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
Date	9 September 1956
Location	Autodromo 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
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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
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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
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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
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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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