1956 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

Italy  1956 Nations Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 6 races in the
1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 9 September 1956
Location Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Course Permanent racing facility
5.75 km (3.57 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Geoff Duke
Italy Libero Liberati
Gilera
Gilera
Time 1:50.4
Podium
First United Kingdom Geoff Duke Gilera
Second Italy Libero Liberati Gilera
Third France Pierre Monneret Gilera
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Libero Liberati Gilera
Time 1:52.0
Podium
First Italy Libero Liberati Gilera
Second United Kingdom Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi
Third Italy Roberto Colombo MV Agusta
250 cc
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Time 2:00.4
Podium
First Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
Third Italy Remo Venturi MV Agusta
125 cc
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Tarquinio Provini Mondial
Time 2:06.2
Podium
First Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Italy Tarquinio Provini Mondial
Third Italy 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 United Kingdom Geoff Duke Gilera 35 1:05:59.2 8
2 Italy Libero Liberati Gilera 35 +0.1 6
3 France Pierre Monneret Gilera 35 +40.8 4
4 Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong Gilera 35 3
5 Italy Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 35 2
6 West Germany Walter Zeller BMW 35 1
7 Italy Roberto Colombo MV Agusta 35
8 Italy Alfredo Milani Gilera 34 +1 lap
9 Austria Gerold Klinger BMW 33 +2 laps
10 West Germany Ernst Hiller BMW 33 +2 laps
11 West Germany Ernst Riedelbauch BMW 33 +2 laps
12 United Kingdom John Storr Norton 33 +2 laps
13 Italy Giuseppe Cantoni Gilera 32 +3 laps
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350 cc classification

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

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

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 18 38:38.2 8
2 Italy Tarquinio Provini Mondial 18 +0.4 6
3 Italy Renato Sartori Mondial 18 +57.4 4
4 Switzerland Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 18 3
5 Italy Sandro Artusi Ducati 17 +1 lap 2
6 West Germany Karl Hofmann DKW 17 +1 lap 1
7 Italy Alberto Gandossi Ducati 17 +1 lap
8 West Germany August Hobl DKW 17 +1 lap
9 Sweden Olle Nygren Ducati 16 +2 laps
10 Gibraltar John Grace Montesa 16 +2 laps
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Sidecar classification

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1957. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 160–161.
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