Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s1956 Engines
| Engine | Races | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podia | F. laps | Pts | |
| 1 | Alta GP | 11 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Bristol BS1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | BRM 255 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | Bugatti | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | Ferrari 555 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Ferrari Lancia DS 50 | 43 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 82 |
| 7 | Ferrari Type 375 | 2 | ||||||
| 8 | Ferrari Type 500 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | Gordini 23 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | Gordini 25 | 14 | 13 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | Maserati 250 F1 | 71 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 72 |
| 12 | Maserati A6G | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 13 | Novi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 14 | Offenhauser | 52 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | |
| 15 | Studebacker | 1 | ||||||
| 16 | Vanwall | 14 | 13 | 3 |