1956 10 Hours of Messina
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The race director Renzo Castagneto flies the chess flag to the winner Phil Hill on Ferrari.
Race details
Date	26 August 1956 (1956-08-26)
Official name	10 Hours of Messina
Location	Messina, Italy
Distance	157 laps, 584,221 km
Fastest lap
Driver	Phil Hill	Ferrari 500TR
Time	3:15 on lap (123.690 km/h)
Podium
First	Phil Hill	Ferrari 500TR
Second	António Borges Barreto	Ferrari
Third	Franco Bordoni	Maserati 300S

The 4th 10 Hours of Messina was a sports car race, held on 26 August 1956 in the street circuit of Messina, Italy.^[1]

In this edition Automobile Club d'Italia to avoid the cancellation he decided to reduce the race to only 5 hours starting at 20 and arriving at 1 in the night, moreover, the route has been reduced by about a kilometer to free the transit for the Regina Margherita hospital.^[2]

• Started: 24
• Classified: 11

#	Drivers	Team	Average speed	Cause of retirement
1.	Phil Hill	Ferrari 500 TR	116.844 km/h
2.	Franco Bordoni	Maserati 300S
3.	António Borges Barreto	Ferrari
4.	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR
5.	Canova	Ferrari
6.	Chico Landi Gerino Gerini	Maserati 200S
7.	Alotta Alfonso Vella	Maserati 200S
8.	Aurelio Garavaglia	Maserati 150S
9.	Bob Hicks Jo Bonnier	Lotus Eleven
10.	Mario Ricci	Gordini 3.0
11.	Mario Piccolo	Giaur 750
not classified	Benoit Musy	Maserati		Last lap too long
DNF	Jo Bonnier	Alfa Romeo 6CM 3000		Accident
	Gerino Gerini	?
	Hans Herrmann	Porsche
	Piero Carini	Ferrari 500 TR
	Munaron	?
	Herbert Mackay-Fraser	Ferrari 750 Monza
	Gaetano Starrabba	Ferrari 500 TR

• Messina Grand Prix (auto race that replaced it)

• La 10 Ore di Messina, la storia (in Italian)