1956 Vanwall Trophy
{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
|Type = NC
|Country = GBR
|Grand Prix = Vanwall Trophy
|GP_Suffix =
|Details ref =
|Date = 22 July
|Year = 1956
|Image = Snetterton 1963 annotated.svg
|Caption = Snetterton Circuit
|Official name = I Vanwall Trophy
|Location = Snetterton Circuit, United Kingdom
|Course = Permanent racing facility
|Course_mi = 2.71
|Course_km = 4.35
|Distance_laps = 15
|Distance_mi = 40.65
|Distance_km = 65.20
|Weather =
|Attendance =
|Pole_Driver = Roy Salvadori
|Pole_Country = GBR
|Pole_Team = Maserati
|Pole_Time =
|Fast_Driver = Archie Scott-Brown
|Fast_Team = Connaught
|Fast_Time = 1:41.4
|Fast_Lap =
|Fast_Country = GBR
|First_Driver = Roy Salvadori
|First_Country = GBR
|First_Team = Maserati
|Second_Driver = Horace Gould
|Second_Country = GBR
|Second_Team = Maserati
|Third_Driver = Jack Brabham
|Third_Country = AUS
|Third_Team = Maserati
|Lapchart =
}}
The 1956 Vanwall Trophy was a non-championship Formula One race held on 22 July 1956 at Snetterton Circuit, Norfolk. The race was won by Roy Salvadori, in a privately entered Maserati 250F.{{cite web|url=http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1956/1956.html#van|title=I Vanwall Trophy|publisher=silhouet.com|accessdate=2022-04-06}}{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1956-snetterton-f1/|title=1956 Snetterton F1|publisher=Motor Sport|accessdate=2022-04-06}}
Results
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Pos
! No ! Driver ! Constructor ! Car ! Time/Retired ! Grid |
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1
| 10 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Salvadori | 26m24.8, 92.34mph | 1 |
2
| 21 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Horace Gould | 27m32.2, +1m7.4 | 3 |
3
| 37 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Brabham | +1 lap | 4 |
4
| 22 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Morice | +4 laps | 5 |
5
| 23 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Leslie Hunt | +1 lap | 6 |
Ret
| 36 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Archie Scott-Brown | 6 laps, oil pipe | 2 |
DNA
| | {{flagicon|GBR}} Paul Emery | engine not repaired | - |
DNA
| | {{flagicon|GBR}} Tommy Atkins | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | | - |
DNA
| | {{flagicon|GBR}} Dick Gibson | Connaught Type A-Lea Francis | | - |
DNA
| | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bruce Halford | engine not repaired | - |
DNA
| | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alastair Birrell | | - |
DNA
| | {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob Gerard | car not ready | - |
References
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{{F1 NC race report
| Name_of_race = Vanwall Trophy
| Year_of_race = 1956
| Previous_race_in_season = 1956 Aintree 100
| Next_race_in_season = 1956 Caen Grand Prix
| Previous_year's_race = None
| Next_year's_race = None
}}