1956 Naples Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1956 Formula One season
Race details
Date 6 May 1956
Official name IX Gran Premio di Napoli
Location Posillipo Circuit, Posillipo, Naples
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.10 km (2.55 mi)
Distance 60 laps, 246.02 km (152.87 mi)
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 2:07.7
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Luigi Musso Ferrari
Time 2:12.3
Podium
First Equipe Gordini
Second Gould's Garage (Bristol)
Third Scuderia Guastalla

The 9th Naples Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 6 May 1956 at Posillipo Circuit, Naples. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by French driver Robert Manzon in a Gordini Type 16.[1][2][3]

Results

PosDriverEntrantConstructorTime/PositionGrid
1 France Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 2:20:43.8, 104.89 km/h 3
2 United Kingdom Horace Gould Gould's Garage (Bristol) Maserati 250F 2:20:54.9 (+11.1s) 6
3 Italy Gerino Gerini Scuderia Guastalla Maserati 250F 57 laps 7
4 Italy Giorgio Scarlatti Giorgio Scarlatti Ferrari 500 56 laps 8
5 Switzerland Ottorino Volonterio Ottorino Volonterio Maserati 250F 49 laps 9
6 Italy Berardo Taraschi Berardo Taraschi Ferrari 166 45 laps 10
Ret. Italy Luigi Musso Scuderia Ferrari Lancia-Ferrari D50 37 laps - engine 2
Ret. Spain Chico Godia Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 250F 36 laps - accident 5
Ret. Italy Luigi Villoresi Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 250F 21 laps - engine 4
Ret. Italy Eugenio Castellotti Scuderia Ferrari Lancia-Ferrari D50 2 laps - oil pump 1

Source:[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "1956 Naples Grand Prix Results". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  2. 1 2 "Non World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  3. 1 2 "Formula 1 1956 - Naples". the-fastlane.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
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