Kristianstad 1000 km race in 1956

Ferrari 290MM

The 1956 1000 km Kristianstad race , also known as the Sveriges Grand Prix, Råbelövsbanan, Kristianstad , took place on August 12th on the Råbelövsbanan circuit and was the fifth and final round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

prehistory

As in the previous races, there was also a duel between Scuderia Ferrari and the Maserati racing team at the Swedish Grand Prix . After Scuderia's five-fold victory in the Mille Miglia , Piero Taruffi and Harry Schell won the fourth championship run, the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring , for Maserati.

Ferrari brought five works cars to Sweden. Phil Hill , Maurice Trintignant , Peter Collins , Olivier Gendebien , Robert Manzon and Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips drove the 12-cylinder 290MM ; Juan Manuel Fangio , Alfonso de Portago , Mike Hawthorn , Duncan Hamilton and Eugenio Castellotti built the 4-cylinder 860 Monza . There were also five other Ferraris that the Scandinavian Ferrari importer Tore Bjurström had reported. Three 750 Monza , a 410 Sport , and a 375MM ; all former works cars. The Swedish Carlsson brothers sat in one. Erik , one of the brothers, became one of the most famous Swedish rally drivers in the 1960s.

Ferrari's big opponent Maserati reported five 300S . The new 450S was only used in training. The driver line-up was just as prominent as at the Scuderia. Luigi Villoresi , Umberto Maglioli , Stirling Moss , Jean Behra , Paco Godia , Joakim Bonnier , André Simon , Piero Taruffi , Harry Schell and the Swiss Benoît Musy competed for the brand with the trident. British motorsport was represented by Ecurie Ecosse and half-brothers Peter and Graham Whitehead . Private teams started for the Porsche brand .

The race

The race started badly for Maserati. Piero Taruffi had an accident on the first lap and had to retire. Although the 300S could keep up with the speed of the Ferrari, it came to a total debacle for Maserati. The four other 300S failed due to technical defects. For Ferrari there was the second five-fold victory of the season and the superior success in the overall standings of the world championship. Three works cars - led by Phil Hill and Maurice Trintignant - won ahead of two Bjurström cars.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S.	3	Scuderia Ferrari	Phil Hill Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari 290MM	153
2	S.	1	Scuderia Ferrari	Peter Collins Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari 290MM	153
3	S.	2	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfonso de Portago Mike Hawthorn Duncan Hamilton Peter Collins	Ferrari 860 Monza	152
4th	SerS + 2.0	33	Goals Bjurström	John Kvarnström Erik Lundgren	Ferrari 750 Monza	148
5	SerS + 2.0	34	Goals Bjurström	Allan Borgefors Carl-Gunnar Hammarlund	Ferrari 375MM	147
6th	S.	16	Graham Whitehead	Peter Whitehead Graham Whitehead	Jaguar D-Type	145
7th	S.	7th	Goals Bjurström	Stubborn Nottorp Ivar Andersson	Ferrari 410 Sport	145
8th	SerS 2.0	43	William Buff	Richard von Frankenberg William Buff	Porsche 550 Spyder	138
9	S.	6th	Robert Tappan	Olof Persson Robert Tappan Herbert MacKay-Fraser	Ferrari 500TR	138
10	SerS 2.0	46	Bengt Martenson	Bengt Martenson Bjorn Martenson	Ferrari 500 Mondial	138
11	SerS 2.0	45	Wolfgang Seidel	Peter Nöcker Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche 550 Spyder	134
12	SerS 2.0	41	Equipe Nationale Belge	Gilberte Thirion Claude Dubois	Porsche 550 Spyder	133
13	SerS 2.0	44	Gert Kaiser	Hans Herrmann Gert Kaiser	Porsche 550 Spyder	125
14th	SerS + 2.0	35	Raymond Fowler	Raymond Fowler FitzRoy Somerset	Austin-Heleay 100S	123
Failed
15th	S.	4th	Scuderia Ferrari	Juan Manuel Fangio Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 860 Monza	123
16	S.	10	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Luigi Villoresi Umberto Maglioli Stirling Moss	Maserati 300S	115
17th	SerS + 2.0	31	François Picard	François Picard Jean-Claude Vidilles	Ferrari 750 Monza	103
18th	S.	8th	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Jean Behra Stirling Moss	Maserati 300S	96
19th	SerS + 2.0	32	Goals Bjurström	Gunnar Carlsson Erik Carlsson	Ferrari 750 Monza	96
20th	S.	15th	Ecurie Ecosse	Ron Flockhart Ninian Sanderson Desmond Titterington	Jaguar D-Type	38
21st	SerS + 2.0	36	Equipe Nationale Belge	Alain de Changy Freddy Rousselle	Ferrari 750 Monza	94
22nd	S.	14th	Ecurie Ecosse	Desmond Titterington John Lawrence	Jaguar D-Type	88
23	S.	5	Scuderia Ferrari	Peter Collins Olivier Gendebien Robert Manzon	Ferrari 290MM	73
24	SerS 2.0	42	Mathieu Hezemans	Mathieu Hezemans Hubert Oebels	Porsche 550 Spyder	63
25th	S.	11	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Paco Godia Joakim Bonnier	Maserati 300S	25th
26th	S.	12	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Benoît Musy André Simon	Maserati 300S	25th
27	S.	9	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Piero Taruffi Harry Schell	Maserati 300S	1
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28	S.	T	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Harry Schell Stirling Moss Piero Taruffi	Maserati 450S	1

¹ oil leak in training

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
29	S.		Joakim Bonnier	Erik Lundgren	Alfa Romeo 6C 3000

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S.	Phil Hill	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari 290MM	Overall victory
SerS + 2.0	John Kvarnström	Erik Lundgren	Ferrari 750 Monza	Rank 4
SerS 2.0	Richard von Frankenberg	William Buff	Porsche 550 Spyder	Rank 8

Racing data

• Registered: 29
• Started: 27
• Valued: 14
• Race classes: 3
• Spectators: 37,500
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 6.537 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:33: 47.700 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 153
• Total distance of the winning team: 1000.161 km
• Winner's average: 152.388 km / h
• Pole position: Stirling Moss - Maserati 300S (# 8) - 2: 23,000 = 164.568 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Peter Collins - Ferrari 290MM (# 1) - 2: 26.200 = 160.966 km / h
• Racing series: 5th round of the 1956 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Results and data for racing sports cars
• The Porsche 550 from Peter Nöcker and Wolfgang Seidel

Previous race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1956

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires in 1957