1956 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

  1956 Nations Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 6 races in the
1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date9 September 1956
LocationAutodromo Nazionale Monza
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.75 km (3.57 mi)
500cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Geoff Duke
Libero Liberati		 Gilera
Gilera
Time 1:50.4
Podium
First Geoff Duke Gilera
Second Libero Liberati Gilera
Third Pierre Monneret Gilera
350cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Libero Liberati Gilera
Time 1:52.0
Podium
First Libero Liberati Gilera
Second Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi
Third Roberto Colombo MV Agusta
250cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Time 2:00.4
Podium
First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
Third Remo Venturi MV Agusta
125cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Tarquinio Provini Mondial
Time 2:06.2
Podium
First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Tarquinio Provini Mondial
Third Renato Sartori Mondial

The 1956 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth and final round of the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 September 1956 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

500 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Geoff Duke Gilera 35 1:05:59.2 8
2 Libero Liberati Gilera 35 +0.1 6
3 Pierre Monneret Gilera 35 +40.8 4
4 Reg Armstrong Gilera 35 3
5 Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 35 2
6 Walter Zeller BMW 35 1
7 Roberto Colombo MV Agusta 35
8 Alfredo Milani Gilera 34 +1 lap
9 Gerold Klinger BMW 33 +2 laps
10 Ernst Hiller BMW 33 +2 laps
11 Ernst Riedelbauch BMW 33 +2 laps
12 John Storr Norton 33 +2 laps
13 Giuseppe Cantoni Gilera 32 +3 laps
[1]

350 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Libero Liberati Gilera 27 52:12.9 8
2 Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi 27 +1:15.3 6
3 Roberto Colombo MV Agusta 27 +1:48.3 4
4 Karl Hofmann DKW 26 +1 lap 3
5 Cecil Sandford DKW 26 +1 lap 2
6 August Hobl DKW 26 +1 lap 1
7 Hans Bartl DKW 26 +1 lap
8 Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 26 +1 lap
9 Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 25 +2 laps
10 John Storr Norton 25 +2 laps
11 Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton 24 +3 laps
12 Alfredo Flores Moto Guzzi 23 +4 laps
13 M. van Son Norton 23 +4 laps
14 Fritz Kläger Horex 22 +5 laps
15 Heinz Kauert AJS 22 +5 laps
16 Albert Montagne Norton 22 +5 laps
[1]

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 22 45:26.7 8
2 Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 22 +1.9 6
3 Remo Venturi MV Agusta 22 +15.5 4
4 Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 22 3
5 Alano Montanari Moto Guzzi 22 2
6 Sammy Miller NSU 21 +1 lap 1
7 Horst Kassner NSU 21 +1 lap
8 Roland Heck NSU 21 +1 lap
9 Kees Koster NSU 21 +1 lap
10 Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 21 +1 lap
11 Fritz Kläger NSU 20 +2 laps
12 Guido Paccioca Moto Guzzi 20 +2 laps
13 Jean-Pierre Bayle NSU 20 +2 laps
14 Adolf Heck Adler 19 +3 laps
15 Siegfried Lohmann Adler 19 +3 laps
[1]

125cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 18 38:38.2 8
2 Tarquinio Provini Mondial 18 +0.4 6
3 Renato Sartori Mondial 18 +57.4 4
4 Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 18 +1:39.8 3
5 Sandro Artusi Ducati 17 +1 lap 2
6 Karl Hofmann DKW 17 +1 lap 1
7 Alberto Gandossi Ducati 17 +1 lap
8 August Hobl DKW 17 +1 lap
9 Olle Nygren Ducati 16 +2 laps
10 John Grace Montesa 16 +2 laps
27 starters, 14 finishers
Source:[2][1]

Sidecar classification

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Albino Milani Rossano Milani Gilera 18 39:19.6 8
2 Pip Harris Ray Campbell Norton 18 +43.5 6
3 Fritz Hillebrand Manfred Grunwald BMW 18 +55.1 4
4 Florian Camathias Maurice Büla BMW 18 3
5 Jacques Drion Inge Stoll BMW 18 2
6 Walter Schneider Hans Strauss BMW 18 1
7 Helmut Fath Emil Ohr BMW 17 +1 lap
8 Jean Murit Francis Flahaut BMW 17 +1 lap
9 Loni Neussner Dieter Hess BMW 17 +1 lap
10 Alfonso Sammarchi  ? Norton 16 +2 laps
[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1957. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 160–161.
  2. ^ Haefliger, Werner. "Lightweight class". FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide (2024 ed.). pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-2-9701086-8-9.


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