1956 Swedish Grand Prix


12 August 1956 - Kristianstad (S): Round 5, World Sports Car Championship
153 laps of a 4.062 mile/6.537 km circuit - 621.472 miles/1000.161 km
Weather: drying, warm


Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps Time/DNF Reason Group Group Pos
1 3 Maurice Trintignant/Phil Hill Ferrari 290MM [062?] Ferrari 153 6h33m47.7  Sports 1
2 1 Wolfgang von Trips/Peter Collins/Juan Manuel Fangio^ Ferrari 290MM [062?] Ferrari 153 6h34m27.6  Sports 2
3 2 Alfonso de Portago/Mike Hawthorn/Duncan Hamilton/Peter Collins/Wolfgang von Trips^ Ferrari 860 Monza [0602M] Ferrari 152 6h34m36.7  Sports 3
4 33 John Kvarnstrom/Erik Lundgren Ferrari 750 Monza [0470M] Tore Bjurstrom 148   Series Sports +2000 1
5 34 Allan Borgefors/Carl Gunnar Hammarlund/Olof Persson* Ferrari 375MM [0366AM] Tore Bjurstrom 147   Series Sports +2000 2
6 16 Peter Whitehead/Graham Whitehead Jaguar D-Type Duncan Hamilton 145   Sports 4
7 7 Sture Nottorp/Ivar Andersson Ferrari 410 Sport [0596CM] Tore Bjurstrom 145   Sports 5
8 43 Richard von Frankenberg/William C.Buff Porsche 550 Spyder William C.Duff 138   Series Sports 2000 1
9 6 Olaf Persson/Robert Tappan/Herbert Mackay-Fraser Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa [0654MDTR] Robert Tappan 138   Sports 6
10 46 Bengt O.Martenson/Bjorn Martenson Ferrari 500 Mondial [0408MD] Bengt O.Martenson 138   Series Sports 2000 2
11 45 Peter Noecker/Wolfgang Seidel Porsche 550 Spyder Peter Noecker 134   Series Sports 2000 3
12 41 Gilberte Thirion/Claude Dubois Porsche 550 Spyder Gilberte Thirion 133   Series Sports 2000 4
13 44 Hans Herrmann/Gert Kaiser Porsche 550 Spyder Gert Kaiser 125   Series Sports 2000 5
14 35 Raymond Flower/FitzRoy Somerset Austin-Healey 100S [3810] Raymond Flower 123   Series Sports +2000 3
DNF 4 Eugenio Castellotti/Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 860 Monza Ferrari 123 engine Sports  
DNF 10 Luigi Villoresi/Umberto Maglioli/Stirling Moss/Harry Schell^ Maserati 300S Maserati 115 engine Sports  
DNF 31 Francois Picard/Jean-Claude Vidilles Ferrari 750 Monza [0568M] Francois Picard 103   Series Sports +2000  
DNF 32 Gunnar Carlsson/Erik Carlson Ferrari 750 Monza [0526M] Tore Bjurstrom 96 brakes Series Sports +2000  
DNF 8 Stirling Moss/Jean Behra Maserati 300S Maserati 96 fire Sports  
DNF 15 Ron Flockhart/Ninian Sanderson/Desmond Titterington/John Lawrence^ Jaguar D-Type Ecurie Ecosse 94 accident Sports  
DNF 36 Alain de Changy/Freddy Rousselle Ferrari 750 Monza [0518M] Jacques Swaters 89   Series Sports +2000  
DNF 14 Desmond Titterington/John Lawrence/Ron Flockhart^ Jaguar D-Type Ecurie Ecosse 88 engine Sports  
DNF 5 Peter Collins/Olivier Gendebien/Robert Manzon Ferrari 290MM [0616] Ferrari 73 accident Sports  
DNF 42 Theo Hezemans/Hubert Oebels/Carel Godin de Beaufort* Porsche 550 Spyder Theo Hezemans 63   Series Sports 2000  
DNF 12 Benoit Musy/Andre Simon^ Maserati 300S Maserati 26 gearbox Sports  
DNF 11 Francisco Godin-Sales/Jo Bonnier Maserati 300S [3068] Maserati 25 axle Sports  
DNF 9 Piero Taruffi/Harry Schell^ Maserati 300S Maserati 0 accident Sports  
DNS T Harry Schell/Stirling Moss/Piero Taruffi Maserati 450S Maserati     Sports  
DNA   Erik Lundgren Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 Colli-Zagato Jo Bonnier     Sports  

 
Winning Time: 6h33m47.7s, 94.690 mph/152.388 kph
Fastest Lap: Peter Collins #1 (Ferrari 290MM), 2m26.2, 100.020 mph/160.966 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



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