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Event: Grand Prix du SenegalDate: 11.3.1956
Track: Dakar (Senegal), unknown lengthOrganiser: unknown

Dakar Grand Prix
Non championship race
Weather:unknown
Start time:unknown
Grid:3-2-3
Distance:2 hours
Attendance:unknown
Entered:unknown
Practiced:unknown
Started:unknown
Finished:unknown
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Winners:
Overall:31Ferrari 857 SportMaurice Trintignant
Fastest Laps:
Overall:31Ferrari 857 SportMaurice Trintignant (F)3:04.0000210.9230 km/h
:35Ferrari 750 MonzaHarry Schell (USA)3:04.0000210.9230 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:31Ferrari 857 SportMaurice Trintignant (F)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Ferrari (6), Maserati (3), Gordini (3), Jaguar (2), Porsche (2)
Top engines by numbers:Ferrari (6), Maserati (3), Gordini (3), Jaguar (2), Porsche (2)
Top car types by numbers:Ferrari 750 Monza (3), Maserati 300S (2), Jaguar D-type (2), Porsche 356 (2)
Driver nationalities:F (7), GB (2), D (2)
Engine positions:front-engined (85%), rear-engined (15%)
Average engine size:2863 cc
Oldest known drivers:Jean Lucas (39), Maurice Trintignant (39), André Guelfi (37)
Youngest known drivers:Cesare Perdisa (24), Paul Ernst Strähle (29), Jacques Swaters (30)

Official Race Programme:

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