1956 Rouen Grand Prix, 2nd race

Ferrari 860 Monza

The 1956 Rouen Grand Prix , also Grand Prix de Rouen (Coupe Delamare Deboutteville), Rouen-les-Essarts , was a sports car race that took place on July 8, 1956 at the Rouen-les-Essarts circuit . The race was not part of any racing series.

The race

The 1956 Rouen Grand Prix was announced as a sports car race and consisted of two independent races. Not uncommon for the 1950s, racing cars of different classes competed in two separate races. Only vehicles with a displacement of less than 1.5 liters entered the race . There was a one-two for Team Lotus ; Colin Chapman won ahead of his teammate Cliff Allison (both drove the Lotus Eleven ).

Then there was a three-way battle in the class up to 3-liter displacement between the Italian racing teams from Ferrari and Maserati and the works team from Aston Martin . After 50 laps, Eugenio Castellotti in the Ferrari 860 Monza triumphed four seconds ahead of Stirling Moss in the Aston Martin DB3S .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	2	Scuderia Ferrari	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 860 Monza	50
2	S 3.0	14th	Aston Martin	Stirling Moss	Aston Martin DB3S	50
3	S 3.0	8th	Maserati	Jean Behra	Maserati 300S	50
4th	S 3.0	16	Aston Martin	Tony Brooks	Aston Martin DB3S	50
5	S 3.0	20th	Aston Martin	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DB3S	49
6th	S 3.0	6th	George Tilp	Phil Hill	Ferrari 857S	49
7th	S 3.0	42	Ecurie Ecosse	Desmond Titterington	Jaguar D-Type	49
8th	S 3.0	26th	Benoît Musy	Benoît Musy	Maserati 300S	49
9	S 3.0	4th	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfonso de Portago	Ferrari 290MM	48
10	S 3.0	36	Ecurie Francorchamps	Freddy Rousselle	Ferrari 750 Monza	45
11	S 3.0	34		Jean Lucas	Ferrari 750 Monza	44
12	S 3.0	49		Wolfgang Seidel	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	43
13	S 3.0	32	François Picard	François Picard	Ferrari 750 Monza	42
14th	S 3.0	10	Maserati	Cesare Perdisa	Maserati 300S	37
15th	S 3.0	24	Francisco Godia-Sales	Francisco Godia-Sales	Maserati 300S	33
16	S 3.0	44	Hernando da Silva Ramos	Hernando da Silva Ramos	Gordini T15S 2.5	31
Failed
17th	S 3.0	30th		Louis Rosier	Ferrari 750 Monza	8th
18th	S 3.0	12	Scuderia Ferrari	Harry Schell	Ferrari 750 Monza
19th	S 3.0	18th	Aston Martin	Peter Collins	Aston Martin DB3S
20th	S 3.0	22nd	Peter Whitehead	Peter Whitehead	Maserati 300S
21st	S 3.0	46		Hans Tak	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

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
22nd	S 3.0	12	Maserati	Piero Taruffi	Maserati 300S
23	S 3.0	28		Ken Wharton	Maserati 300S
24	S 3.0	38		Jacques Pollet	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
25th	S 3.0	46		Lex Beels

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 860 Monza	Overall victory

Racing data

• Registered: 25
• Started: 21
• Valued: 16
• Race classes: 1
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 6.542 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2:10:31,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 50
• Total distance of the winning team: 327.100 km
• Winner's average: 150.369 km / h
• Pole position: Jean Behra - Maserati 300S (# 8)
• Fastest race lap: Cesare Perdisa - Maserati 300S (# 10)
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results at WSPR Racing

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1956 Rouen Grand Prix, 1st race