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Caption: Fangio, still determined to catch Moss, took over Collins's car at 54 laps, when it was 49 seconds behind the leader. In his epic pursuit, he beat the lap record lap after lap, but could not catch the British driver, who crossed the finishing line with a lead of 6.1 seconds.
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Castellotti retired on the 15th lap with a broken gearbox on Ferrari No. 22, but at 42 laps he re-started on No. 20, which had been abandoned by Fangio, and managed to finish fourth in front of the Gordinis of Da Silva Ramos and Bayol. The latter is seen following Castellotti round Station Corner.
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Le XVI Grand Prix de Belgique
Spa-Francorchamps, June 3rd, 1956

Caption: Moss, specialist in rapid starts, once again managed to gain a few yards when the flag fell, but was unable to keep the lead as he did at Monaco three weeks earlier. On the 5th lap he was passed by Fangio. Behind Moss, from left to right are Collins, Castellotti, Behra and Fangio.
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Caption: Hurtling up the steep slope which follows the Eau Rouge corner, Fangio takes the bend in an acute drift in true World Champion style.
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Caption: Paul Frere, who had gone to Spa as a spectator, was offered one of the works Ferraris on the day before the race, and although he had very little time for practice, drove a magnificent race to take second place, 1'53"3 behind Collins.
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Caption: By winning the Belgian Grand Prix after a run of outstanding sports car successes, Peter Collins established himself at the age of 25 as one of the world's best drivers. He and another British driver, Stirling Moss, are now the two leading contenders for Fangio's crown.
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XLII Grand Prix de l'Automobile-Club de France
Rheims, 1st July, 1956

Caption: Ferrari Supremacy. Three wide, squat red cars, driven by an Argentine, an Englishman and an Italian dominated the first two thirds of the race. They were seriously challenged by the Vanwall, which Schell managed to insert in second place only half a second behind Fangio at 31 laps, but after the Vanwall retired, the only serious challenge came from Behra, the eternal Third Man.
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Caption: Castellotti drove an excellent race and was always in the first three. He led from the 40th to the 45th lap, and then had to let his team colleague Collins go by to win by a few yards, just as Fangio and Kling finished two years earlier.
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Caption: Peter Collins, winner of the Tour of Sicily, second in the Mille Miglia, and winner of the Belgian Grand Prix, established himself as an active contender for the World Championship with his most notable victory to date - the Grand Prix of the A.C.F. His average speed was more than 6 m.p.h. higher than that of Fangio in 1954.
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Caption: The two chiefs of staff at their command posts. Sig. Nello Ugolini, the Maserati racing manager on the left, quenches his thirst without losing his grip on the stop watch. His rival, Sig. Sculati of Ferrari, with all his forces deployed, puzzles out the next move.
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Caption: Bystanders help Peter Collins to remove his ear plugs. He took mineral water instead of the traditional champagne, but seemed to find the young ladies of the Champagne country to his liking.
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This Ferrari 410 Superamerica is absolutely the epitome of mid-1950s American automobile design styling, even to placing the car's name F-E-R-R-A-R-I in chrome letters just above the top chrome bar of the grille and ahead of the traditional oblong Ferrari logo.

 

Those little French blue cars at the back are ---- Gordinis?

 

0473SA was LHD from the beginning: the photo is inversed. This is the way.
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The leading blue car on the right (not the #16 Vanwall up ahead) is a Maserati, the remaining three blue cars in the rear are indeed Gordinis.


My apologies Boudewijn, I was not aware - not sure why it was flipped.

 

Back to racing!

XIth British Grand Prix
Silverstone, July 14th, 1956

Photo credit: L. Klemantaski

Caption: Collins drove a fine race, always in the leading group. Here he is passing Manzon's Gordini with the multiple exhaust pipes. Soon afterwards he had to retire with lack of oil pressure.
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Photo credit: L. Klemantaski

Caption: From the third to the seventh lap, Collins's Ferrari was closely tailed by Moss's Maserati. Moss then went ahead and led the race from the 16th to the 68th lap.
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XVIII Grosser Preis von Deutschland
Nurburgring, August 5th, 1956

Photo credit: B. Cahier

Caption: With 21 points against 22, Fangio and Collins were the two leading contenders for the World Championships. Chance expressions caught by the camera before the start make the struggle appear more bitter than it really was.
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Photo credit: Van Bever

Caption: At the start, Collins (No. 2) got away first, ahead of Moss (No. 7), Fangio (No. 1), Castellotti (No. 3), and Maglioli (No. 8). Near the aerodrome, about 2 1/2 miles from the start, Fangio took the lead, and held it to the end of the race.
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Photo credit: J. Schaepman

Caption: Stopped by a fracture of the fuel tank mountings on his own car, Collins replaced de Portago at the wheel of No. 5. He slid off the track a few laps later, and was finally out of the race.
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Photo credit: L. Klemantaski

Caption: Bearing an appropriate number on his car, Fangio led this extremely difficult race from start to finish, without being seriously challenged.
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Photo credit: J. Weitmann

Caption: Three red cars, driven by the three best drivers of the year, swoop into the luxuriant "Pflanzgarten". Fangio and Collins lead on the Ferraris, followed by Moss on a Maserati.
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XVI Gran Premio d'Europa / XXVI Gran Premio d'Italia
Monza, September 2nd, 1956

Photo credit: J. Alexander

Caption: Always a good sport, Peter Collins makes a friendly sign to his compatriot Moss, who is about to pass himd(sic), an who will eventually win the 1956 Grand Prix of Europe.
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Caption: Fangio began the race cautiously and dropped behind Musso and Castellotti who were fighting furiously for the lead. Here he is, completely relaxed, at some 150 m.p.h. in the South Curve.
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Caption: A scene to remember. Spontaneously, Collins pulls in to his pit and hands over his car to Fangio, who, thanks to him, wins the Drivers World Championship for the fourth time.
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