The 8th BRDC International Trophy – formally the International Daily Express Trophy – was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 5 May 1956 at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire. The race was run over 60 laps, and was won by a lap by British driver Stirling Moss in a Vanwall. Moss also took pole, and shared fastest lap with BRM driver Mike Hawthorn.
Results
Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid13 Stirling MossVandervell ProductsVanwall1h44m53, 161.70 km/h125 Archie Scott-BrownConnaught EngineeringConnaught Type B-Alta59 laps736 Desmond TitteringtonConnaught EngineeringConnaught Type B-Alta57 laps8425 Bob GerardBob Gerard RacingCooper T23-Bristol56 laps6511 Hermano da Silva RamosEquipe GordiniGordini Type 1656 laps12612 Louis RosierEcurie RosierMaserati 250F54 laps19720 Piero ScottiConnaught EngineeringConnaught Type B-Alta53 laps15822 Dick GibsonDick GibsonConnaught Type A-Lea Francis48 laps17915 Roy SalvadoriGilby EngineeringMaserati 250F47 laps61023 Bill HoltBill HoltConnaught Type A-Lea Francis47 laps18DSQ16 Jack BrabhamJ.A. BrabhamMaserati 250F37 laps - oil leak14Ret24 John YoungJohn YoungConnaught Type A-Lea Francis39 laps - engine16Ret10 André PiletteEquipe GordiniGordini Type 3237 laps13Ret2 Peter Collins Juan Manuel FangioScuderia FerrariLancia-Ferrari D5027 laps - clutch5Ret19 Mike OliverConnaught EngineeringConnaught Type B-Alta24 laps - accident21Ret1 Juan Manuel FangioScuderia FerrariLancia-Ferrari D5020 laps - clutch3Ret7 Jack FairmanConnaught EngineeringConnaught Type B-Alta19 laps - engine9Ret4 Harry SchellVandervell ProductsVanwall19 laps - fuel pipe2Ret9 Mike HawthornOwen Racing OrganisationBRM P2513 laps - magneto4Ret17 Reg ParnellR.R.C. Walker Racing TeamConnaught Type B-Alta0 laps - gearbox10DNS21 Bruce HalfordBruce HalfordMaserati 250F20DNS26 Jock SomervailAlastair BirrellCooper T20-BristolDNA3 Maurice TrintignantVandervell ProductsVanwallDNA14 Ken WhartonEcurie RosierFerrari 500DNA18 Stirling MossStirling Moss LtdMaserati 250FDrove car #3DNA19 Luigi PiottiLuigi PiottiMaserati 250FDNA19 John CoombsJohn CoombsConnaught Type A-Lea FrancisDNA19 Alastair BirrellAlastair BirrellCooper T20-Bristol
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