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Sebring 12 Hours 1956
Event:
Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance powered by Amoco Sebring
Date:
24.3.1956
Track:
Sebring (United States)
, 8.369 kms
Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship
(round 2)
Weather:
warm, dry
Start time:
10:00
Grid:
Le Mans start per engine size
Distance:
12 hours
Attendance:
47000
Entered:
74
Practiced:
69
Qualified:
59
Started:
59
Finished:
24
Classified:
23
Classes:
Pract
Start
Class
Class B - Sports 8000
1
1
1
Class C - Sports 5000
21
18
7
Class D - Sports 3000
15
11
3
Class E - Sports 2000
10
8
4
Class F - Sports 1500
11
10
6
Class G - Sports 1100
7
7
3
Class H - Sports 750
4
4
1
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Entered Cars
Technical Data
Appearance
Race Results
Winners:
Overall:
17
Ferrari 860 Monza
Fangio / Castellotti
Class B - Sports 8000:
1
Chevrolet Corvette Special
Fitch / Hansgen
Class D - Sports 3000:
27
Aston Martin DB3S
Salvadori / Shelby
Class E - Sports 2000:
33
Ferrari 500 Mondial II
Rubirosa / Pauley
Class F - Sports 1500:
41
Porsche 550 Spyder
Herrmann / von Trips
Class G - Sports 1100:
55
Cooper T39 Climax
Cracraft / Byron
Class H - Sports 750:
58
D.B. HBR5 Panhard
Armagnac / Mercader
Fastest Laps:
Overall:
8
Jaguar D-type
Mike Hawthorn (GB)
3:29.700
143.666 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:
Jaguar (9), Ferrari (8), Maserati (5), Chevrolet (5), Porsche (4), Austin-Healey (4), Arnolt-Bristol (4), D.B. (4)
Top engines by numbers:
Jaguar (9), Ferrari (8), BMC (7), Climax (6), Maserati (5), Chevrolet (5)
Top car types by numbers:
Jaguar D-type (9), Chevrolet Corvette (5), Porsche 550 (4), Austin-Healey 100 (4), Arnolt-Bristol Bolide (4)
Driver nationalities:
USA (82), GB (11), F (6), D (5), I (5), YV (5), RA (3), C (2)
Team nationalities:
USA (35), GB (5), I (5), D (3), YV (3)
Most used colours:
white (25%), red (22%), blue (16%), silver (10%), green (9%), light (8%)
Engine positions:
front-engined (87%), mid-engined (13%)
Average engine size:
2461 cc
Oldest known drivers:
Piero Taruffi (50), Jack Ensley (50), Briggs Cunningham (49)
Youngest known drivers:
Hans Herrmann (18), Archie Scott-Brown (19), Cesare Perdisa (24)
Woman drivers:
Isabelle Haskell, Margaret Wyllie
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