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1956 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

Belgium  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 United Kingdom Geoff Duke Gilera
Time 4:29.0
Podium
First United Kingdom John Surtees MV Agusta
Second West Germany Walter Zeller BMW
Third France Pierre Monneret Gilera
350cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Time 4:41.5
Podium
First United Kingdom John Surtees MV Agusta
Second West Germany August Hobl DKW
Third United Kingdom Cecil Sandford DKW
250cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
Time 4:54.5
Podium
First Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Switzerland Luigi Taveri MV Agusta
Third West Germany Horst Kassner NSU Motorenwerke
125cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Romolo Ferri Gilera
Time 5:13.2
Podium
First Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Italy Fortunato Libanori MV Agusta
Third France Pierre Monneret Gilera
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Cyril Smith Norton
Time 5:18.1
Podium
First West Germany Wilhelm Noll BMW
Second United Kingdom Pip Harris Norton
Third Australia 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 United Kingdom John Surtees MV Agusta 15 1:09:02.2 8
2 West Germany Walter Zeller BMW 15 +39.0 6
3 France Pierre Monneret Gilera 15 +1:28.5 4
4 Italy Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 15 3
5 Italy Alfredo Milani Gilera 15 2
6 Belgium Auguste Goffin Norton 15 1
7 Australia Barry Hodgkinson Norton 15
8 United Kingdom John Storr Norton 15
9 United Kingdom Bob Matthews Norton 14 +1 lap
10 Australia Keith Bryen Norton 14 +1 lap
11 South Africa Eddie Grant Norton 14 +1 lap
12 Gibraltar John Grace Norton 14 +1 lap
13 New Zealand 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 United Kingdom John Surtees MV Agusta 11 52:48.6 8
2 West Germany August Hobl DKW 11 +16.8 6
3 United Kingdom Cecil Sandford DKW 11 +48.1 4
4 West Germany Karl Hofmann DKW 11 3
5 Italy Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 11 2
6 West Germany Hans Bartl DKW 11 1
7 Belgium Auguste Goffin Norton 11
8 United Kingdom Bob Matthews Norton 11
9 Australia Barry Hodgkinson Norton 11
10 United Kingdom John Storr Norton 11
11 United Kingdom Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 11
12 South Africa Eddie Grant Norton 11
13 Australia Keith Bryen Norton 10 +1 lap
14 J. J. Wood Velocette 10 +1 lap
15 M. Roche Norton 10 +1 lap
16 New Zealand Fred Cook AJS 10 +1 lap
17 Australia Bob Brown AJS 10 +1 lap
18 Belgium Pierre Vervroegen Norton 10 +1 lap
19 Belgium Firmin Dauwe Norton 10 +1 lap
20 France Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton 10 +1 lap
21 Netherlands Lo Simons AJS 10 +1 lap
22 Netherlands Leen Rehorst AJS 10 +1 lap
23 Belgium Christian Baix Norton 10 +1 lap
[1]

250 cc classification

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

125cc classification

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

Sidecar classification

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 West Germany Wilhelm Noll West Germany Fritz Cron BMW 8 43:17.5 8
2 United Kingdom Pip Harris United Kingdom Ray Campbell Norton 8 +35.5 6
3 Australia Bob Mitchell United Kingdom Eric Bliss Norton 8 +40.2 4
4 West Germany Fritz Hillebrand West Germany Manfred Grunwald BMW 8 3
5 West Germany Helmut Fath West Germany Emil Ohr BMW 8 2
6 France Jacques Drion Switzerland Inge Stoll BMW 8 1
7 Belgium Jack Wijns Belgium Jean Verwoot BMW 8
8 West Germany Walter Schneider West Germany Hans Strauss BMW 8
9 France Marcel Beauvais France 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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