German Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 5th August 1956 Local
Sun 5th August 1956 2:00pm UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1956

Round
Round 7

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Location

Nürburgring

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The 1956 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 5 August 1956 at Nürburgring. It was race 7 of 8 in the 1956 World Championship of Drivers.
Forty-five-year-old Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio won the race for Ferrari, and broke Hermann Lang's 17-year-old lap record, set in a Mercedes.
Present at the event was 18-year old Juan Carlos, later King of Spain, in support of his relative Alfonso de Portago
Of the original 22 entrants only five cars completed the race.

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Result List

Result Description

1 Juan Manuel Fangio Ferrari 3:38:43.7
2 Stirling Moss Maserati +46.4
3 Jean Behra Maserati +7:38.3
4 Paco Godia Maserati +2 Laps
5 Louis Rosier Maserati +3 Laps