1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the eighth competitive motorcycle season, with six Grands Prix and 4 classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc.
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[edit] Grands Prix
Round | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125 winner | 250 winner | 350 winner | 500 winner | Report |
1 | Isle of Man TT | Isle of Man | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | Ken Kavanagh | John Surtees | Report |
2 | Dutch TT | Assen | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | Bill Lomas | John Surtees | Report |
3 | Belgian Grand Prix | Spa | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | John Surtees | John Surtees | Report |
4 | West German Grand Prix | Solitude | Romolo Ferri | Carlo Ubbiali | Bill Lomas | Reg Armstrong | Report |
5 | Ulster Grand Prix | Dundrod | Carlo Ubbiali | Luigi Taveri | Bill Lomas | John Hartle | Report |
6 | Nations Grand Prix | Monza | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | Libero Liberati | Geoff Duke | Report |
[edit] Championship Standings
[edit] 500cc Standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | John Surtees | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 24 | 3 | |
2 | Walter Zeller | Germany | BMW | 16 | 0 | |
3 | John Hartle | United Kingdom | Norton | 14 | 1 | |
4 | Pierre Monneret | France | Gilera | 12 | 0 | |
5 | Reg Armstrong | Ireland | Gilera | 11 | 1 | |
6 | Umberto Masetti | Italy | MV Agusta | 9 | 0 | |
7 | Geoff Duke | United Kingdom | Gilera | 8 | 1 | |
8 | Bob Brown | United Kingdom | Matchless | 6 | 0 | |
= | Libero Liberati | Italy | Gilera | 6 | 0 | |
10 | Eddie Grant | South Africa | Norton | 6 | 0 | |
11 | Jack Brett | United Kingdom | Norton | 5 | 0 | |
12 | Peter Murphy | New Zealand | Matchless | 4 | 0 | |
13 | Keith Bryen | Australia | Norton | 4 | 0 | |
14 | Gerold Klinger | Austria | BMW | 3 | 0 | |
= | Geoffrey Tanner | United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
16 | Carlos Bandirola | Italy | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 | |
= | Alfredo Milani | Italy | Gilera | 2 | 0 | |
= | Bill Lomas | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 0 | |
= | Paul Fahey | New Zealand | Matchless | 2 | 0 | |
= | Wilfred Herron | United Kingdom | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
21 | Ernst Hiller | Germany | BMW | 1 | 0 | |
= | Derek Ennett | United Kingdom | Matchless | 1 | 0 | |
= | Auguste Goffin | Belgium | Norton | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 350cc Standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Bill Lomas | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 24 | 3 | |
2 | Dickie Dale | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 17 | 0 | |
= | August Hobl | Germany | DKW | 17 | 0 | |
4 | John Surtees | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 14 | 1 | |
5 | Cecil Sandford | United Kingdom | DKW | 13 | 0 | |
6 | Ken Kavanagh | Australia | Moto Guzzi | 10 | 1 | |
7 | Libero Liberati | Italy | Gilera | 8 | 1 | |
8 | John Hartle | United Kingdom | Norton | 8 | 0 | |
9 | Derek Ennett | United Kingdom | AJS | 6 | 0 | |
10 | Karl Hofmann | Germany | DKW | 6 | 0 | |
11 | Roberto Colombo | Italy | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | |
12 | Jack Brett | United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
13 | Hans Bartl | Netherlands | DKW | 3 | 0 | |
14 | Umberto Masetti | Italy | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 | |
= | Peter Murphy | New Zealand | AJS | 2 | 0 | |
= | Eddie Grant | South Africa | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
17 | Bob Brown | Australia | AJS | 1 | 0 | |
= | Bob Matthews | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
= | Alan Trow | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 250cc Standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Carlo Ubbiali | Italy | MV Agusta | 32 | 5 | |
2 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | MV Agusta | 26 | 1 | |
3 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 10 | 0 | |
4 | Roberto Colombo | Italy | MV Agusta | 9 | 0 | |
= | Horst Kassner | Germany | NSU | 9 | 0 | |
6 | Remo Venturi | Italy | MV Agusta | 8 | 0 | |
7 | Sammy Miller | United Kingdom | NSU | 7 | 0 | |
8 | Hans Baltisberger | Germany | NSU | 7 | 0 | |
9 | Arthur Wheeler | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 5 | 0 | |
10 | Bob Coleman | New Zealand | NSU | 3 | 0 | |
= | Kees Koster | Netherlands | NSU | 3 | 0 | |
12 | Frantisek Bartos | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 2 | 0 | |
= | Bill Maddrick | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 0 | |
= | Lo Simons | Netherlands | NSU | 2 | 0 | |
= | Alano Montanari | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 0 | |
= | Bob Brown | Australia | NSU | 2 | 0 | |
17 | Jean-Pierre Bayle | France | NSU | 1 | 0 | |
= | Maurice Büla | Switzerland | NSU | 1 | 0 | |
= | Roland Heck | Germany | NSU | 1 | 0 | |
= | Jirí Kostir | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 125cc Standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Carlo Ubbiali | Italy | MV Agusta | 32 | 5 | |
2 | Romolo Ferri | Italy | Gilera | 14 | 1 | |
3 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | MV Agusta | 12 | 0 | |
4 | Tarquinio Provini | Italy | Mondial | 10 | 0 | |
5 | Fortunato Libanori | Italy | MV Agusta | 9 | 0 | |
6 | Marcelo Cama | Spain | Montesa | 6 | 0 | |
7 | August Hobl | Germany | DKW | 6 | 0 | |
8 | Karl Hofman | Germany | DKW | 5 | 0 | |
9 | Pierre Monneret | France | Gilera | 4 | 0 | |
= | Francisco Gonzalez | Spain | Montesa | 4 | 0 | |
= | Renato Sartori | Italy | Mondial | 4 | 0 | |
= | Bill Webster | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | |
13 | Cecil Sandford | United Kingdom | Mondial | 4 | 0 | |
14 | Enrico Sirera | Spain | Montesa | 3 | 0 | |
= | Bill Maddrick | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 3 | 0 | |
16 | Sandro Artusi | Italy | Ducati | 2 | 0 | |
= | Dave Chadwick | United Kingdom | LEF | 2 | 0 | |
= | Frank Cope | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 | |
= | Frantisek Bartos | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 1 | 0 | |
= | Johnny Grace | Gibraltar | Montesa | 1 | 0 | |
= | Vaclav Parus | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 1 | 0 |