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1956 Bank Holiday
1954 Caen GP
1956 Caen GP
1956 Italian GP
1956 Sussex Trophy
1957 Caen GP
IV
Grand Prix de Caen
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 26 August 1956
Event
Caen GP
Circuit
Caen
Event Format
Race of 70 laps
Championship
Non-championship
Race number
#11 of
16
in 1956
#260 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
70
Circuit Perimeter
3520 m
Race Distance
3520 × 70 − 46 = 246.354 km
Grid Format
2-2-2-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Unknown
Participants
Entries
13
Qualifiers
13
Finishers
7
Debutants
Aldo Pedini
(
Driver
),
Bill Morice
(
Driver
),
Georges Burgraff
(
Driver
),
Hermanos da Silva Ramos
(
Driver
),
Bill Morice
(
Entrant
),
Circle los Amigos
(
Entrant
)
Milestones
Gilby Engineering
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Entrant
)
Gilby Engineering
– 1st Pole Position (
Entrant
)
Maserati
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Maserati
– 1st Pole Position (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Maserati
– 1st Win (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Officine Alfieri Maserati
– 1st Win (
Entrant
)
Roy Salvadori
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Driver
)
Roy Salvadori
– 1st Pole Position (
Driver
)
Maserati
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Car Manufacturer
)
Maserati
– 1st Pole Position (
Car Manufacturer
)
Maserati
– 1st Win (
Car Manufacturer
)
Harry Schell
– 1st Win (
Driver
)
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Entrant
Officine Alfieri Maserati
Gilby Engineering
Gilby Engineering
Driver
Harry Schell
Roy Salvadori
Roy Salvadori
Car
Maserati
250F
Maserati
250F
Maserati
250F
Engine
Maserati
Maserati
Maserati
Time
1:54'19.4
-
1'26.2
Speed
129.293 km/h
-
147.007 km/h
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