1956 Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance

This video was produced by Alex Xydias. The 1956 Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance place on March 24, 1956. It was the second round of the FIA World Sports Car Championship.
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[@sergioleone3583]

Great footage! So great to see Sebring back then, as well as the all timers like Moss, Fangio, Hill and so many others. Thanks for uploading this!

[@texleeger8973]

In these classic races, cars dropped like flies. Reliability was always questionable. But in contemporary endurance racing, hardly any cars withdraw due to mechanicals. In many ways, these older races truly were tests of engines, transmissions, brakes,, and sheer chance. At 72 years of age, I sort of miss the happenstance of enduro racing of old. Still, modern world endurance racing is magnificent. All the more so with the intro of hypercars.
PS I was a huge fan of Ford as it attacked Le Mans in the 1960s. Legendary. One could not watch those races on TV in the States, but the avidly anticipated written reports, e.g., Autoweek, nourished the love of sports car racing.

[@angelsone-five7912]

What a fantastic race, good to see so many Jaguars at one time but what a shame that Mike Hawthorn had to retire, he was going great guns.

[@danweyant4909]

And they're just out on the runway. C-19 Flying Boxcars everywhere