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| Oversigt | Kører VM | Konstruktør VM | |
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| Her er stillingen i kørernes mesterskab, 1956. | |||
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| Placering | Kører | Team | Point |
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| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Ferrari | 33 |
| 2 | Stirling Moss | Maserati | 28 |
| 3 | Peter Collins | Ferrari | 25 |
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| 4 | Jean Behra | Maserati | 22 |
| 5 | Pat Flaherty | Watson | 8 |
| 6 | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari | 7.5 |
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| 7 | Paul Frère | Ferrari | 6 |
| - | Chico Godia | Maserati | 6 |
| - | Sam Hanks | Kurtis Kraft | 6 |
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| 10 | Jack Fairman | Connaught | 5 |
| 11 | Ronald Flockhart | Connaught | 4 |
| - | Don Freeland | Phillips | 4 |
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| - | Mike Hawthorn | Maserati | 4 |
| - | Luigi Musso | Ferrari | 4 |
| 15 | Portago Alfonso De | Ferrari | 3 |
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| - | Johnnie Parsons | Kuzma | 3 |
| - | Cesare Perdisa | Maserati | 3 |
| - | Harry Schell | Vanwall | 3 |
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| 19 | Silva Ramos Hernando Da | Gordini | 2 |
| - | Olivier Gendebien | Ferrari | 2 |
| - | Horace Gould | Maserati | 2 |
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| - | Dick Rathmann | Kurtis Kraft | 2 |
| - | Louis Rosier | Maserati | 2 |
| - | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati | 2 |
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| 25 | Gerino Gerini | Maserati | 1.5 |
| - | Chico Landi | Maserati | 1.5 |
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