1956 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1956 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 6 races in the
1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date8 July 1956
LocationCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 14.100 km (8.761 mi)
500cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Geoff Duke Gilera
Time 4:29.0
Podium
First John Surtees MV Agusta
Second Walter Zeller BMW
Third Pierre Monneret Gilera
350cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Time 4:41.5
Podium
First John Surtees MV Agusta
Second August Hobl DKW
Third Cecil Sandford DKW
250cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
Time 4:54.5
Podium
First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Luigi Taveri MV Agusta
Third Horst Kassner NSU Motorenwerke
125cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Romolo Ferri Gilera
Time 5:13.2
Podium
First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Fortunato Libanori MV Agusta
Third Pierre Monneret Gilera
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Cyril Smith Norton
Time 5:18.1
Podium
First Wilhelm Noll BMW
Second Pip Harris Norton
Third Bob Mitchell Norton

The 1956 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 July 1956 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

500 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 John Surtees MV Agusta 15 1:09:02.2 8
2 Walter Zeller BMW 15 +39.0 6
3 Pierre Monneret Gilera 15 +1:28.5 4
4 Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 15 3
5 Alfredo Milani Gilera 15 2
6 Auguste Goffin Norton 15 1
7 Barry Hodgkinson Norton 15
8 John Storr Norton 15
9 Bob Matthews Norton 14 +1 lap
10 Keith Bryen Norton 14 +1 lap
11 Eddie Grant Norton 14 +1 lap
12 John Grace Norton 14 +1 lap
13 Fred Cook Matchless 14 +1 lap
14 M. Roche Norton 14 +1 lap
15 P. Nicholas Norton 14 +1 lap
[1]

350 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 John Surtees MV Agusta 11 52:48.6 8
2 August Hobl DKW 11 +16.8 6
3 Cecil Sandford DKW 11 +48.1 4
4 Karl Hofmann DKW 11 3
5 Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 11 2
6 Hans Bartl DKW 11 1
7 Auguste Goffin Norton 11
8 Bob Matthews Norton 11
9 Barry Hodgkinson Norton 11
10 John Storr Norton 11
11 Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 11
12 Eddie Grant Norton 11
13 Keith Bryen Norton 10 +1 lap
14 J. J. Wood Velocette 10 +1 lap
15 M. Roche Norton 10 +1 lap
16 Fred Cook AJS 10 +1 lap
17 Bob Brown AJS 10 +1 lap
18 Pierre Vervroegen Norton 10 +1 lap
19 Firmin Dauwe Norton 10 +1 lap
20 Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton 10 +1 lap
21 Lo Simons AJS 10 +1 lap
22 Leen Rehorst AJS 10 +1 lap
23 Christian Baix Norton 10 +1 lap
[1]

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 9 45:11.9 8
2 Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 9 +38.1 6
3 Horst Kassner NSU 9 +1:41.2 4
4 Kees Koster NSU 9 3
5 Lo Simons NSU 9 2
6 Jean-Pierre Bayle NSU 8 +1 lap 1
7 Karl-Julius Holthaus NSU 8 +1 lap
8 Tarquinio Provini Mondial 8 +1 lap
9 Siegfried Lohmann Adler 8 +1 lap
10 Bill Maddrick Moto Guzzi 8 +1 lap
[1]

125cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points
1 Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 8 42:09.1 8
2 Fortunato Libanori MV Agusta 8 +39.6 6
3 Pierre Monneret Gilera 8 +51.9 4
4 Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 8 +2:04.5 3
5 Karl Hofmann DKW 8 +2:52.3 2
6 John Grace Montesa 7 +1 lap 1
7 Francisco González Montesa 7 +1 lap
8 Lo Simons Mondial 7 +1 lap
9 Bill Maddrick MV Agusta 6 +2 laps
17 starters, 9 finishers
Source:[2][1]

Sidecar classification

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Wilhelm Noll Fritz Cron BMW 8 43:17.5 8
2 Pip Harris Ray Campbell Norton 8 +35.5 6
3 Bob Mitchell Eric Bliss Norton 8 +40.2 4
4 Fritz Hillebrand Manfred Grunwald BMW 8 3
5 Helmut Fath Emil Ohr BMW 8 2
6 Jacques Drion Inge Stoll BMW 8 1
7 Jack Wijns Jean Verwoot BMW 8
8 Walter Schneider Hans Strauss BMW 8
9 Marcel Beauvais André Coudert Norton 8
10 B. R. Vervroegen  ? Norton 8
11 R. Ransens  ? Norton 7 +1 lap
[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1957. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 158–159.
  2. ^ Haefliger, Werner. "Lightweight class". FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide (2024 ed.). p. 26. ISBN 978-2-9701086-8-9.


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