1956 Nurburgring 1000 Km


27 May 1956 - Nurburgring (D): Round 4, World Sports Car Championship
44 laps of a 14.167 mile/22.800 km circuit - 623.361 miles/1003.200 kms
Weather: Warm, dry


Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps Time/DNF Reason Group Group Pos
1 6 Piero Taruffi/Harry Schell/Jean Behra/Stirling Moss Maserati 300S Maserati 44 7h43m54.5  Sports +2000 1
2 1 Juan Manuel Fangio/Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 860 Monza [0602M] Ferrari 44 7h44m20.7  Sports +2000 2
3 4 Phil Hill/Alfonso de Portago/Olivier Gendebien/Ken Wharton^ Ferrari 290MM [0626] Ferrari 44 7h53m55.9  Sports +2000 3
4 21 Wolfgang von Trips/Umberto Maglioli Porsche 550 RS [38] Porsche 44 8h01m45.9  Sports 1500 1
5 9 Peter Collins/Tony Brooks Aston Martin DB3S [5] David Brown 43   Sports +2000 4
6 20 Richard von Frankenberg/Hans Herrmann Porsche 550 RS [0112] Porsche 44   Sports 1500 2
7 26 Edgar Barth/Arthur Rosenhammer AWE VEB 43   Sports 1500 3
NRF 7 Mike Hawthorn/Desmond Titterington Jaguar D-Type [XKD601] Jaguar 43   Sports +2000  
NRF 10 Peter Walker/Roy Salvadori/Reg Parnell* Aston Martin DB3S [8] David Brown 41   Sports +2000  
8 56 Bengt O.Martenson/Wittigo von Einsiedel/Erik Engvall* Mercedes-Benz 300SL Bengt O.Martenson 44   GT +2000 1
9 61 Max Nathan/Gert Kaiser Porsche 356 Carrera Max Nathan 44   GT 2000 1
10 65 Helmut Schulze/Felipe Nogueira Porsche 356 Carrera Helmut Schulze 44   GT 2000 2
11 81 Jo Bonnier/Herbert Mackay-Fraser Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Jo Bonnier 43   GT 1300 1
12 83 Walter Ringgenberg/Heini Walter Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Walter Ringgenberg 43   GT 1300 2
13 43 Friedrich Kretschmann/Sepp Liebl Porsche 550 Spyder Friedrich Kretschmann 43   Series Sports 1500 1
14 87 Piero Carini/Franco Bordoni Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Piero Carini 42   GT 1300 3
15 63 Helmut Zick/Hans Georg Plaut Porsche 356 Carrera Hans-Georg Plaut 42   GT 2000 3
16 88 Gilberte Thirion/Ada Pace Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Gilberte Thirion 42   GT 1300 4
17 53 Rainer Guenzler/Helmut Retter Mercedes-Benz 220S Rainer Guenzler 42   GT +2000 2
18 86 Adolf-Werner Lang/Kurt Kuhnke Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Adolf-Werner Lang 41   GT 1300 5
19 85 Kurt Zeller/Wolfgang Bieling/Walter Zeller* Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Kurt Zeller 40   GT 1300 6
20 64 W.H.Wittmann/Walter Hampel Porsche 356 1600S W.H.Wittmann 40   GT 2000 4
21 76 Helmut Busch/Horst Boes Porsche 356 Helmut Busch 40   GT 1300 7
22 77 Sepp Greger/Harald von Saucken Porsche 356 Sepp Greger 40   GT 1300 8
23 78 Hartmuth Oesterle/Siegfried Guenther Porsche 356 Hartmuth Oesterle 40   GT 1300 9
24 45 Mathieu Hezemans/Carel Godin de Beaufort/Gotfrid Koechert*/Ernst Vogel* Porsche 356 Gotfrid Koechert 38   Series Sports 1500 2
25 72 Helmut Deutenberg/Heinz Jaeger Porsche 356 Helmut Deutenberg 39   GT 1300 10
26 74 Karl Falk/Albert Joch Porsche 356 Karl Falk 39   GT 1300 11
DNF 52 Erwin Bauer/Willi Heeks Mercedes-Benz 220S Erwin Bauer   fuel leak GT +2000  
DNF 27 Paul Thiel/Egon Binner AWE VEB   engine Sports 1500  
DNF 31 Louis Chiron/Luigi Villoresi/Giulio Cabianca* OSCA MT4 Monte Carlo Sport   engine Sports 1500  
DNF 38 Carlo Tomasi/Alejandro de Tomaso Maserati 150S [1660] Isabel Haskell   engine Sports 1500  
DNF 33 Hans Tak/Henk van Zalinge/Lex Beels* Maserati 150S Beels Racing   DSQ -assistance Sports 1500  
DNF 5 Stirling Moss/Jean Behra/Giuseppe Cesare Perdisa^ Maserati 300S Maserati   suspension Sports +2000  
DNF 12 Giuseppe Cesare Perdisa/Robert Manzon^ Maserati 300S [3068] Maserati   axle Sports +2000  
DNF 2 Alfonso de Portago/Olivier Gendebien^/Eugenio Castellotti^/Maurice Trintignant* Ferrari 860 Monza Ferrari   DSQ -assistance Sports +2000  
DNF 50 Fritz Riess/Friedrich-Victor Rolff^ Mercedes-Benz 300SL Fritz Riess   gearbox GT +2000  
