Race details | |||
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5th Lady Wigram Trophy | |||
Date | 21st January 1956 | ||
Location | Wigram Airfield Circuit, Christchurch, New Zealand | ||
Course | Temporary racing facility | ||
Course length | 3.403 km (2.116 mi) | ||
Distance | 71 laps, 241.77 km (150.23 mi) | ||
Weather | Fine | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari 500/750S | ||
Time | Determined by heats | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Peter Whitehead | Ferrari 500/750S | |
Time | 1:29.5 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari 500/750S | ||
Second | Ferrari 500/750S | ||
Third | Connaught B-Type |
The 1956 Lady Wigram Trophy was a motor race held at the Wigram Airfield Circuit on 21 January 1956. It was the fifth Lady Wigram Trophy to be held and was won by Peter Whitehead in the Ferrari 500/750S. This was Whitehead's second Lady Wigram Trophy victory in succession and was another international podium lockout with Tony Gaze once again finishing second and Leslie Marr finishing third.