1956 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  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)
500 cc
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
350 cc
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
250 cc
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
125 cc
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

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]

125 cc 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 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
[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. Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1957. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 160–161.
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1957 German Grand Prix
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