear
   18 Mike Hawthorn			BRM 25					Car not ready
   20 Tony Brooks			BRM 25					Car not ready
   46 Horace Gould			Maserati 250F
   48 Piero Scotti			Connaught B-Type
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                                 Starting Grid

   Peter Collins            Eugenio Castellotti      Juan Manuel Fangio
   Lancia-Ferrari D50       Lancia-Ferrari D50       Lancia-Ferrari D50
   2:25.6                   2:24.6                   2:23.3

                                          Harry Schell          
                                          Vanwall VW2
                                          2:26.1

  Stirling Moss             Jean Behra               Mike Hawthorn
  Maserati 250F             Maserati 250F            Vanwall VW2
  2:29.9                    2:27.8                   2:27.0

                 Luigi Villoresi          Alfonso de Portaga 
                 Maserati 250F            Lancia-Ferrari D50
                 2:33.3                   2:30.9

   Piero Taruffi         Louis Rosier                 Olivier Gendebien
   Maserati 250F         Maserati 250F                Lancia-Ferrari D50
   2:35.6                2:35.3                       2:24.5

                 Robert Manzon            Hermanos da Silva Ramos
                 Gordini 32               Gordini 32
                 2:36.0                   2:35.9

   Maurice Trintignant      Chico Godia-Sales        Cesare Perdisa
   Bugatti T251             Maserati 250F            Maserati 250F
   2:41.9                   2:40.4                   2:36.4

                 André Simon              André Simon
                 Maserati 250F            Gordini 16
                 2:47.9                   2:46.8 

Did Not Start:
   Colin Chapman
   Vanwall VW3
   2:26.8