DNF 46 Richard W.Fitzwilliam/Robin Carnegie^ MG A Richard W.Fitzwilliam   DSQ -assistance Series Sports 1500  
DNF 8 Paul Frere/Duncan Hamilton^ Jaguar D-Type [XKD504] Jaguar   gearbox Sports +2000  
DNF 29 Francesco Giardini/Andre Pilette^/Jean Behra*/Robert Manzon*/Harry Schell* Maserati 150S Maserati   fuel system Sports 1500  
DNF 41 Wolfgang Seidel/Hemlut Gloeckler^ Porsche 550 Spyder Wolfgang Seidel   wheel Series Sports 1500  
DNF 3 Luigi Musso/Maurice Trintignant^ Ferrari 290MM [0616] Ferrari   accident Sports +2000  
DNF 36 Karl Busch/Karl Schwaneberg^ Porsche 550 Spyder Karl Busch   accident Sports 1500  
DNF 34 Michael May/Pierre May Porsche 550 Spyder [550031] Michael May     Sports 1500  
DNF 40 Theo Helfrich/Peter Noecker Porsche 550 Spyder Theo Helfrich     Series Sports 1500  
DNF 47 William C.Buff/Gotfrid Koechert Porsche 550 Spyder William C.Buff     Series Sports 1500  
DNF 57 Guenther Isenbuegel/Helmut Rathjen Ford Thunderbird Guenther Isenbuegel   engine GT +2000  
DNF 62 Ludwig Blendl/Dieter Lissmann Porsche 356 Carrera Ludwig Blendl     GT 2000  
DNF 70 Richard Trenkel/Helmut Niedermayr Porsche 356 Richard Trenkel     GT 1300  
DNF 71 Paul-Ernst Straehle/Paul Denk/Erich Hofmann*/Harald von Saucken* Porsche 356 Erich Hofmann     GT 1300  
DNF 73 Josef Jeser/Manfred Elmenhorst Porsche 356 Joseph Jeser     GT 1300  
DNF 75 Alfred Kling/Edmund Graf Porsche 356 Alfred Kling   engine GT 1300  
DNF 82 Marcel Stern/Louis Noverraz Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Meute   engine GT 1300  
DNF 84 Alfranco Pagani/Pietro Cagnana Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Mediolanum   broken windscreen GT 1300  
DNF 37 Giuseppe Musso/Walter E.Monaco^/Isabel Haskell* Maserati 150S [1653] Isabel Haskell     Sports 1500  
DNF 67 Heini Buess/Franz Eugen Hammernick^ Porsche 356 1500 Super Meute     GT 2000  
DNF 80 Helmut Felder/Heinz Endemann Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Helmut Felder     GT 1300  
DNS 44 Christian Goethals/Freddy Rouselle Porsche 550 Spyder Jacques Swaters     Series Sports 1500  
DNS 8 Paul Frere/Duncan Hamilton Jaguar D-Type [XKD603] Jaguar   accident Sports +2000  
DNS T Peter Collins/Luigi Musso/Mike Hawthorn/Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrai 250GT Ferrari     GT +2000  
DNS T Piero Taruffi Maserati 350S [3502] Maserati     Sports +2000  
DNA 11 Ken Wharton/Emanuel de Graffenried Maserati 350S John du Puy     Sports +2000  
DNA 30 Francesco Giardini/Andre Pilette Maserati 150S Maserati     Sports 1500  
DNA 35 Georges Trouis/Harry Merkel Kieft-Turner 1100 Franco-Brittanique     Sports 1500  
DNA 42 Ernst Lautenschlager/Heinz Fischer Porsche 550 Spyder Ernst Lautenschlager     Series Sports 1500  
DNA 54 Hans-Joachim Zimmer/Heinz Jacobi Mercedes-Benz 300SL [0405500301] Hans-Joachim Zimmer     GT +2000  
DNA 55 Armando Zampiero Mercedes-Benz 300SL Armando Zampiero     GT +2000  
DNA 60 Rolf-Freidrich Goetze/Heinrich Sauter Porsche 356 Carrera Rolf-Friedrich Goetze     GT 2000  
DNA 66 Ernst Seiler/Hans Wirz Porsche 356 Carrera Ernst Seiler     GT 2000  
DNA 68 Olof Persson/Harald Kronegard Porsche 356 Carrera Olof Persson     GT 2000  
DNA   Siegfried Guenther Porsche 356 Hartmuth Oesterle     GT 1300  

N.B. Race did not end when overall winner crossed finishing line, but continued for another hour to allow the other classes to try and complete the full 1000km - hence the odd laps completed column!
 
Winning Time: 7h43m54.5, 80.658 mph/129.807 kph
Fastest Lap: Juan Manuel Fangio #1 (Ferrari 860 Monza), 10m05.2, 84.296 mph/135.662 kph

 

* Driver listed for car, but did not participate in race meeting
^ Driver practiced car, but did not race it
RES - Reserve (Practiced, on standy-by for start)
REE - Reserve Entry
DNA - Did Not Arrive
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNP - Did Not Practice
NC - Not Classified
DSQ - Disqualified
NRF - Not Running At Finish
NAC - Not Accepted



Last Updated on 31/12/2004
By Darren Galpin
Email: darren.galpin@virgin.net