Season 1956

Published: Sept. 16, 2020, 8:57 p.m.

The reigning Formula 1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio joined Scuderia  Ferrari in 1956. Obviously, this combination made him favourite for the  title. But was it enough to win it for the fourth time? In this episode  of the Data Driven F1 series, Ganna Pogrebna and Patrick Henz discuss  the results of the 1956 Formula 1 season, including behaviour, analytics  and decision making of drivers, car constructors and their managers.  

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After recording this episode we discovered that drivers were able to  share drives in later seasons. We have rectified this error in future  episodes.