1956 Naples Grand Prix

1956 Naples Grand Prix
1956 Naples Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1956 Formula One season
Race details
Date	6 May 1956
Official name	IX Gran Premio di Napoli
Location	, Posillipo, Naples
Course	Street circuit
Course length	4.10 km (2.55 mi)
Distance	60 laps, 246.02 km (152.87 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Eugenio Castellotti;
Time	2:07.7
Fastest lap
Driver	Luigi Musso
Time	2:12.3
Podium
First	Robert Manzon;
Second	Horace Gould;
Third	Gerino Gerini;

The 9th Naples Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 6 May 1956 at , Naples. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by French driver Robert Manzon in a Gordini Type 16.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results[]

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Position	Grid
1	Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	2:20:43.8, 104.89 km/h	3
2	Horace Gould	Gould's Garage (Bristol)	Maserati 250F	2:20:54.9 (+11.1s)	6
3	Gerino Gerini	Scuderia Guastalla	Maserati 250F	57 laps	7
4	Giorgio Scarlatti	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari 500	56 laps	8
5	Ottorino Volonterio	Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati 250F	49 laps	9
6			Ferrari 166	45 laps	10
Ret.	Luigi Musso	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari D50	37 laps - engine	2
Ret.	Chico Godia	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati 250F	36 laps - accident	5
Ret.	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati 250F	21 laps - engine	4
Ret.	Eugenio Castellotti	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia-Ferrari D50	2 laps - oil pump	1

Source:^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ ^a ^b "1956 Naples Grand Prix Results". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
^ ^a ^b "Non World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
^ ^a ^b "Formula 1 1956 - Naples". the-fastlane.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

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