1956 Drivers' Championship Standings

[edit] Points System

1st - 8 points
2nd - 6 points
3rd - 4 points
4th - 3 points
5th - 2 points

Bold type denotes bonus point for setting the fastest lap.

Points for shared drives are shared if both drivers are deemed to have drove a significant distance in the race (Points from shared drives indicated with italics)

Best five scores from eight races count.

Pos		Driver	Team									Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1		Juan Manuel Fangio	Ferrari	5	4		0	4	8	9	3	30	2	2	6
2		Sterling Moss	Maserati	0	8		3	1	1	6	9	28	2	3	1
3		Peter Collins	Ferrari	0	3		8	8	3	0	3	25	2	4	0
4		Jean Behra	Maserati	6	4		0	4	4	4	0	22	0	5	0
5		Pat Flaherty	Watson- Offenhauser			8						8	1	1	1
6		Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari	0	1.5		0	6	0	0	0	7.5	0	1	0
7		Paul Frere	Ferrari				6					6	0	1	0
8		Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft- Offenhauser			6						6	0	1	0
9		Paco Godia	Maserati				0	0	0	3	3	6	0	0	0
10		Jack Fairman	Connaught-Alta						3		2	5	0	0	0
11		Luigi Musso	Ferrari	4	0					0	0	4	1	1	0
12		Mike Hawthorn	Maserati	4				0	0			4	0	1	0
13		Ron Flockhart	Connaught-Alta						0		4	4	0	1	0
14		Don Freeland	Phillips- Offenhauser			4						4	0	1	0
15		Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari					0	3	0	0	3	0	1	0
16		Cesare Perdisa	Maserati		0		2	1	0	0		3	0	1	0
17		Harry Schell	Vanwall		0		3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
18		Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft- Offenhauser			3						3	0	0	0
19		Louis Rosier	Maserati		0		0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0
20		Luigi Villoresi	Maserati				2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
21		Horace Gould	Maserati		0		0		2	0		2	0	0	0
22		Hermano da Silva Ramos	Gordini		2			0	0		0	2	0	0	0
23		Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	2				0					0	0	0
24		Dick Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft- Offenhauser			2						2	0	0	0
25		Gerino Gerini	Maserati	1.5							0	1.5	0	0	0
26		Chico Landi	Brazilian	1.5								1.5	0	0	0
27		Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft- Offenhauser			1						1	0	0	0